The State Advances Plans for a Second Desalination Plant in the Western Galilee

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The state has published the early screening stage of a tender to build a second desalination plant in the Western Galilee. According to Calcalist, the Finance Ministry published the early screening stage, and the plant will be built south of Nahariya. According to Bizportal, the desalination tender committee opened the early screening stage.

According to Maariv and TheMarker, the plant is part of a government plan to increase Israel's desalination capacity. According to Calcalist, the capacity will grow from about 800 million cubic meters per year today to 1.5 billion cubic meters in the next decade. The plant is expected to produce about 100 million cubic meters of water per year.