$54 Billion Market for Flow and Treatment Products and Services in Municipal
Water and Wastewater
Municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities around the world
will spend $54 billion this year for products and services involving flow
control and treatment of air, gas, liquids and water. This is the conclusion
reached by the McIlvaine Company in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and
Control: World Market. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Municipal Flow and Treat
Revenues 2014 |
|
Product |
Revenues ($ Billions) |
Pumps and valves |
21 |
Liquid physical treatment |
9 |
Other treatment |
17 |
Air and gas flow and treatment |
3 |
Instrumentation |
4 |
Total |
54 |
The ratio of pump to valve sales is higher in municipal drinking water than in
municipal wastewater due to the greater number of treatment processes needed in
wastewater treatment. Plant operators are slowly moving to automation
which industrial plants have already adopted. This is increasing the demand for
smart pumps and valves which can indicate performance and maintenance
requirements.
The liquid physical treatment processes involve delivering purified water, but
also in dewatering solids. With the interest of reuse of wastewater,
highly efficient technologies such as reverse osmosis are being incorporated.
Other treatment involves disinfection and biological treatment. The large
size of this segment is due to the sizable investment in biological treatment of
wastewater. Disinfection choices are being influenced by new rules
limiting the release of disinfection byproducts. Non–chemical approaches such as
ultra- violet (UV) treatment are carving out market share at the expense of
chemicals such as chlorine.
Air and gas flow and treatment is required due to the use of air for aeration of
biological sludges and the need for odor reduction from wastewater treatment
processes. The blowers and compressors needed for aeration are the largest
power consumers in the wastewater plant. There is a priority now being
given to increase aeration efficiency and decrease energy consumption.
Cities around the world receive more complaints about odors from wastewater
plants than complaints about any other air pollutants. Biofilters and
scrubbers can eliminate these escaping odors.
Too much is being spent for chemicals and not enough for automation of municipal
water and wastewater treatment plants. These plants are also labor
intensive with many manual quality samples being needed. Automatic
sampling and control of processes promises to reduce plant costs.
For more information on Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World
Market, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/445-n064-air-gas-water-fluid-treatment
Headlines for the February 7, 2014 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1161 – February 7, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL - US
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
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SUBJECT |
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February 27, 2014 |
NOx Catalyst
Performance on Mercury and SO3
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March 13, 2014 |
Industrial Boiler Fuel Options:
Coal, biomass or gas?
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March 27 |
Mercury control and removal |
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April 10 |
NOx and ammonia slip measurement
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvainecompany.com
191 Waukegan Road Suite 208 | Northfield | IL 60093
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