The Water and Wastewater Treatment Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.4% by value from 2022 to reach USD 956,481.2 million by 2032 from an estimated USD 565,514.4 million in 2022. The growth of the water and wastewater treatment market is driven by factors, such as the rapid population growth and urbanization, stringent water treatment regulations, the rising need for new water resources, the growing emphasis on water quality and public health, and the increasing prevalence of waterborne diseases.
The growing demand for energy-efficient and advanced water treatment technologies is expected to provide significant growth opportunities for water and wastewater treatment system providers in the coming years. However, the high installation, maintenance, and operational costs are expected to hinder the growth of this market to a notable extent. The aging existing water infrastructure is also one of the major challenges for the growth of the water and wastewater treatment market.
Here are the top 10 companies operating in the Water and Wastewater Treatment Market
Suez Environnement S.A.
Suez Environnement S.A. is engaged in providing water management, recycling and waste recovery, water treatment, and consulting services. The company operates in five business segments: Water Europe, Recycling and Recovery Europe, International, Water Technologies & Solutions, and Other Segments. The company offers water distribution and treatment services to individuals, local authorities, and industrial clients; waste collection and treatment services which include collection, sorting, recycling, composting, energy recovery, and landfilling for non-hazardous and hazardous waste to local authorities and industrial clients; and water, waste, and engineering services.
The company is engaged in the water management business that covers the collection & distribution of water, production of drinking water, wastewater treatment and reuse, management of the water cycle in the industry, public-private water partnerships, and water
regulations.
The company has its geographic presence in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. As of 2020, the company had a headcount of 90,000 employees worldwide.
Veolia Environnement SA
Veolia Environnement SA is engaged in providing several environmental services worldwide. The company operates through water, waste, and energy businesses. The water business integrates drinking water and wastewater activities, such as water distribution and collection, water and wastewater treatment and supply, industrial process water, wastewater sludge management, and recycling and reuse solutions, as well as the construction of water treatment plants. The company also manufactures water treatment equipment and technologies. The waste business collects, sorts, processes, disposes and recycles household, commercial, and industrial wastes.
The company has a geographical presence in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa-Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand. As of 2020, the company had a headcount of 181,514 employees worldwide.
Xylem, Inc.
Xylem, Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing, and servicing engineered solutions for water and wastewater applications. The company operates through three business segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, and Measurement & Control. The Water Infrastructure segment offers various products, including water and wastewater pumps, treatment and testing equipment, and controls and systems; as well as filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment under the Flygt, WEDECO, Godwin, WTW, Sanitaire, YSI, and Leopold brands.
The Applied Water segment provides pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment systems under the Goulds Water Technology, Bell & Gossett, A-C Fire Pump, Standard Xchange, Lowara, Jabsco, Flojet, and Flowtronex brands for residential and commercial building services, industrial water, and irrigation applications.
The Measurement and Control segment provides communications, smart metering, measurement, and control technologies and services that allow customers to use their distribution networks to deliver critical resources such as water, electricity, and natural gas. This segment also offers software and services, including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring, and data management, and sells smart lighting products and solutions. The company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and value-added solution providers.
The company has its geographical presence in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. As of 2021, the company had a headcount of 17,300 employees across the globe.
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is involved in research & development, manufacturing, innovating, and marketing, catering to electronic products, transportation, construction, water, health & wellness, and food industries. The company operates through five business segments: Electronics & Imaging, Nutrition & Biosciences, Transportation & Industrial, Safety & Construction, and Non-Core.
The company offers polymeric adsorbent resins, which are engineered polymers; catalysts, including acids, base type catalysts, and catalysts for immobilized metals applications that are available with macroporous and gel type morphologies; electrode ionization (EDI) modules for removing ionized and ionizable species from the feed water using DC power; and TEQUATIC PLUS, a fine particle filter engineered to solve difficult water problems.
DuPont’s product portfolio comprises ion exchange resins used to remove contaminants from water and other liquids, reverse osmosis, and nanofiltration elements for industrial, municipal, commercial, and home drinking water applications.
The company has its geographic presence throughout Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. As of 2021, the company had a headcount of 28,000 employees worldwide.
3M Company, Inc.
3M Company, Inc. is engaged in the automotive, commercial solutions, communications, design and construction, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, safety, and transportation sectors. The company manages its operations through four business segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Health Care, and Consumer. 3M offers water infrastructure products like potable water rehabilitation products, protecting water pipes, protecting water tanks, and protecting equipment.
