$24 Billion Water and Wastewater Chemicals Market in 2012

 Sales of water and wastewater treatment chemicals globally will be just under $24 billion in 2012. This is the latest forecast in the continually updated Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company (USA).

Water & Wastewater Chemicals Revenues ($ Millions)

World Region 2012

Africa 890

CIS 1,361

East Asia 7,392

Eastern Europe 716

Middle East 1,227

NAFTA 5,379

Southern & Central America 1,303

West Asia 1,108

Western Europe 4,535

Total 23,911

East Asia will be the largest purchasing region.

East Asia Water & Wastewater Chemical Revenues ($ Millions)

World Region 2012

Bottom of Form

Chemical 234

Electronics 215

Flood 164

Metals 332

Mining 235

Oil & Gas 74

Other Industries 286

Pharmaceutical 71

Power 1,823

Pulp & Paper 618

Refining 537

Wastewater 1,377

Water 1,427

Total 7,393

The region is rapidly expanding its power, wastewater and water infrastructure.

Products ($ Millions)

Subject 2012

Activated Carbon 196

Chelants 193

Corrosion Inhibitors 1,689

Defoamers 163

Inorganic Flocculants 909

Ion Exchange 242

Odor Control 252

Organic Flocculants 1,186

Other 348

Oxidizers & Biocides 775

pH Adjusters 388

Scale Inhibitors 1,052

Total 7,393

Corrosion inhibitors will be the leading product category followed by organic flocculants and scale inhibitors. All of these chemicals are being consumed in much larger numbers in China as it expands its coal-fired boiler capacity by 30,000 MW/year. The U.S. fleet is 300,000 MW. China is increasing its coal-fired boiler chemical purchases over the next five years by an amount equivalent to 50 percent of the entire U.S. purchases. By 2020 chemical purchases for coal-fired boilers in China will be 300 percent of the U.S. volume.