Water Desalination
The Ashkelon Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant is the largest desalination plant in the world, with a capacity of 320,000m3 per day.
The plant produces about 13% of Israel's domestic consumer demand – equivalent to 5–6% of Israel's total water needs – at a price which is among the lowest in the world for desalinated water.
SWRO achieved two notable successes in 2006: In March it was voted 'Desalination Plant of the Year' by the Global Water Awards. Subsequently, it passed a major project milestone in October 2006, when just a little more than a year after commencing production, it successfully completed delivery of its first 100 million m3 of desalinated water.
Dor Alon owns 18.5% of Elran Infrastructure Ltd., which is a 25% owner of VID Seawater Desalination Ltd. VID, a special purpose joint-venture company of IDE Technologies, Veolia and Elran Infrastructure, is the owner of the Ashkelon Desalination Plant.