Establishment of a desalination project in Israel to attempt to improve the technology of obtaining fresh water from brackish waters was announced here today by the United Nations. The project, to take three years, will cost $1,974,900, of which the United Nations Development Program will contribute $730,000 while the Government of Israel has contributed $1,244,000, according to the UNDP. The project will be established at a pilot plant at Mshabei Sade, about 20 miles from Beersheba.
Jacob R. Oloie of Holland, an engineer who is a member of the Netherlands National Commission on Water Desalination, was appointed by the UNDP today to head the project in Israel’s Negev Desert. The pilot plant according to Mr. Oloie is expected to produce 1.3 million gallons of desalinated water from brackish water per day at initial cost of between 25-35 cents per thousand gallons.
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