Global Desalination Market Overview

Tom Pankratz, Water Desalination Report

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Global Desal Capacity 1990-2020

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Global Desal Capacity 1990-2020
Close-up on Latin America
Total installations: 1191 desal plants producing 4.13 million m3/d
Total seawater: 425 plants producing 2.75 million m3/d
Total RO plants: 921 Total Thermal: 123 Other: 47
Online >2000: 908 plants, with 283 are SWRO
Online >2010: 610 plants

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Global Desal Capacity 1990-2020

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Global Contracted Capacity

Seawater + Brackish Water Desalination

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Capacity – million m3/d

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Desal Forecast CapEx versus OpEx

Source: GWI DesalData

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Capacity w/ Private Sector Involvement

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Spending by Market 2017-2022

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SWRO Energy Consumption

The most energy- Trend towards systems Complex interplay

efficient design is approach: between large number
integration of factors
not necessarily the OVER
most cost-effective optimization

Source: GWI DesalData

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SWRO High versus Low Recovery

The most energy- Trend towards systems Complex interplay

efficient design is approach: between large number
integration of factors
not necessarily the OVER
most cost-effective optimisation

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SWRO High versus Low Recovery

The most energy- Trend towards systems Complex interplay

efficient design is approach: between large number
integration of factors
not necessarily the OVER
most cost-effective optimisation

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SWRO is more than Membranes

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SWRO is more than Membranes

Intake

Pretreatment

Post-treatment RO
Membranes

Outfall
Pumps &
Piping

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Membranes, Vessels = 7.1% of CapEx

Based on 100,000m3/d SWRO

at a CapEx of $133.7 million

source: GWI DesalData

SWRO Development Challenges
Justification
• Is it really necessary and how big should it be?
Intake/Outfall
• Primary siting challenge
• Most significant cost variable
Pretreatment
• Biggest impact on plant availability
Post-treatment
• Biggest underestimated challenge
Conveyance
• Can equal intake/outfall in siting impact
Procurement Method
• Affects project cost, timeline
• Politically sensitive
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