Municipal Drinking Water Market Size, Share, Industry, Forecast and outlook (2024-2031)

Global Municipal Drinking Water Market is segmented By Type (Waste Water Treatment, Potable Water Treatment, Sea Water Treatment), By Treatment Systems (Chemicals, Membrane Systems, Disinfection Equipment and Filters, Others), Others), By End-User (Public Water Supply, Private Water Supply, Institute Water Supply, Hotels and Restaurants, Industrial Water Supply, Others), and By Region (North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa) – Share, Size, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2024-2031

Municipal Drinking Water Market Overview

The Global Municipal Drinking Water Market is expected to grow at a high CAGR during the forecasting period (2024-2031). Municipal provides drinking water for public supply which collects from underground sources such as wells sunk into aquifers, from reservoirs, lakes or rivers. The municipal provides drinking water to the people in those particular areas.

Municipal water is supplied to households and industries with the help of underground pipes. North America is the dominant region for the global municipal drinking water market. Competitive rivalry intensifies Evoqua Water Techno, Pall Corporation, Veolia Water Technologies and others operating in the market. Municipal has Public drinking water systems uses various methods such as sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, coagulation and flocculation of water treatment to provide safe drinking water for the communities.

Municipal Drinking Water Market Scope and Summary 

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Municipal Drinking Water Market Dynamics and Trends

The global municipal drinking water market growth is driven by rising demand for safe and clean water for drinking require in the commercial, residential and industrial sector

Increasing demand for safe and clean water for drinking require in the commercial, residential and industrial sectors is expected to drive the market growth

 The growing prevalence of several chronic and infectious diseases due to drinking contaminated water drives the growth of municipal drinking water. Several governments are providing funding to facilitate safe and clean drinking water during the covid-19 pandemic. On 11th June 2019, Indian Centre Government has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024, government has set a plan to provide clean drinking water to nearly 140 million households in India.

The rise in the global population and urbanization have propelled the demand for the municipal drinking water market

According to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the global population in 2015 was around 7.2 billion and is expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050. Hence municipal drinking waters are widely used for household drinking and another purpose.

The rise in the demand for the drinking water with facilities of the municipal to the household with the surge in the government investment

Several governments are providing the investment for providing clean, safe and pure drinking water to the residential areas which created a huge opportunity for the growth of this market. For instance on 11th March 2018, In India, the Ghaziabad municipal corporation launched a major drinking water supply project for six of the corporation’s wards in that area. The project was initiated to supply drinking water to the household under the Central government’s Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme which is valued at around US$ 5 million.

COVID-19 Impact On Municipal Drinking Water Market

The global municipal drinking water market has a slight impact on this market, as several manufacturing facilities of the chemicals required for safe drinking water were closed during April and May 2020. The market has shown immense growth in June 2020 due to rising awareness for safe, clean and pure drinking water. Several leading players have launched the latest technology equipment for facilitating safe and pure drinking water around the globe.

For instance, on 20th March 2020, The World Bank approved around $170 million to improve sanitation services in Dhaka city which benefited around 1.5 million people in that area. Further, this investment also has facilitated 50,000 new household sewer connections and helped to construct a new Sewage Treatment Plant at Pagla area, Dhaka, Bangladesh with a capacity of treating about 150 million litres of domestic wastewater treatment per day.

Municipal Drinking Water Market Segment Analysis

The global municipal drinking water market is segmented based on type, treatment systems, end-user, and region.

By type, the wastewater treatment segment accounted for the largest share of the global Municipal Drinking Waters market in 2019

Based on type, the global municipal drinking water market is segmented into wastewater treatment, portable water treatment and seawater treatment. Among these, the municipal wastewater treatment segment has the highest market share in 2019, this is primarily due to rising government initiatives and support for building the infrastructure related to the wastewater due to rising the urban population.

For instance, as per the United Nations Report, the global urban population reached around 4.2 billion in 2018 that is around 54% of the global population resides in the urban areas which propelled the demand for safe and pure drinking water in the urban societies. Further, the portable water treatment is bifurcated into river water, lake and pond water, aquafers water and others.

