지난해 미국 내 프래킹(fracking)산업에서 물 관리에 소요된 경비 60억 달러 중 2%만이 산업에서 발생한 오염된 물 7만Ml를 처리하는 데 사용됐다고 시장분석기관 Bluefield Research가 발표했다. 그러나 Bluefield는 2020년까지 물 재사용량이 2배 가까이 뛸 것으로 내다봤다.

Bluefield는 프래킹산업에서의 수처리 시장이 물 공급업체에 대한 리스크를 성장시킴에 따라 2014년 1억3천800만 달러에서 2020년 3억5천700만 달러로 성장할 것이라고 전망했다.

 

 

 

Only 2% the US fracking industry's US$ 6 billion plus outlay on water management in 2014 was spent on treatment of the 70,000 Ml of contaminated water the industry produced according to a report by market analyst Bluefield Research. But the volume of reuse will almost double by 2020.

 

Bluefield forecast the the water treatment market for fracking will grow from US$138 million in 2014 to US$357 million in 2020 driven largely by growing risk on water suppliers. According to lead author on the report: Water for US hydraulic fracturing: competitive strategies solutions and outlook, 2014-2020, Bluefield Research analyst, Erin Bonney Casey, the risk arises form "tighter regulation and disposal costs on the rise."

 

She predicts that water reuse in the tracking business will rise from an average of about 14% no to some 27% of total produced and plowback water by 2020. The growth will in part come from "significant gains in water management experience; adoption of more efficient water management strategies; and new policy mechanisms from regulators playing catchup with the fast moving tracking industry."

 

Casey said "shifting regulation in 31 states, along with water supply risk, and alternative water solutions for fracking are driving competition in a fragmented value chain."

 

The report profiles 57 leading players from across the water management supply chain under three tcategories: pure-play water service providers, energy service providers, and key technology providers.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 9월 11일]