Mekorot supplies 80% of Israel’s drinking water and 70% of its entire  water supply, operating 3,000 installations across the country.

Mekorot’s uniqueness as a water utility lies in its unparalleled experience, know-how, technologies and innovative processes for the management, operation and treatment of all types of water resources: surface water, underground water, brackish water, seawater and effluents.

The supply of adequate quantities of high quality water has become a tremendous challenge in many regions of the world, a situation that unfortunately is expected to intensify.

The skills, technologies, and know-how that Mekorot has accumulated over the decades has provided the company with deep insight regarding successful approaches to water challenges.

Based on its experience and capabilities, Mekorot believes that it is possible to turn the global water shortage to an economical growth engine.

• Water Resource management:  Mekorot’s expertise derives from decades of innovation in the face of severe challenges, including limited freshwater resources, climates ranging from semi-arid to desert, a rapidly growing population and difficult geopolitical realities.
  
  Mekorot has overcome these challenges through the development of cutting-edge processes that have succeeded in maximizing the utilization of Israel’s water resources, automating its treatment and delivering it to domestic, industrial and agricultural users. 
   
• Water Supply: Over a period of 70 years, Mekorot has implemented a range of novel systems and methods to supply water with high reliability and safety. 
  
  Mekorot supplies water to approximately 5,000 intermediary water providers, including municipalities, regional associations, agricultural settlements and industrial consumers.  
   
• Water quality and security: Mekorot has established a nationwide, state-of-the-art network of water quality laboratories and sophisticated monitoring programs.
  
  These services are available to partners on an outsourced basis. 
   
• Desalination: One of the world’s desalination pioneers, Mekorot today operates 31 desalination plants treating nearly a million cubic meters of seawater and brackish water every day.
  
  Its advanced R&D, experience and know-how have resulted in desalination plants with an impressive level of water economy and automation while reducing their energy consumption and membrane usage.
  
  These efficiencies have enabled Mekorot to achieve the world’s lowest-cost desalination costs. Mekorot’s desalination expertise ranges from plant design, construction and project management to operations, training and maintenance. 
   
• Wastewater treatment and reclamation: The systems established by Mekorot have given Israel the world’s highest water reclamation rate.
  
  The company’s eight water purification plants treat 40% of all Israel’s purified sewage water, and its nine reclamation plants enable 70% of the effluent to be reused for agriculture, freeing drinking water for domestic and industrial use. 
   
• Flow Catchment: Mekorot has developed innovative technologies for the capture of floodwater in desert regions.
   
• Rain enhancement: Mekorot’s proprietary cloud seeding technologies and programs have succeeded in augmenting Israel’s rainfall by approximately 13-18 % annually.
   
• Model-based operational planning: Mekorot has developed sophisticated mathematical models and SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) control systems that enable it to optimize the full range of its operations and planning activities.
  
  Its professional service personnel are available to adapt and implement these tools for partners.
   
• Advanced engineering and infrastructure capabilities: Mekorot’s engineering subsidiary, Electro-Mechanical Services (EMS), is expert at carrying out major infrastructure projects such as Israel’s flagship National Water Carrier and its state-of-the-art 5th Pipeline to Jerusalem.
  
  To share its expertise with companies around the world, Mekorot has established a professional services framework under which it provides planning, technological consultation, engineering, outsourced operation, maintenance, project management and implementation services.
  
  International partners that have benefited from these services include Siemens, FENTOS, CYII, Melbourne Water, Sydney Water, the Government of India, KIWA Research Institute and others.
   
• Entrepreneurship: To extend its technological leadership and continuously improve the quality of the water it provides, Mekorot actively promotes the development of innovative new water technologies.
  
  Through its WaTech™ initiative, Mekorot provides entrepreneurs in all water-related business areas with platforms for beta and commercial testing and supports them with a broad range of technological analysis and consultation services.
  
  It also assists them in their efforts to reach out to global markets, strategic partners and capital.