Western Galilee Desalination
Seawater RO, 100 million m3/year (380,000 m3/day) in Israel.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- Israel
- Location
- Acre
- Coordinates
- 32.930, 35.080
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 100 million m3/year (380,000 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- EUR 470 m total project cost (EIB, finance contract signed December 2023), converted at EUR 0.9248 per US$ (World Bank official exchange rate, euro area, 2023 average)
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- State of Israel (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy and Israel Water Authority)
- Developer
- IDE Technologies
- Contractor
- IDE Technologies (BOT concessionaire)
- Operator
- IDE Technologies (25-year BOT)
- Finance
- Project finance under a 25-year BOT concession, including a European Investment Bank loan of EUR 150 million signed 23 December 2023
- Award or start year
- 2022
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-15.
History
- 2022-11
IDE Technologies wins international tender to finance, design, build and operate the plant under a 25-year BOT
- 2025
Original target for completion per IDE award release
- 2026
Expected commissioning per IDE project page
- 2025-02
Israel Water Authority lists Western Galilee at 100 MCM, 2026
- 2024
Mekorot building intake and conveyance systems
- 2023-12
EIB signs a EUR 150 million finance contract on 23 December, against a total cost of about EUR 470 million
Sources
8 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- IDE Technologies, IDE wins international competitive tender to finance, design, construct and operate Israel's Western Galilee desalination plant, 14 November 2022. ide-tech.com.
- IDE Technologies, Western Galilee Desalination Plant (Israel) project page. ide-tech.com.
- Mekorot, ESG Report 2024, p. 23. mekorot-int.com.
- Israel Water Authority, February 2025. aiguabaixter.cat.
- European Investment Bank, Western Galilee Desalination Plant (20210765). eib.org.
- Total cost approximately EUR 470 million; EIB financing EUR 150 million, signed 23 December 2023; promoter the State of Israel, Ministry of Finance; a public-private partnership contract that includes a concession to build and maintain the facility for 25 years.
- Government of Israel, national infrastructure plan list. gov.il.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
lists Western Galilee as under construction. The conversion rate and its source are given in the budget note.