NORTHFIELD, Ill. (June 15, 2012) – Revenues for pumps, valves, treatment equipment, chemicals and monitoring for municipal water and wastewater plants around the world will exceed $52 billion in 2012. This is the latest forecast in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.
Municipal Water and Wastewater Flow Control and Treatment Revenues Worldwide 2012
| Product | Revenues ($ Billions) |
| Pumps | 14 |
| Valves | 7 |
| Subtotal | 21 |
| Cartridge | 1 |
| Sedimentation/Centrifugation | 2 |
| Cross-flow Membranes | 4 |
| Macrofiltration | 2 |
| Subtotal | 9 |
| Biological/Oxidation Destruction | 8 |
| Water/Wastewater Chemicals | 9 |
| Subtotal | 17 |
| Scrubber | 1 |
| Fans and Compressors | 2 |
| Subtotal | 3 |
| Air Monitoring | * |
| Water monitoring | 2 |
| Subtotal | 2 |
| Total | 52 |
*Less than 0.5
The biggest investment will be $21 billion for flow control. The smaller $9 billion separations segment will grow at a faster rate than the flow control. The $2 billion water monitoring market will grow at close to double-digit rates over the next five years as municipal plants switch from labor intensive manual testing to continuous monitoring. Another driver is the lower consumption of chemicals and increased energy efficiency.