Worldwide Desalination Volume Up 8.5%

Recent data indicates that the current capacity for desalination plants world-wide has grown to 69 M3/Day, an 8.5% increase from 2008 statistical data. The data measures only desalination plants larger than 100 M3/day and in the first 6 months of 2009 there were 13,868 plants. Currently the number of plants either in operation or under contract is 14,754.

The "hottest" areas of late for desalination projects have been in Spain, Algeria, and Australia. Reverse Osmosis technology (61%) is the most often selected and municipalities (66.2%) dominate the user market followed by industry (23.5%)  and power (5.5%).

It is important to note also that there are a great many RO desalination plants under 100 M3/day operating around the world but that are not included in the data. Sea water desalination capacity is rising faster than brackish or other water qualities.

Water Treatment Systems.us Sea Water Systems Ready For Haiti

Water Treatment Systems, Inc. a Boca Raton based manufacturer of industrial and commercial RO systems has two (2)sea water desalination systems available for immediate delivery to Haiti. The systems were build for a private client who has agreed to let their systems be sold to anyone with the means to ship the one or both RO systems to the earthquake stricken country.

Each of the the systems is capable of supplying 55,000 gallons of much needed potable water per day. They can be picked up at Water Treatment Systems' factory in Ft. Pierce Florida or WTS will send them to a freight forwarder in South Florida.

The Future of Reverse Osmosis Systems

The future is now! Indeed RO systems are being utilized right now all over the world.
As water supplies continue to degrade or in many countries, simply not available, RO systems will be in greater demand. Desalination of sea water in arid climates is absolutely essential. In many industrial countries, good quality water sources for potable and for irrigation use are becoming hard to find. What little there is becomes very expensive.

Reverse Osmosis is a process that treats water that would otherwise be unsuitable for use and turns into potable water quality. It makes it possible to utilize water sources that are highly saline or brackish, thus freeing up the available "clean" water sources and keeping prices within reason.

Please check back with me often. I will be writing all about RO and RO applications on this first blog about the subject.