An essential forecasting, strategy development

and market mapping tool, providing the global

desalination industry with unrivalled insight,
granularity and accuracy.
Desalination activity happens in short bursts and involvement at the earliest stage is essential
to get ahead of the competition. GWI DesalData’s continuous tracking of project activity and
quarterly forecast updates equip you with both the intelligence and resources you need to
capture new opportunities as they emerge. It takes the guesswork out of your desalination
market research and is built to create significant savings for businesses in research hours,
consultancy costs and resources.

GWI DesalData provides a complete toolkit for building, validating and executing your desalination market
strategy:

Project-powered forecasts: Market metrics, size and growth rate data

The only desalination forecast tool built out of validated project data and references, the rigorous and transparent
forecast model is based on historical, tracked and anticipated project data.

Desal market leads: Live project tracker & actionable opportunities

GWI DesalData tracks 450+ planned projects and is updated twice a week. The project tracker documents project
history, key contact details, and contractor and bidder information, so you can get involved in key projects at the
earliest stage.

Competitor and market access intelligence: Company profiles, M&A activity and project references

650+ company profiles for key market players, intuitively connected to the plants and projects database and country
profiles. Assess market share, identify the key players active in your target market, find potential partners and monitor
your closest competitors.

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Product Overview

Build and verify your desalination market strategy with rigorous, trusted, data driven forecasts
GWI DesalData tracks 450+ planned projects and is updated twice a week. The project tracker documents project history, key
contact details, and contractor and bidder information, so you can get involved in key projects at the earliest stage.

Find your Company Cost

next project Tracked References estimator
Projects Inventory

Find your Company

next market profiles
FORECASTS

Find a Country End User Region &

partner country profiles
Technology

See Quarterly
competitors forecast webinars

Equipment &
Service Type

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Forecasts

Find your next market: drill down into your markets with precision
Updated quarterly, GWI DesalData’s market forecasts offer a 360° view of the desalination market, allowing users to track and
develop target markets globally as well as drill down into market data with precision by country, technology, end user and
component/service type.
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Installation/services
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Download raw data into Excel to

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** includes wastewater, pure water, surface water
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Country Forecasts

Dissect desalination
market forecasts by
region and country

25+ Snapshot
profiles

25+ Full profiles

(including forecasts)

Asia / Pacific Latin America North America Europe / Gulf MENA

Central Asia Bahrain Algeria
Australia Brazil United States
Cyprus Kuwait Egypt
China Chile
Sub-Saharan Spain Oman Iran
India Mexico
Africa
Saudi Arabia Israel
Japan Peru
South Africa
United Arab Jordan
Singapore
Emirates
Morocco
Taiwan
Qatar
Tunisia
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Forecast Hub

The Forecast Hub: determine the direction of the desalination market at a glance
Key forecast charts and graphs provide critical top-level market insights harvested from the expansive GWI DesalData forecast
datasets, so you can keep on top of your market segment without conducting regular, time-intensive market assessments:

• Global forecasts and analysis – charts include global capex, opex, contracted capacity and operating capacity forecasts
alongside expert market analysis of key trends

• Forecasting the development of key markets – charts include expenditure by region, top markets by total desalination
capex and opex, key seawater markets and key brackish water markets

• Expert quarterly market forecast webinars – led by the GWI DesalData Editor, these high value webinars dissect the most
important market developments and analyse their impact on the market

Civil engineering MED (>50,000 m3/d) >50,000 m3/d

Design costs
Electrical energy Energy recovery devices 10,000 - 50,000 m3/d
MSF (>50,000 m3/d)
1,000 - 10,000 m3/d
<1,000 m3/d
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Other RO
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>50,000 m3/d
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spend Installation / services SWRO Desalination SWRO
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MSF (>50,000 m3/d)

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Country / Region Profiles

Monitor desalination activity on a country and regional level

Bookmark and track your key markets.

