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South African Desalination Plant Markets
Frost & Sullivan, March 2011, Pages: 94
This research service illustrates the market for desalination plants within South Africa. The document concentrates on two specific verticals, those being the municipal and industrial sectors. Within each of these verticals emphasis is placed on the coastal towns along the east coast of South Africa for the municipal industry and gold mining, coal mining, energy and power, chemicals and petrochemicals in the industrial industry. It provides insight into the key challenges, market drivers, and restraints and provides a competitor analysis that describes the key distributors and their particular projects
Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled South African Desalination Plant Markets provides a strategic overview of the South African desalination plants and discusses the market dynamics pertinent to existing competitors, future and current developments and opportunities that South Africa has to offer. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following end-user sectors: municipal, industrial and commercial.
Market Overview
Desalination Emerges the Best Water Security Solution for Far Flung Settlements in South Africa
Environmental Concerns Compel Water Authorities to Turn to Desalination
Regions along South Africa’s coast and the industries of mining, energy and power as well as chemicals and petrochemicals are hot beds of opportunity for desalination plant owners. The increasingly important acid mine drainage (AMD) issue in the mining sector, the lack of water in municipalities along the east coast of South Africa, and the zero liquid effluent discharge (ZLED) objective of the energy and power as well as petrochemicals and chemicals sectors are driving the desalination plant markets in the country. The Government intends to spend up to $4 billion over the next few years to rehabilitate over 6,000 ownerless and derelict mines in the country, and this includes the possible setting up of desalination plants. Apart from coastal regions, settlements continue to be established in more remote parts of the country and, in some cases, areas that have no water infrastructure and little-to-no surface water resources. “High costs are involved in the piping of water from long distances and trucking of large volumes in a water bowser,” says the analyst of this research. “Hence, desalination is becoming more feasible option.”
Despite the potential of desalination, the large initial investments in the equipment, competitive water prices determined by the South African municipalities and inadequate brine disposal facilities deter plant owners from investing in the market. So far, boreholes and surface water treatment options are far cheaper and end users are considering all alternatives to purify and increase water supply at minimal costs. Small towns and communities, which have lower water requirements, can make do with boreholes when faced with water supply shortage. The cost of operating these boreholes is significantly lower than that of running a small desalination plant, especially considering the electricity costs. Nevertheless, sporadic rain and insufficient water supply in some of these drought-prone areas are making a strong case for small desalination plants with a capacity of less than 5 ml.
The Government is also doing its best to reduce the depletion of surface water resources and conserve the environment. The expansion of settlements necessitates the construction of more dams. “The construction of damns will have detrimental consequences for the aquamarine life and natural aqua ecosystems,” notes the analyst. “In an effort to reduce the construction of dams on the few rivers that are still flowing through these towns, water supply authorities are now considering desalination as the next best option.” Umgeni Water is currently conducting pre-feasibility studies for two large-scale desalination plants to produce potable water. Each plant is expected to have a capacity in the range of 150–200 ml per day with the use of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. This will greatly reduce the strain on surface water resources and simultaneously, give a huge boost to the desalination plant market.
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
- Municipal sector
- Industrial sector
- Commercial sector
- Technology
The following technology is covered in this research:
- Membrane technologies
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