(as of 31.12.06)
| Annual water supply |
1.5 billion cubic meters (70% of national consumption and 80% of drinking water)
Wastewater reuse: 60% of treated wastewater
Sewage treatment: 40% of overall sewage |
| Customers |
4,800 municipalities, local counsels, agricultural settlements, kibbutzim and regional associations, who in turn supply water to Israel’s citizens, farmers and industries |
| Employees |
2,150 |
| Founded |
1937 |
| Ownership |
fully owned by the State of Israel |
| Financial information |
Sales – more than US$700 million per year
Shareholders’ equity – US$ 500 million
Balance sheet total – more than US$3 billion |
| Physical plant |
Production and supply facilities: 3,000
Control centers: 8
Water pipes: 10,500 kilometers
Desalination plants: 31
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a 100 million cu m. a year seawater desalination plant is under construction in Ashdod that will be operational in 2011 | Sewage treatment plants: 6
Reused wastewater projects: 10
Filtration plants: 8
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including a 500 million cu. m. a year filtration plant at the company’s Eshkol facility | Pumping units: 1,822
Pumping stations: 659
Reservoirs: 91
Wells: 1,042
Tanks: 637 (500cu.m. and above)
Reclamation projects: 10
Water quality laboratories: 6 |
| Water testing |
Water samples taken: 40,000 annually
Laboratory analysis: 190,000 annually | |
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