Country profiles include:

• Key country-level data

Monitor current and forecasted
capex, opex, contracted capacity
and operational capacity

• Comprehensive coverage of
online, contracted and planned
plants
Identify key clients and projects
in your market with a full
inventory of desalination plants,
featuring detailed project-level
data including contract type,
technology type, technical
specifications and key contractors
and equipment suppliers

• Live project tracker updates

Follow regional project
opportunities before they are
announced and track them to
financial close, including client
information and contact details

Example profile:
Oman
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Project Inventory
Project Inventory

Mapping the past, present and future of the world’s desalination markets
Mapping the past, present and future of the world’s desalination markets
GWI DesalData hosts the industry’s most comprehensive database of desalination plants and projects dating back
GWI50
over DesalData hosts theusers
years, providing industry’s
with most comprehensive
a sandbox of data fordatabase of desalination
market-to-market plants and projects
benchmarking, custom dating back
research
over 50 years, providing users with a sandbox of data for market-to-market benchmarking,
projects, and developing lead lists across the entire capex and opex value chain. custom research
projects, and developing lead lists across the entire capex and opex value chain.
21,000+
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Mirfa IWPP, Abu Dhabi

Project Details

Status Online Location Land based

type
Award date 2014
User Municipalities as drinking water
Online date 2017
Category (TDS 10ppm - <1000ppm)
Capacity 140,000 m³/d
Est. project USD 1,500,000,000
Location Mirfa, United Arab cost
Emirates Water cost USD 0.73 / m³
Technology RO (Reverse Osmosis) Feed water Seawater (TDS 20000ppm -
Project scope Power/Desal Plant type 50000ppm)

Contract type IWPP Product 150.0 ppm

water
Concession 25 years salinity

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period

additional
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phases and 2581 Al Mirfa [+]

Technology RO (Reverse osmosis) Contractors Bidders

phases and 38804 Al Mirfa [+]

Output water 140,000 m³/d
Name Role

expansions System Two Pass ENGIE Developer/co-developer

expansions
Power 3.55 kWh/m³ Degremont (now Suez) EPC contractor (desal)
consumption

at the same Tracker updates Ansaldo Energia EPC contractor (power)

at site
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OCT
The financial package supporting the deal has been concluded by
developer GdF Suez and its partner ADWEA. The $1.5 billion cost
of the project will be met through a mixture of debt and equity. A
Hyundai Engineering & EPC contractor (power)
Construction Co., Ltd.
CH2M (now Jacobs Engineering

site
Engineering) Consultancy

See bidder data on past

2014 consortium of thirteen local and international lenders provided the
debt portion of the deal. $500 million of this was accounted for by Encozen Engineering Engineering
four domestic lenders: First Gulf Bank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi,

Seeongoing
bidder contracts
data on past
Consultants Consultancy
Union National Bank and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. GdF Suez

and This heatmap shows desalination projects

will hold a 20% stake in the project, with ADWEA initially holding Comment: Pre-contract consultancy: Contract
the remaining 80%. Degrémont will carry out the desalination management

and ongoing contracts Thisthe

heatmap shows desalination projects
contracting, under the aegis of the main EPC contractor: a Parsons Brinckerhoff Engineering

across world from DesalData’s project

consortium comprising Hyundai and Ansaldo Energia. (now WSP) Consultancy
Comment: Developer's engineer

across the world from DesalData’s project

GdF Suez has signed a 25-year power and water purchase
4
JUL
2014
agreement with ADWEA that will see the French developer take a
20% stake in the project company. ADWEA will initially hold the
remaining 80% equity in the plant. Degremont will carry out the
Evers e.K. Equipment Supplier :
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View EPC contractors, developers Theinventory.
intensity of the colour corresponds to
EPC work for the desalination portion of the plant. A source at GdF Energy Recovery, Inc. Equipment Supplier:
told GWI that it hoped to achieve financial close on the project Energy Recovery
before the end of 2014, with commercial operation slated to begin Device

View EPC contractors,

suppliersdevelopers totalThe intensity of the colour corresponds to
in 2016.

Market rumours suggest that Sojitz is planning to pull out of the

Hydranautics Equipment Supplier:
Membranes ( RO ) and equipment desalination capacity in that area.
and equipment suppliers
Chemical Process Equipment Supplier:

total desalination capacity in that area.

19 developer partnership with GdF Suez that had been the leading
MAR choice for the contract. GdF Suez now has to decide whether to Piping Pvt Ltd Pipes (unspecified)
2014 look for another equity partner or pursue the private developer role
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alone. A debt finance package is already believed to be lined up.
Pressure vessels
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timetable for awarding the contract is still unclear. Evers e.K. Equipment Supplier:
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Project Data

Access unrivalled detail on desalination projects worldwide

View project details, search our projects database, or download project data to Excel. Search and filter by:

