# GES wins tender to acquire Ashdod desalination plant for $283M

Global Environmental Solutions (GES) won a government tender to buy the Ashdod desalination plant in Israel from Mekorot for 909 million shekels ($283 million).

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-10-20
- Where: Ashdod, Israel
- Value: $283.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100 million cubic meters of seawater per year
- Products: desalinated water
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Global Environmental Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/58566.md) (acquirer)
- [Mekorot](https://endata.com/companies/58567.md) (target)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ges-wins-tender-take-over-israeli-desalination-plant-2021-10-20/), 2021-10-20: "Water treatment specialist Global Environmental Solutions (GES) won a government tender to buy a desalination plant in central Israel for 909 million shekels ($283 million)."

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