Helmut kaiser consultancy new study.
Water desalination, reuse and water disinfection show as segments of the markets high growth potential and profit potentials. But nanotechnology and molecular science and technologies will change most of the technologies in the water markets in the future
Drinking water in the publicly available field shows growth rates of more than 9% and high growth rates in future is to be expected. The world bank takes more than 450 bn US$ of necessary investments within the next 10 years as a starting point. Drinking water shows more than 12 percent growth and a profit of 20 percent in best practice comparison. The prices for drinking water will increase worldwide in the next 15 years more than 5 times from today because of shortage and quality security. Drinking water is necessary like basic food and more expert demand to add this as one of the human rights. This is the only way to prevent new conflicts over water around the world where 30 percent of the world population is already affected today.
Especially water treatment is a growth segment. In the drinking water market worldwide, municipal, thus governmental or half-governmental companies dominate, as well as multinational groups and in the field of suppliers around 20 000 companies worldwide. High investments and operating costs let expect a further concentration to big groups in spite of efforts to pass the companies into private hands. Companies and public institutions, which combine drinking water with other utilities like waste water and energy, are able to achieve a turnover yield of more than 15%. The highest growth rates are expected in Asia, especially China, because the Chinese government tries with public programmes to improve the drinking water situation in the next 20 years.
The waste water markets and process water markets underlie in their development comparable investment conditions and depend on the development of a countries economy. The growth rates will be in the next years between 7 and 9 percent but the profit is 3 to 6 percent for best practice comparison.. In this field there is a trend to combine waste water, process water. In drinking water production to so-called “total water concepts”. The reasons are cost optimization and limited quantities, so in individual regions like Asia, Africa, partly South America and North America, total water plants are established. In such plants process water or drinking water, according to demand, is produced from waste water. The solid substances are converted into energy or bio-substances to be utilized in agriculture.
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