Desalination is $2
Billion Market for Water Treatment Products
July 18, 2005
Companies such as GE, Siemens and ITT have
expanded their water treatment and flow product lines to include
the equipment and chemicals necessary for each step in
desalination from primary filtration through secondary
filtration and finally to the reverse osmosis process.
The market for these products this year will
be $2.1 billion and the average growth rate will be 9% worldwide
over the next five years. These totals are included in a series
of online reports available from the Mcilvaine Co.
Cross-flow equipment including the membrane
modules represents the largest market segment. The cross-flow
revenues are primarily for reverse osmosis but ultrafiltration
is commonly used for pre-filtration.
Valves are expensive due to the requirements
for corrosion resistance. Pumps are critical in supplying the
large pressures required in reverse osmosis.
Chemicals are required for coagulating
non-settling solids in the pre-filtration segment. Clarifiers
and granular media filters provide the separation of the large
particles. Other chemical needs are for pH adjustment,
disinfection, dechlorination, and inhibition of scale.
Secondary filtration involves cartridges or
ultrafiltration and is critical to protecting the reverse
osmosis membrane systems from fouling. The markets for
desalination are dispersed around the globe. The leading
countries in order of purchases in 2005 are: United States;
Saudi Arabia; Japan; Spain; South Korea; India; Iraq; Germany;
Singapore; and China.
Detailed forecasts for desalination water
treatment products are available online on the Mcilvaine website
in the following reports: RO, UF, MF: World Markets; Cartridge
Filters: World Markets; Pumps: World Markets; Valves: World
Markets; Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World
Markets; Liquid Filtration: World Markets; Sedimentation and
Centrifugation: World Markets.
Source: Mcilvaine Co. July 18,
2005 |