Desalination & Reuse Handbook - Flipbook - Page 26
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WATER SECURITY
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Desalination Market Profile
Summary
The top-level desalination market has remained steady since 2015, with contracted capacity in 2017 totalling approximately
4 million m3/d for the third year in a row. This lack of market growth is largely a result of a relatively quiet 12 months in the Middle
Eastern utility project market since July 2017. Drops in seawater and brackish water desalination have been levelled out by increased
contracted capacity in low-concentration feeds such as wastewater and low-concentration river/surface water. Meanwhile, the industrial
desalination market grew by 21% in 2017, driven by increased activity in upstream and downstream oil & gas.
Incremental contracted and online capacity by year, 1990–2018
8
Contracted - full year
Capacity (million m3/d)
7
Contracted - 1st half
6
Contracted - 2nd half
5
Online capacity
4
3
2
1
0
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018*
Source: GWI DesalData / IDA
*Values through June 2018
Cumulative contracted and online capacity, 1965–2018
120
Capacity (million m3/d)
100
80
60
40
20
Awarded
Online
0
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
Source: GWI DesalData / IDA
*Values through June 2018
18
