Israel Water-Purification Technologies

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(1) Joshua Mitnick, Israel, Jordan, Palestinians to Sign Water Agreement; Deal a rare example of cooperation in an embittered political environment. Wall Street Journal, Dec 11, 2013
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303330204579247840748650398
(The three parties Monday (Dec 9) "signed the agreement at World Bank headquarters in Washington")

(a) Quote:

(i) "The agreement calls for construction of a water-desalination plant, at a cost about $300 million, in Jordan's Red Sea port city of Aqaba. It will be built, operated and financed through private investors chosen in a bidding process.

"The plant will supply Aqaba with 30 million cubic meters (1.05 billion cubic feet) of drinking water annually. It will also supply as much as 50 million cubic meters (1.75 billion cubic feet) of water, valued at about $50 million, to the neighboring Israeli city of Eilat and Israeli farms in the Arava Valley.

"But instead of paying, Israel will swap the same quantity of fresh water pumped from the northern Sea of Galilee, sending it back across the border to Amman and northern Jordanian cities. The idea is to find more local solutions to water needs in the north and south of both countries.

"Israel also committed under the agreement to sell the Palestinians an additional 30 million cubic meters annually at cost. The source of that water isn't fixed.

(ii) "Though Israel has enough desalination capacity to satisfy demand, the Jordanian desalination plant will provide a local water supply to satisfy rising usage in Eilat and among Israeli farmers at the southern tip of the country without having to build more costly infrastructure to pipe water in from central Israel.

"The leftover seawater pumped from the Red Sea, about 100 million cubic meters (3.5 billion cubic feet) annually, will be sent through a 180-kilometer-long (108 miles) pipeline to the Dead Sea to partially offset the decline in the water level there.

(b) Note: Aqaba
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqaba
(Arabic for "the Obstacle;" Jordan's "only seaport;"  The Mamluks took over in 1250 and rebuilt the fort in the 14th century under one of the last Mamluk sultans, Qansah al-Ghouri [who renamed it Aqaba, the Obstacle])

* Aqaba castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqaba_castle

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(2) Logistics: Water Magic. Strategy Page, Dec 11, 2013
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htlog/articles/20131211.aspx

Quote:

"So cheap, lightweight devices that produce clean water from local stuff [water] are much appreciated. * * * The latest bit of water purification gear is the WaterGen Spring. This is a 12 kg (26 pound) battery powered unit that is designed to be back packed. * * *This need is nothing new. Since there have been armies the largest single cause of casualties has been bad water. Not the enemy, but water borne diseases.

"Even locals find devices like Spring and Lifesaver attractive, even with the high cost. That’s because throughout history the biggest killer of all has been tainted water.

Note:
(a) Watewr-Gen Ltd
www.water-gen.com/
is based in Rishon LeZion
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishon_LeZion
(Hebrew, literally "First to Zion;"  is the fourth-largest city in Israel)

In the company homepage, click "Products" in the top horizontal bar. Among the four products, click "Spring-Portable Battery Operated Watewr Purification" whose features include:

"* Several filtration elements built on a multi-barrier principle.
* Treatment of any contaminated or potentially sabotaged [non-saline] water, including microorganisms, pesticides, heavy metals, etc.
* Automatic validation of water quality (automatic shut-off in case of poor quality)"

(b) The company debuted Spring and "GEN-350G Atmospheric Water Generation units at the DSEI exhibition in London, September 10-13, Israel Pavilion."
Israeli company presents new water purification technology. "I-HLS; Israel's Homeland Security Home," Sept 12, 2013.
i-hls.com/2013/09/israeli-company-presents-new-water-purification-technology/
("The GEN-350G Atmospheric Water Generation Unit creates water directly at the point of use from the natural humidity in the air. Requiring no additional infrastructure or consumables, the unit produces 450 liters/day at a remarkable efficiency of 310 kWatt-hour/liter – enabled by the revolutionary GENiusTM heat exchange technology, using the only heat exchanger made of plastic – that allows the production of 5 times more water per kilowatt of electricity consumed than any other solution"
(A) DSEi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSEi
(Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) is a defence and security equipment exhibition held every two years in London Docklands)
(B) GEN-350G is part of "Vehicle Atmospheric Water-Generator Unit" found in other "Products" of the company, though its website currently lists only "GEN-40V" in that category.