USD 4 billion Market Potential of ZLD across 5 industries by 2020 in India March to Sustainability: Zero Liquid Discharge, an in-depth market assessment report, quantifies the market opportunity for ZLD at USD 4 billion (INR 270 billion) across five water intensive and highly polluting industries in India, i.e. Thermal Power (coal fired), Distillery (molasses based), Iron & Steel, Textile (wet processing) and Pulp & Paper (large wood based) by 2020. What to Expect in the Report This market assessment report is a primer for Zero Liquid Discharge in India, which describes the current scenario, illustrates the outlook for 2020 and quantifies the market opportunity with a focus on five highly polluting and water intensive industries, i.e. Thermal Power (Coal fired), Distillery (molasses based), Iron & Steel, Textile (wet processing) and Pulp & Paper (large wood based). A mixed method approach was adopted to estimate the market potential for ZLD across the five sectors of focus, covering geographic/ company-wise lens, technology lens and time lens. The cumulative market potential across the five industries of focus would be nearly INR 270 billion (USD 4 billion) by 2020, with the highest market potential for ZLD in the thermal power sector. Molasses based distilleries sector follows second in terms of market share of ZLD. This is in line with the fact that distillery industry has a national mandate in the pipeline. The distillery sector has a relatively strong business case for ZLD due to the additional revenue from by-products generated as a result of adoption of bio-compositing as a route for achieving ZLD in the sector. Iron & Steel industry too has high penetration for ZLD as in the case of distillery sector however, as the country tries to achieve the goal of tripling its crude steel production capacity, the sector would see increased market opportunity for ZLD. The opportunity for ZLD in the textile sector has changed considerably due to the change in policy scenario. However, with increasing concerns on water scarcity and water pollution, it can be expected that the market will slowly take up ZLD by 2020. The Pulp & Paper sector at present does not have any ZLD mandate however the Charter for Water Recycling & Pollution Prevention in Pulp & Paper Industry aims at making the industry efficient and sustainable in terms of water use. The industry is currently operating well below the global standards and is highly inefficient in terms of water use and also a major contributor to the pollution of India’s water resources. Thus, there is a high probability that the large wood based pulp & paper mill will be targeted first to lead the Pulp & Paper industry towards Zero liquid Discharge. Once the industry achieves the global best level of water consumption, it is likely that the market opportunities for ZLD solutions would open for the sector and the investment would pick up by 2020. Click here to learn more. For any enquiries regarding the report, please email us at mait@sustainabilityoutlook.in.
Taxonomy
- Waste Water Treatments
- Reverse Osmosis
- Evaporation
- Zero Liquid Discharge
- Industrial