The company has its geographical presence in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. As of December 2021, the company had a headcount of 95,000 employees.
Meticulous Research in its latest publication on Water and Wastewater Treatment Market has predicted the growth of 5.4% during the forecast year 2022-2032.
Pentair PLC
Pentair PLC is engaged in designing and manufacturing energy, food & beverage, industrial, infrastructure, and residential & commercial products. The company operates through three segments: Aquatic Systems, Filtration Solutions, and Flow Technologies. The company’s solutions enable people, businesses, and industries to recover and reuse water, reduce water consumption, and access clean and safe water.
The company has its geographical presence in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa. As of December 2020, the company had a headcount of 9,750 employees.
To augment its market share, Pentair PLC is actively engaged in acquisitions during 2018-2021. For instance, in 2021, Pentair acquired Pleatco LLC, a manufacturer of water filtration and clean-air technologies for pools, spas, and industrial air customers. This acquisition was aimed at providing Pentair with additional replacement filter products to be sold through Pentair’s existing Pool and Spa distribution channels and Pleatco’s distribution channels.
United Utilities Group PLC
United Utilities Group PLC provides water and wastewater services. The company is engaged in collecting, treating, and reusing water. The company serves more than 3 million households and 200,000 businesses, including manufacturing companies and small shops.
The company collects water from the environment and distributes it to its customers. The company collects 1,271 million liters of used water (from flushed toilets, emptied sinks, household appliances) per day and takes it along 72,000 kilometers of pipes and sewers to wastewater treatment plants, after which the treated water is transferred to water supply reservoirs. United Utilities Group also provides financing and property management services.
The company has a geographical presence in Europe. As of March 2021, the company had a headcount of 5,000 employees.
Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and maintenance of water treatment equipment and systems. The company operates through two business segments: Water Treatment Chemicals and Water Treatment Facilities.
Kurita Water provides equipment for water purification and wastewater treatment as well as soil remediation systems. The company provides boiler water treatment chemicals, cooling water treatment chemicals, wastewater treatment chemicals, process treatment chemicals, petroleum process chemicals, iron and steel-related chemicals, and paper & pulp-related chemicals through its Water Treatment Chemicals segment.
Furthermore, the company provides water treatment equipment and facilities, ultrapure water, chemical cleaning, tool cleaning, soil & groundwater remediation services, and maintenance services that encompass operation, maintenance, and water treatment management facilities through its Water Treatment Facilities segment.
The company has its geographical presence in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. As of March 2021, the company had a headcount of 7,465 employees.
Bio-Microbics, Inc.
Bio-Microbics, Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing, marketing, and exporting wastewater and stormwater treatment and transfer systems. The company offers aeration equipment and systems, aerobic treatment systems, biological nutrient removal systems, clarifiers, decentralized treatment systems, denitrification equipment, effluent treatment systems, grease interceptors, grease removal equipment, membrane biological reactors, and nitrate removal systems.
The company’s products comprise nitrogen removal equipment and supplies, packing media, towers and scrubbers, septic system enhancements and accessories, wastewater and stormwater screening devices, stormwater filtration and treatment systems, wastewater treatment systems, and water reuse systems.
The company sells its products to residential, commercial, marine wastewater, water reuse, and stormwater markets worldwide. The company has its geographical presence in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Australia.
Thermax Limited
Thermax Limited provides engineering solutions to the energy and environmental sectors. The company operates through several divisions, including heating and cooling equipment, turnkey power plants, waste heat recovery units, systems for water & wastewater management and air pollution control, performance improving chemicals, solar systems for heating, cooling, and power generation. The company offers several solutions for automobiles, cement, chemicals and fertilizers, commercial/ construction, dairy, distillery, paper & pulp, pharmaceuticals, plywood, power generation, food, refineries and petrochemicals, soft beverages, metals, sugar, textiles, and tire industries.
The company offers both packaged boilers & heaters for process applications and large boilers & fired heaters for steam and power generation for the energy sector. Furthermore, Thermax offers air pollution control systems for both particulate and gaseous emissions for the environmental sector.
The company’s water and waste solutions cater to industrial and commercial establishments by treating water, cleaning sewages, and treating effluents. The company’s chemicals business comprises ion exchange resins. Apart from resins, the company also provides performance, construction, and oil field chemicals.
The company operates through 29 international offices and 14 manufacturing facilities globally. The company has its geographical presence in more than 88 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East & Africa. As of 2021, the company had a headcount of 3,627 employees.
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