NEWS RELEASE                                                                               DECEMBER 2012

2100 Major Municipal Water Treatment Projects in the U.S. and Canada in Next 12 Months 

Municipalities in Canada and the U.S. will construct new drinking water treatment plants to supply a growing population. They will also replace and upgrade existing facilities. These projects are tracked biweekly in the McIlvaine North American Public Water Plants and People.

Category

U.S.

Canada

Total

Additional   urban MGD

1,185

95

1,280

Year   end urban MGD

48,600

5,060

53,660

Additional   rural MGD

180

11

191

Year   end rural MGD

7,500

635

8,135

Total   additional MGD

1,365

106

1,471

Total   MGD at year end

56,100

5,695

61,795

Replacement   MGD

5,000

500

5,500

Total   new MGD

6,365

606

6,971

Number   of projects

1,600

150

1,750

Canada and the U.S. will add 1,471 MGD of new facilities and will replace or upgrade 5,500 MGD. This will be accomplished through 1,750 major projects and many thousands of minor projects at the 22,000 treatment plants in the two countries.

In addition to the capital projects, McIlvaine forecasts that 30,000 bid requests for treatment chemicals will be issued for treatment plants in the two countries. Over 20 different chemicals are being used by treatment plans in the two countries. McIlvaine tracks chemical bid requests and bid reviews for chemicals as well as tracking capital projects.

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