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Israel turned the Mediterranean into a tap: desalination now supplies most household water
55% of Israel's domestic water comes from the sea ($0.58 per 1,000 L)
Scientific American reports that Israel now gets 55 percent of its domestic water from large-scale seawater desalination, with membrane breakthroughs driving costs so low that Sorek produces a thousand liters of drinking water for $0.58. Trade press project files show Sorek alone was designed to cover about 20% of the country's domestic water consumption, one of several mega-plants along the Israeli coast.
Israel draws 55% of its domestic water from the sea - and at the Sorek plant, 1,000 liters of drinking water cost just 58 cents.