NEWS RELEASE OCTOBER 2016
Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemical Market Sales to Surpass $27 Billion Next Year
Sales of water and wastewater treatment chemicals will exceed $27 billion next year. This is the latest forecast in McIlvaine Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market. The largest region will be East Asia with 36 percent of the total purchases.

Corrosion inhibitors will be the leading product followed by organic flocculants.
| 1 | Corrosion Inhibitors |
| 2 | Organic Flocculants |
| 3 | Scale Inhibitors |
| 4 | Inorganic Flocculants |
| 5 | Oxidizers & Biocides |
| 6 | pH Adjusters |
| 7 | Other |
| 8 | Odor Control |
| 9 | Ion Exchange |
| 10 | Activated Carbon |
| 11 | Chelants |
| 12 | Defoamers |
Municipal water treatment plants will spend more than $5 billion for treatment chemicals in 2017. Power plants will be the second largest purchasers followed by municipal wastewater plants.
| 1 | Water |
| 2 | Power |
| 3 | Wastewater |
| 4 | Refining |
| 5 | Pulp & Paper |
| 6 | Other Industries |
| 7 | Oil & Gas |
| 8 | Metals |
| 9 | Chemical |
| 10 | Food |
| 11 | Mining |
| 12 | Electronics |
| 13 | Pharmaceutical |
For more information, click on N026 Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market
