# IDE Technologies wins Sorek B desalination plant contract

IDE Technologies won the BOT tender for the Sorek B seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Israel, a 200 million m³/year facility, with a water price of 1.45 NIS/m³ (~$0.41).

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-05-29
- Where: Sorek, Israel, Israel
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200 million m³/year
- Products: desalinated water
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [IDE Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/32541.md)
- [Ministry of Finance of Israel](https://endata.com/companies/47537.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [waterworld.com](https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water-treatment/article/14176884/ide-secures-contract-for-israels-sorek-b-desal-plant), 2020-05-29: "IDE Technologies was announced this morning by the Tender Committee of Israel’s Ministry of Finance as the winner of the Sorek B BOT tender"
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/ide-technologies-secures-the-sorek-b-tender-823514227.html), 2020-06-10: "IDE Technologies has offered an exceptionally low water price of 1.45 NIS (equivalent to ~ USD 0.41/m3), which is predicted to set a new benchmark for seawater desalination water prices on a global scale."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0958-2118(20)30118-x), 2020-07-01: "Desalination and water treatment systems company IDE Technologies has won the tender for Israel's Sorek B sea-water reverse osmosis (SWRO) facility."

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