Abstract
Description
The water sector is facing greater challenges than ever before: population
growth, climate change, increased water scarcity, tougher environmental
regulation, and dwindling public finances. As we confront these issues, only
one thing stands between success and failure: water technology.
It is a subject which has been neglected over the years. The pipe, the pump
and the valve, have been enough to meet our needs but suddenly investment in
new technologies has become an imperative.
Water Technology Markets is your in-depth analysis of all the important
developments and opportunities in the water technology sector.
It aims to answer three questions:
- 1) What game-changing technologies are coming down the pike?
- 2) Where are the best growth opportunities in the sector?
- 3) What is the broader context of the water technology sector?
It is essential reading for:
- Water equipment suppliers: Who is going to eat your lunch next
year? How can you position yourself to make the most new developments?
- Engineers and contractors: What new technologies do you absolutely
have to be aware of in order to stay ahead of the game? Where will you see the
best growth in future?
- Investors: Beneath the hype, where are the real opportunities for
investors in this sector? What are the risks and rewards?
- Water Utilities: Which new technologies can radically alter our
cost base? Can you give us an unbiased opinion on their actual potential?
The report divides into four sections:
- Market Overview: How does the water technology market work? What
are the routes the market and the methods of procurement? What is the market
structure and how is it evolving?
- Market Drivers: Where and why is innovation a necessity in the
water sector? How is climate change affecting the sector? What is the impact
of environmental regulation? Where are utilities looking to cut costs?
- Disruptive Technologies: Which purport to offer a radical new
solution to the challenges facing utilities? Are they likely to deliver what
they promise? Which are the top ten technologies which are going to make the
biggest difference?
- Growth Markets: Where is the best growth to be had in the water
equipment supply market? What are the dynamics of these markets? Will they
continue to grow at the same rate?
- Water Technology Market Map: How do the 3,000 companies which compete in
the global water technology market fit together.
The report includes global market size estimates and growth forecasts for the three main growth areas:
- Disinfection: ultraviolet systems, ozonation, and chlorination
- Infrastructure: pipes (new lay and rehabillitation), pumps, and
metering
- Desalination & membrane separation: reverse osmosis, thermal
desalination, microfiltration and ultrafiltration
New technology themes covered:
- Energy from wastewater
- Energy from sludge
- Waste-heat recovery
- Lower-energy alternative processes
- Osmotic power
- Membrane distillation
- Renewable energy for desalination
- Electrolytic treatment
- Advances in UV technology
- Alternative disinfection technologies
- Advanced detection/monitoring and analysis
- Biological nutrient removal
- Side stream treatment - Nutrient removal/recovery
- Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge
- Phosphorus recovery directly from wastewater
- Sludge minimisation
- Sludge pre-treatment (disintegration/destruction)
- Anaerobic digestion - co-digestion
- Electro-osmosis sludge dewatering
- Sludge drying - solar drying
- Supercritical wet-air oxidation
- Short-rotation coppicing
- Advanced oxidation technologies
- Sewer mining
- Source separation
- High recovery/zero liquid-discharge (ZLD)solutions for desalination
concentrate
- Decentralised wastewater management Membrane leak detection
- Advanced membranes
- Biomimetic membranes
- Forward osmosis
Water Technology Markets has been compiled by technology evaluation specialist
Paul O' Callaghan of O2 Environmental and the GWI research team. It represents
nearly 2,000 hours of research compressed into 320 pages and a CD ROM. It is
your window on the future of water and wastewater on this planet.
Can you have a strategy in the water business without it? | 
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