WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS WORLD MARKET UPDATE

August-December 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NEWS

Ecolab Amends Champion Purchase to Exclude Refinery Unit

Dow Announces Pending Layoffs

DuPont Announces Layoffs in Response to Weak Global Industrial Demand

Ecolab Closing Grand Forks Office, Cuts up to 144 Jobs

Kemira Gathers Managers to Plot Growth Plan after Savings Drive

IBM Wins Environmental Award for Wastewater Treatment System

NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Wastewater Treatment Plant to be Upgraded

Boulder will be Changing the Way it Deals with its Wastewater

$13 Million Regional Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Complete

New Wastewater Underground Pipeline Planned for Los Angeles

Beverage, Dairy Sector Spending on Wastewater Treatment to Double by 2016

TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS

AWWT Launches Tri-State Sandy Cleanup with Patented Wastewater Treatment Technology

New Research Could Improve Sustainability and Cost Effectiveness of Wastewater Treatment

Researchers Identify a Simple Way to Precipitate Phosphorus from Pulp Mill Wastewater

PTG's Patented Wastewater Treatment Technology Named Finalist in American Water Awards

Oman's Chemists Use Palm Leaves for Water Treatment