Lux Research의 새 연구결과에 따르면 수처리는 성공적인 양식업(aquaculture)을 위해 필수적인 요소이며, 이러한 수처리 수요는 2014년 72억 달러에서 2030년 133억 달러로 두 배 가량 증가할 것으로 예측된다. 자연산 어업이 점점 무너져가는 현 상황에서 양식업은 해산물 수요를 공급하는 데 있어 필수적인 요소가 되고 있다.

LR의 연구원이자 보고서 ‘푸른 혁명 : 양식업에서의 수처리 기회 급성장’의 주저자인 Abhirabh Basu는 “양식업은 수생물을 잡거나 모으는 기존 방식에서 그들을 키우는 방식의 ‘푸른 혁명’으로 세계를 전환시키고 있다”고 설명했다. 그는 “하지만 수처리가 없다면 양식장은 죽은 생선이나 먹이, 배설물 등으로 범벅이 될 것이므로 고도 처리 시스템은 시장 성장에 있어 필수적”이라고 덧붙이며 수처리의 중요성을 강조했다.

 

 

 

According to new findings from Lux Research (LR), an independent research and advisory firm, water treatment is essential to successful aquaculture, and demand for water treatment is expected to nearly double from $7.2 billion in 2014 to $13.3 billion by 2030.

 

Aquaculture -- the farming of fish and other aquatic animals -- is an increasingly vital means of supplying demand for seafood, as wild fisheries suffer from stress and collapse.

 

"Aquaculture is leading to a 'Blue Revolution' as the world shifts from hunting and gathering aquatic resources to farming them," said Abhirabh Basu, LR associate and the lead author of the report, titled "Blue Revolution: The Fast-growing $7.2 Billion Water Treatment Opportunity in Aquaculture."

 

"However, without water treatment, fish populations swim in a putrid cocktail of dead fish, feed, feces, and nutrients that breeds disease and endangers entire crops -- advanced treatment systems are essential for the market to grow," he added.

 

LR researchers evaluated opportunities in the rapidly growing market for advanced water treatment in aquaculture. The following lists some of their findings:

·Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) enjoy many advantages. Currently, advanced reuse systems represent only 4.5 percent of the total aquaculture market, with pond culture being the dominant means of production. However, by 2030, RAS will produce over 40 percent of the total aquaculture output.

·Europe is poised to be a leader in water reuse systems. Between 2000 and 2013, the U.K. added 25 RAS facilities; Norway's Nofima, the largest aquaculture research facility in Europe, has installed over 1,000 tanks and hatcheries; and Denmark expects 90 percent of its aquaculture production to stem from recirculating systems.

·Wastewater companies are leveraging expertise to tap the RAS market. Kruger Kaldnes, a Veolia subsidiary, has tapped its traditional moving bed biofilm reactor for aquaculture. Among promising startups, BioGill uses vertical membrane sheets, and BioFishency has built an "all-in-one" plug-and-play solution.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 3월 10일]