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Report shows global water crisis promotes desalination boom; International Desalination Association releases latest statistics

Posted by: Maven on October 18, 2008 at 6:18 am

From Water World:

Worldwide growth in the use of desalination to produce a reliable supply of drinking water rose sharply over the past year indicating that desalination technologies are being used more than ever to address the global thirst for new sources of potable water, according to new statistics released today by the International Desalination Association (IDA).

According to the 2008-2009 edition of IDA’s Desalination Yearbook, published by Global Water Intelligence, the amount of global contracted (planned) capacity grew by 43 percent in 2007, or 6.8 million cubic meters per day (m³/d), up from 4.7 million m³/d in total contracted capacity in 2006. This increase of 2.1 million m³/d is enough to supply potable water to more than 50 million people.

IDA reports that this growth trend has continued in 2008. During the first six months of this year alone, newly contracted capacity has increased by an additional 39%.

As of June 30, 2008, the cumulative contracted capacity of desalination plants around the world stood at 62.8 million m³/d. Sixty-two percent of the newly contracted capacity is seawater desalination, with brackish water desalination representing another 12.2 million m³/d. Wastewater applications of desalination technologies for water reuse is growing fast, currently representing 5 percent of total capacity.

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October 18, 2008 · Filed Under Desalination

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