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Israel Launches Tender for Second Western Galilee Desalination Plant
The Ministry of Finance has launched an international tender for a second desalination plant in the Western Galilee, named Western Galilee B, to address an ongoing water crisis. The facility, located south of Nahariya, will produce at least 100 million cubic meters of water annually. It will be built adjacent to the first Western Galilee plant, which has faced significant construction delays since its contract was awarded to IDE in November 2022.
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What happened
- 01The Ministry of Finance launched an international tender for a second desalination plant in the Western Galilee to produce 100 million cubic meters of water annually.
- 02The new Western Galilee B facility will be located south of Nahariya, adjacent to a first plant that has faced significant construction delays.
- 03Together, the two Western Galilee plants are expected to provide 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water per year for northern Israel.
- 04The project will follow a Build-Operate-Transfer model, with the concessionaire operating the facility for nearly 25 years before transferring it to the state.
- 05This initiative is part of a national plan to increase Israel's total desalination capacity from 800 million cubic meters to 1.5 billion cubic meters by the mid-2030s.
- 06The tender explicitly forbids an independent power station or natural gas systems at the new facility.
- 07Environmental regulations require a distant offshore brine discharge point, which is expected to increase infrastructure costs for the project.
Once both facilities are completed, the site's total capacity will reach approximately 200 million cubic meters per year to supply northern Israel. The project will operate under a Build-Operate-Transfer model, where the concessionaire will finance, design, build, operate, and maintain the plant for nearly 25 years before transferring it to the state. The government will purchase the desalinated water.
This initiative is part of a national strategy to increase Israel's total desalination capacity from 800 million cubic meters per year to 1.5 billion cubic meters by the early to mid-2030s. The broader plan also includes upgrading the Ashkelon facility and constructing a new plant in Emek Hefer. Unlike previous plants, the tender for Western Galilee B explicitly forbids an independent power station or natural gas systems on-site, and environmental concerns require a distant offshore brine discharge point.
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