Mekorot

Mekorot signs five-year collective agreement with wage increases of over 20%

The agreement includes NIS 13,000 in cumulative signing bonuses per employee, an excellence bonus equivalent to one month’s salary, higher pensionable pay and new career advancement tracks.

Mekorot signed a five-year collective agreement with its employees
Barak Graber, Acting CEO, Mekorot Development & Enterprises

Acting CEO of Mekorot development & enterprise: Understanding the problem key to finding solutions

  	 • Barak Graber, Acting CEO,  Mekorot Development & Enterprises

The climate crisis, national resilience, and the unifying power of water

Mekorot – International Water Powerhouse.

Mekorot reports higher 2nd quarter profit, but regulatory changes weigh on 2026 results


Israeli archeologists find 'most ancient gate' discovered in Holy Land

Experts are saying that this is the most ancient city gate discovered in the State of Israel.

The ancient gate at Tel Erani.

How does Israel's national water company decide who to hire?

Hagai Philipson discusses personnel recruitment, the new collective agreement, technological innovations, and the Mekorot employees’ sense of mission.

 THERE IS value in what we do’: Hagai Philipson, VP of human resources, Mekorot

New desalination plant to start operating six months ahead of time

Mekorot marked the completion of all the necessary work to connect the new facility in Sorek to the country’s water system in a ceremony earlier today.

 R to L: Energy and Infrastructure Minister Israel Katz, Mekorot CEO Amit Lang,  and Yitzchak Aharonovich upcoming Chairman of Mekorot

Mekorot begins operation of water line joining Beersheva with Shoket drilling area

The project is part of a larger project whose primary goal is to increase the supply of water along the Be'er Sheva – Shokat – Arad route.


Mekorot begins operation of water line joining Beersheva with Shoket drilling area

Mekorot has begun work on a large project that is intended to increase the supply of water along the Beer Sheba route.

 Eshkol Reservoir

Mekorot announces net profit of NIS 51 million in Q1

Company results show that total revenue for the reporting period amounted to NIS 924 million, a decline of slightly more than 1% compared to total revenue in the first quarter of 2022.

 An aerial view shows the pier of a plant of Mekorot located close to the national water carrier project, which in cases of emergency can pump desalinated water into the Sea of Galilee, on January 23.

‘There will be no water shortage in Israel’

Mekorot CEO Amit Lang discusses the current state of Israel’s water resources, future plans, global interest in Israeli technology, and projects to optimize energy consumption.

 The Granot Brackish Water Desalination Plant.

Mekorot head announces establishment of International Water Forum at UN Water Conference

The forum will convene once a year and will focus on the global effort to solve the global water shortage, which has affected numerous countries worldwide.

 Mekorot head announces establishment of International Water Forum at UN Water Conference

Israel has become a water powerhouse

Mekorot provides Israel with over 80% of its drinking water and 70% of its water supplies. Israel doesn't have a water shortage, but a surplus.

 (L-R) Energy Minister Karin Elharrar, President Isaac Herzog, First Lady Michal Herzog and Mekorot CEO Itzhak Aharonovitch at the Jerusalem water system groundbreaking

Managing Mekorot: A conversation with the man in charge of Israel’s national water company

Yitzhak Aharonovich talks to the Jerusalem Post about his new role the chairman of Mekorot who helped turn a water sector in crisis into an enterprise that produces a surplus of water.

  Yitzhak Aharonovich, chairman of the Mekorot National Water Company