글로벌 담수화시장조사기관 Frost & Sullivan은 담수화 시설의 급등과 함께 세계 담수화 수익이 2019년까지 1천900만 달러 수준으로 2배 이상 증가할 것으로 전망했다. 또한 150개국에서 운영되는 현재 1만7천 개의 담수화 플랜트 수가 2020년까지 100% 증가할 것으로 내다봤다.

F & S는 점점 극심해지는 가뭄의 영향으로 인해 향후 담수화 분야는 이를 해결하기 위해 폭넓게 적용되는 장기간의 대응책이 될 것이라고 설명했다. 또 담수화 기술 기업들이 가뭄과 관련된 문제를 해결할 보다 효율적인 솔루션을 개발함으로써 성장할 것이라고 말했다.

 

 

 

Global desalination revenues will more than double to top US$ 19 million by 2019 reflecting a similar surge in the numbers of facilities according to a report by market analyst, Frost & Sullivan.

 

In its report, Analysis of global desalination market, F&S has predicted that the sector's market revenues will reach US$ 19.1 billion in 2019 from US$ 11.7 billion in 2015 . It said also that the number of desalination plants in operation in 150 countries -  at more than 17,000 worldwide - will increase 100% by 2020.

 

F&St foresees the transformation of desalination into a widely accepted, long-term response as droughts grow more intense. It predicts also that desalination technology firms will capitalize from the growth by developing more efficient solutions to the problems associated with drought.

 

While a number of desalination projects are under construction in the US, India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Mexico, adoption is slow in other drought-struck portions of the globe.

 

F&S suggested that weak regulatory support is currently stalling desalination's rise in some water-scarce regions while there is progress in a number of areas include the US, India and the Middle East. Brine disposal will remain a lead challenge until advances in technology address it fully said the report.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 10월 27일]