| Title |
Market Evaluation of Seawater Desalination Plant considering International Water Scarcity and Expense Outlook by Use and Nation |
| Authors |
양정석 ( Jeong Seok Yang ) ; 손진식 ( Jin Sik Sohn ) ; 강대수 ( Dae Su Kang ) |
| Keywords |
Global market development; Seawater desalination; Water demand by region; Water demand by use; Water scarcity |
| Abstract |
National water supply, water resources available, the ratio of water supply to total water resources, and the ratio of water supply to available water resources were investigated to find global seawater desalination plant market for 163 nations. Water resources available per capita from 2007 to 2016, population in water scarcity region from 2011 to 2016, and the ratio of water scarcity population to total population were also analyzed for the countries. Annual percentage increase in total municipal drinking water capital expenditure and Annual percentage increase in total industrial water market were analyzed to predict the amount of water supply by use. 76 countries are suffering from water scarcity and 60 countries among the countries have coastal regions. Forty countries were selected by considering the considerable amount and highly increasing trend of water demand by use. Most countries show increasing trend of industrial water and 82 countries have more than 4% annual increasing rate for domestic water expense from 2008 to 2016 among 163 countries. Among the 76 water scarcity countries 16 countries were finally selected by considering expense prediction by use. Middle-east, east asia, pacific ocean, and west europe regions include most selected countries. |