Wastewater Treatment Industry In China Overview And Assessment Of Key Regional Markets

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of China’s municipal wastewater treatment (WWT) market, the competitive landscape, and key opportunities and challenges for companies considering entry into the China market.

Wastewater Generation. China’s municipal wastewater discharged has been growing faster than industrial wastewater in the past decade. As of 2012, China discharged 68 billion tons of wastewater; municipal wastewater and industrial wastewater accounted for 62% and 38% respectively. The top 6 provinces of total wastewater discharged are Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan and Fujian, accounting for 45% of domestic wastewater discharge in 2011. 

Wastewater Treatment. As of 2012, China had over 3,830 municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), an increase of 6% year-on-year over 2011; total daily WWT capacity reached 142 million tons, an increase of 4.4% over 2011. China’s municipal and industrial WWT rates reached ~85% and over 95% respectively2. China’s WWT capacity grew at 14% CAGR3 from 2005 to 2012. The 12th FYP set targets to grow the total investment in wastewater treatment by 17% (RMB 430 billion), compared with the 11th FYP period (2006-2010). Around 57% of the investment from the 12th FYP will be used for newly-added pipelines and 43% for wastewater and sludge treatment facilities. 

Wastewater Treatment Technologies. There are three major processes in treating wastewater, i.e. primary physical treatment, secondary biological treatment and tertiary chemical treatment. Majority of WWTPs in China are centralized4 with secondary biological treatment. China’s WWT technologies are in a nascent stage; ~60% of the domestic municipal WWTPs use Oxidation Ditch Process (OD), Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic (A2/O), and Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). However, Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR) is the fastestgrowing WWT process in China, with over 50% year-on-year growth over the past five years, although its current market share in domestic WWTPs is still very small.

Competitive Landscape. China’s WWT market has developed rapidly with the increasing awareness of environmental protection and significant government investment; the total market turnover reached ~USD 24 billion in 2012. The market is highly fragmented with foreign players dominating the high-end equipment and technology market. 

Considerations. There are thousands of domestic players that compete on low prices and relationships with local governments, which can create a difficult market for foreign invested enterprises to compete against, especially small and medium enterprises(SMEs); there are also many large state-owned WWT enterprises which have local competitive advantages to compete against. Additionally, low WWT fees are one of the main challenges for profitability in the industry, especially for WWTP operators as fees are capped although costs are variable.

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Table Of Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Executive Summary

3. Industry Overview

4. Ecosystem Overview

5. Regulatory Environment

6. Key Regional Markets

7. Market Entry

8. Conclusion

9. Appendix

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