In 2013 Israel opened the largest sea-water desalination plant in the world. Located next to the Mediterranean Sea, about 15 km south of Tel Aviv, the Sorek desalination facility now supplies almost a third of Israel’s water — about 624,000 m3 per day. This is roughly equivalent to three times the mean discharge of the Amazon.
This state-of-the-art ‘water factory’ employs several technological advances including high-volume pumping and innovative membrane filter stacks. Israel is now a major exporter of desalination technology. The Israeli government has also focused attention on managing water demand across agriculture, industry and domestic use. It has successfully introduced water-conservation education, encouraging widespread use of drip irrigation and recycling. Israel now reuses 80% of its waste water — the highest proportion of any country. Careful pricing of water has been an important tool driving greater water efficiency in the home.
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