Key details
Key details End user Equipment suppliers
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• Country • Membranes
• State/province (USA, China, India, Canada, Iran, Australia) • Plant owner • Pretreatment
• Capacity • User type (municipal/ • Pumps
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• Online date • Industry type (electronics, food • Energy recovery devices
• Plant status (planned, construction, online, offline) & beverage, metals, mining,
• Feedwater (seawater, brackish water, wastewater, brine, oil & gas, power, pulp & paper,
refining/chemicals, textiles)
Bidder
pure water, surface water)
information
• Prequalifiers
• Bid submissions

Project Technical details Financial details

developers • Desalination technology • Contract type
• Pretreatment technology • Estimated EPC cost
• ERD type • Contract term
• RO configuration • Water tariff
• Energy consumption • Developer consortium
EPC
• Project finance details (selected
contractors projects)

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Water Reuse Inventory

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Stay on top of the global water reuse industry with a brand new project inventory

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An inventory of over 1,200 water reuse projects, either under construction or commissioned since 2010. Filter by
plant status, capacity, region, country, technology & primary reuse sector for a granular view of the reuse market.

GWI MARKET FOCUS DECK: DESALINATION & REUSE MARKETS

Published annually, this market report zones in on the key desalination
and reuse markets, featuring detailed analysis on their unique market
dynamics and detailed forecasts providing a clear idea of where to
position your business for growth. A DesalData subscriber exclusive,
this report offers a snap-shot of the market presenting you with timely
analysis to help you11understand what is going on in the market.
Companies

Map the competitive landscape of your key markets: scope out your potential partners, competitors
and future customers

Outwit the competition and establish your

market position with GWI DesalData’s
in-depth profiles for all key players
involved in desalination. Search company
profiles by name, country, region and
project role. Profiles include:

• Project references and contract bids

Key projects Timeline Company activity
by company
Detailed project-by-project data
includes company role, country, award
Key projects Timeline Company activity year, capacity, technology, project
status and feedwater

• Company structure and M&A activity

Analyse the corporate strategies of
Key projects Timeline Company activity
your key competitors and potential
partners

• Competitor intelligence data

Intelligence includes key expertise,
total contracted capacity by region,
timeline of contract wins and key
project awards

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Cost Estimator

Drill down into desalination value chain with capex, opex and water price calculations
Perfect tool to inform early-stage cost estimates for investors and engineers. See how money is spent in a typical seawater
desalination project, and how different variables affect the final cost of desalted water.

Manipulate plant conditions See estimated cost breakdowns

• Technology (SWRO/MED/MSF) • Specialist equipment

• Seawater salinity range (membranes, pressure vessels,
• Seawater temperature range energy recovery devices, high
• Pretreatment difficulty
Calculate grade alloys, thermal fabrication)
• Intake/outfall difficulty CAPEX • Pretreatment
• Permitting difficulty • Pumps
• Country • Intake/outfall costs
• Design services, civil
engineering, installation
• Equipment/materials

Calculate
• Utilisation rate • Parts
OPEX
• Energy consumption • Chemicals
• Electricity price • Labour
• Labour costs • Membrane replacement
• Electrical energy
• Thermal energy

• Interest rate • Cost of capital & amortisation

• Equity yield • Energy costs
Calculate
• Loan repayment term • Labour
• Debt-equity split
water price
• Overheads

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New Features

New GWI DesalData updates for 2021

GWI DesalData is continuously improving and expanding its depth of coverage of the desalination market,
here are just some of the planned feature launches:

Q4 forecast Annual market

update report

Q1
New! 2021
2021

Water reuse
inventory Technology section Cost estimator update

Overview of the
prevalent technologies
Oct 2020 in desal, and current
33rd Desalting Plant
Inventory released: adoption trends
6.4 million m3/d
of new contracted
capacity
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Testimonials

What do our subscribers say?

DesalData is a great tool for our sales and marketing

GWI DesalData helps us track the status of global de-
salination projects along with key project information. It
gives us access to information that we would find
difficult to get on our own. If the desalination market is
very important for your business and for market
research, I would recommend subscribing to GWI
DesalData.
Hyejin Ko, LG Chem
team to help guide our company’s desal focus for new
business. The global news updates, database search, and
market analysis provided in forecast webinars give valua-
ble insight to the global market and key trends.
Alisha Cooley, FEDCO
Informative, inclusive and insightful. The only website you
need to subscribe to if you are working on the
desalination sector.
Nagy Elashmany, Alireza

Just some of our subscribers:

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Quarterly
Key markets at a glance Forecast webinars Download raw data into Excel
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area of interest

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