The membrane systems, disinfection equipment and filters segment is expected to hold the largest market share over the forecast period (2023-2030)

By treatment system, the global municipal drinking water market is segmented into Chemicals, membrane systems, disinfection equipment and filters and others. Among these, membrane systems, disinfection equipment and filters have the highest market share owing to the rising launching of advanced technology-based filters, membranes and devices for water purification, For instance, on 21st Feb 2020, Veolia launched SIRION as a compact, plug-and-play reverse osmosis system for high purity water production.

Public water supply has higher demand due to massive population and growing urbanization

By end-user, the market is segmented into the public water supply, private water supply, institute water supply, hotels and restaurants, industrial water supply and others. Among this public water supply has the highest share for the municipal drinking water market owing to raising the governments’ investments for developing the wastewater treatment plants for providing safe drinking water to the people living in the urban areas.

Similarly, private water supply, institute water supply, hotels & restaurant, segments are also growing at a faster pace for the global municipal drinking water treatment market. As several private companies started to supply drinking water treatment facilities to the municipals around the world.

Municipal Drinking Water Market Geographical Share

The high investment made North America the largest market for municipal drinking water

By region, the global municipal drinking water market is segmented into North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle-East, and Africa. Among all of the regions, North America is the dominant region for the global municipal drinking water market and is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecasted period due to the present advanced technology with growing government investment and raising the water consumption per person followed by Europe region.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the average daily water consumption per capita per person in the United States is around 380 litres (100 gallons) per capita per day with overall demand is around 680 litres (180 gallons) per capita per day. This has propelled the demand for municipal drinking water in the developed countries followed by Europe.

Asia-Pacific is also growing at a faster pace due to several reasons like rising population, growing government initiatives to provide clean and safe water for drinking through municipalities. As per the EPA, the developing countries has an average of around 15 litres (4 gallons) per capita per day with the total world’s average being approximately 60 litres (16 gallons) per person per day.

Municipal Drinking Water Companies and Competitive Landscape

The global municipal drinking water market is highly competitive with the presence of several international and local markets. Product diversification, revenue generation, and opportunities intensify the market competition. Evoqua Water Techno, Pall Corporation, Veolia Water Technologies, Kurita Water Industries, Aquatech, MWH Global, WesTech Engineering, Degremont Industry, Suez Environnement, and RWL Water Group are the leading market players with significant market share.

Companies are entering into collaborations, acquisitions, mergers, contracts and licensing with the municipals for increasing their market penetration. For instance, on 18th Oct 2018, Veolia Water Technologies acquired Biochemica Water Ltd. The acquisition expanded the organization business of the UK to supply end-to-end drinking water for the municipal and industrial sectors with its complete technologies and services solutions regarding wastewater, drinking water, process water, sewage & cooling water, sludge treatment, and hygiene chemicals.

Veolia

Overview: Veolia, founded in 1853 with the U.S. office based in Paris, Aubervilliers, Île–de–France. Veolia is a French transnational company that offers three main solutions that is water management, waste management and energy services and solutions across the world

The Group designs and develops access to resources, preserve available resources through water, waste and energy management solutions which contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries

In 2019, the company had managed 3,548 drinking water production plants, supplying drinking water to 98 million people, managed 2,835 wastewater treatment plants and has been connected 67 million people to wastewater systems

Product Portfolio: The company has a diverse product portfolio of municipal drinking water including:

• Mobile Water Services: Mobile Water Services of the company offers rental assets and equipment for supporting and assisting the site operations of the water treatment. The service of water treatment is available for temporary and longer-term water treatment needs with 24/7 assistance. The mobile water treatment technologies are pre-packaged on a trailer, skid or container which can offer flow rates from 1m³/hour to 500m³/hour with maximum mobility and rapid response.

Key Development: In May 2020, Veolia launched the single skid unit TERION a standard device with single-pass reverse osmosis (RO) and continuous electrode ionization (CEDI) facility to produce high–grade deionized water. This can be made available for a wide range of applications including laboratory, power, and general industrial applications.

Further on 28th May 2020,

Veolia and Urban Utilities had been working to establish full–scale sidestream ANITA Mox treatment plant in the Asia Pacific’s Australia region for the wastewater treatment industry. This organic and environmentally–focused technology can save up to US$ 5 Million per year of the operational cost of the plant.

The two companies have worked together to develop the first full-scale ANITA Mox project which uses the Anammox bacteria to break down nitrogen in wastewater, hence requiring fewer chemicals and energy than traditional treatment processes.