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News | February 10, 2015

![Israel Sets World Record](https://vertassets.blob.core.windows.net/image/5f02e3c6/5f02e3c6-67d3-4d6a-8291-1ca3e10f6a14/375_250-israel_sets_world_record.jpg "Israel Sets World Record")

IDE Technologies’ Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in Ashkelon, Israel recently reached a world record of producing and delivering 1 billion m3 of high quality tap water since the start of its operation in 2005. When completed, Ashkelon was the world’s largest and most advanced desalination plant, with a capacity of up to 330,000 m3 per day. The plant set a new benchmark by achieving one of the world’s lowest prices for desalinated water, and ultimately expanded by approximately 20 percent in 2010. During the last 9 years, the plant has consistently addressed the water needs of more than 1 million people.

_Source: IDE Technologies_