3. 1.Mekorot Overview: General Information
Revenue
$1 billion 2,200 Employees
per annum
Investments
$350 million Ranking AAA*
per annum
More than 100
projects being
Equity executed in Israel
$0.85 billion and abroad
* Annual financial data as per Standard and Poor’s – Maalot – over a continuous 8 year period
4. 1.Mekorot Overview: Facts and Figures
of potable water in Israel 1.4 billion m3 of water supplied per year
Of the total water consumption m3 of effluent water is
in Israel 360 million
recharged for agriculture
Of the Recharge of the effluents Water samples analyzed
in Israel per year
Km and more of water
pipelines
Installations for production
Certified laboratories in Israel
and supply
Command and control centers Wells drilled
Wastewater purification centers Applied researches per year
and reclamation plants
Desalination plants
5. 2. WaTech® : Goals and Accomplishments
Founded in 2005
2005 Goals:
● Identifying technological needs
● Finding innovative technological partners
Prop.
● Implementing innovative technologies to address our
needs, and the international water industry needs
Accomplishments:
● Putting Mekorot at the cutting edge of technology
● Improving Mekorot’s technological performance
● Reducing Mekorot’s CAPEX and OPEX costs
● Creating new sources of income
6. 2. WaTech® : A Unique Model for
Water Technologies Commercialization
Deal flow
Startup companies
Academia
New Products of Mature companies
Mekorot
Commercialization Support
Technological
Project Funding
Joint Ventures
Alfa / Beta Testing Sites
Professional Support by
400 Engineers
Finance
Investors
Venture capital funds
Technological incubators
Angels
7. 2. WaTech® : Desalination Pilots as an example
Seawater Brackish Water Waste Water
Effluent
Red Mediterranean High Medium Low Secondary
Sea Sea Salinity Salinity Salinity Effluent
Brackish Brackish Brackish
a) 42,000 a) 40,500 a) 6,600 a) 4,800 a) 1,700 a) 830 - 950
b) 0.3 – 4.0 b) 1 - 10 b) 0.2 – 1.1 b) 0.1-0.2 b) 0.2 - 1.5 b) 2.5 – 5.5
c) 2.5 – 6.0 c) ≥ 6.5 c) 0.7 – 1.5 c) – c) 0.9 – 2.0 c) –
d) 102 - 103 d) 102 - 104 d) 10 - 102 d) 10 - 102 d) 10-102 d) 105 - 106
LEGEND
a) Salinity, ppm TDS
b) Turbidity, NTU
c) SDI
d) TBC
9. 3. Joint R&D : Mekorot + Academy
Mekorot
formulates a list
of requirements
and publishes The academia
calls and Mekorot’s
researchers plan
research Mekorot finances
proposals the tests, it owns
the intellectual
property and acts Dual research:
as project Mekorot –
manager Academia/
Research
The development of
Institute
knowledge and
innovative solutions
for optimization of
water source
operations
10. 3. Joint R&D: BioFouling Consortium-
Supported by ISRAEL OCS (Office of Chief Scientist)
5 YEARS OF BASIC R&D ENDING -> STARTING APPLICATIVE R&D
Activities:
• AOP
• Innovative Materials
(integrated, dosed)
• Data Driven Models
11. 3. Joint R&D: Hybrid SAT-NF
Sustainable Water management Improves Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health
Guidelines for design, operation
and maintenance of SAT
(and hybrid SAT) systems
12. 3. Joint R&D: SAT Hydrology
Israel-France
Geochemical and isotope traces of
oxidation-reduction, the conveyance
of solutes and the interaction of
aquifer water with the effluent
reclamation system on a large scale
Conducted in collaboration with the
Geological Institute in Jerusalem and
the French Geological Survey (BRGM)
13. R&D: AOP- Advance Oxidation Processes
JUST STARTED!
Israel-Germany (BMBF)
AOP (Ozonation - hydrogen peroxide) for
micro pollutants removal and prevention
of SAT anoxic cell conditions
Partners:
Tel Aviv University
The Hebrew University
The Water Authority
The Geological Institute
The Technical University of Berlin
14. Joint R&D:
UF (Ultra Filtration) - RO (Reverse Osmosis)
CANADA – ISRAEL (CIIRDF)
Zenon (GE)– Mekorot
Secondary effluents UF as RO pretreatment
Hypochloride
injection
Filtrate
Innovative method of membrane MC
(Maintenance Cleaning)
15. R&D: Advanced RO
JUST STARTED!
US – ISRAEL (BIRD)
GE – Desalitech and Mekorot
• GE- Innovative high flux membranes by
• Desalitech - Innovative RO configuration
• Mekorot- Beta site - UF permeate suplly
• Mekorot- Multistage RO configuration tests
for comparison
16. 4. Implementation: from BGU to the field
Changing desalination direction before scaling accrue
Monitoring scaling using an innovative ultrasonic sensor
Preventing scaling and allowing (+10%) higher system
recovery
Increasing (+10%) system product water capacity
Reducing (-30%) the concentration volume
