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Industrial wastewater pollution is pending

In recent years, with the continuous advancement of China's industrialization process, industrial water use has always maintained a high level. According to statistics, China's industrial water consumption reached 140 billion cubic meters per year from 2006 to 2014, while the discharge of industrial wastewater remained high. According to the national environmental statistics bulletin of 2015, the total amount of wastewater discharged in China is 73.53 billion tons. Among them, 19.95 billion tons of industrial wastewater are discharged, accounting for 27% of the total discharge. A large amount of industrial wastewater discharged has a significant impact on the watershed environment and the health of urban and rural residents.

The water consumption of industrial enterprises is large, the discharge of industrial wastewater is large, and the recovery rate is low, which further aggravates the predicament of water shortage in China. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Water Resources, although the water consumption of 10,000 yuan industrial added value shows a downward trend, (in 2014, the water consumption of 10,000 yuan industrial added value decreased by 59.5 cubic meters at comparable prices by 32% compared with 2010), compared with developed countries, the water consumption of 10,000 yuan industrial added value in China is larger, the water efficiency of industrial enterprises is too low, the recovery rate of industrial wastewater is low, and industrial wastewater is discharged in disorder. The disorder is serious.

China's Industrial Wastewater Treatment Market Situation and Investment Prospect Report 2014-2019 issued by China Industrial Information Network points out that China has started to treat industrial wastewater more than 10 years ago, and increased investment. Most industrial enterprises have also built sewage treatment facilities. At the same time, the State implements a sewage discharge permit system, requiring enterprises to discharge wastewater directly or indirectly to water bodies after obtaining permits for sewage discharge. However, due to the low cost of illegal activities, inadequate supervision and lax law enforcement, the phenomenon of industrial enterprises smuggling and causing serious environmental pollution still occurs frequently.

From the point of view of treatment equipment alone, the industrial wastewater treatment market has appeared relevant manufacturing enterprises in the 1970s and 1980s. Unfortunately, for a long time, the treatment of industrial wastewater was limited to selling pharmaceuticals, equipment and engineering. In recent years, many enterprises have started from technological innovation to design and operate industrial and enterprise pollution control projects, but this means has always been the "minority" in the industry.The industry as a whole has been hovering at the low end of the industry.Industrial waste water pollution pending.

Policy Catalysis, Industrial Wastewater Treatment Market Renewed Vitality

The short board of pollution control in China is not capital, not technology, but motivation. In other words, economic or financial factors have the most direct impact on an enterprise. Therefore, when these enterprises take the initiative to take pollution control measures under policy pressure, the action will be more thorough and the effect will be more significant.

With the promulgation of relevant policies such as "Water Ten Articles", "Third Party Governance Model" and "Trading of Emission Rights", especially in April this year, the environmental protection supervision team launched a major attack, and carried out a rigorous review of industrial and mining enterprises in many provinces and municipalities. The punishment, heavy punishment and closure of many illegal sewage enterprises have played a positive role in promoting the development of industrial and enterprise wastewater treatment industry. It can be said that this series of policies and measures to strictly control emissions, strengthen supervision and increase penalties have begun to revitalize the long-silent industrial wastewater treatment market. Many listed environmental protection companies with water treatment as their main business are actively laying out industrial wastewater treatment market.At the same time,more enterprises "outside the circle" are also eager to try. Some industrial wastewater treatment enterprises with technological or resource advantages have become the target of investment and acquisition.

According to the statistics of authoritative institutions, the operation scale of industrial wastewater treatment market in 2014 and 2015 was 80.8 billion yuan and 88.9 billion yuan respectively, and the operation scale of industrial wastewater market in 2016 was about 98.6 billion yuan. Experts estimate that investment in industrial wastewater treatment may continue to rise.

Under the catalysis of good policies, the market competition of sewage treatment industry is becoming increasingly fierce. Whether large enterprises with strong upstream strength and vigorous capital, or small and medium-sized enterprises who are looking for a place, they all feel the fierce competition pressure in the industry. With technology as the core competitiveness and other competitive elements as the support, refinement and specialization in the existing business areas have become the development trend of water treatment enterprises in the "post-development era" after the end of extensive competition mode.

How big will the market be in the future?

The market generally predicts that during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, China's investment in industrial wastewater treatment is expected to reach 139.22 billion yuan. In the future, industrial wastewater treatment will gradually infiltrate into second-and third-tier cities, and the supporting facilities of sewage treatment business in second-and third-tier cities and township areas are not perfect, so sewage treatment business in these areas will probably become a new profit growth point for enterprises.

In addition, under the background of water shortage, improving the efficiency of industrial water use and reducing the excessive consumption of industrial water resources have become the inevitable requirement of the construction of ecological civilization. The "Ten Articles on Water" clearly put forward that to improve water use efficiency.The water consumption of 10,000 yuan of industrial added value in China will be reduced by more than 30% by 2020 compared with that in 2013, and that industrial water-saving should be well done to formulate water-using technologies, processes, products and equipment that the State encourages and eliminates, and to improve the quota standards for water intake in high-water-consuming industries. Therefore, the reuse of reclaimed water and zero discharge of wastewater are expected to become the next major direction of industrial wastewater treatment, so it seems that the development prospects of relevant enterprises can not be underestimated.

Nowadays, the industrial wastewater treatment market has attracted some central and state-owned enterprises to expand their sphere of influence by acquiring relevant business companies. For example, a group of large state-owned listed enterprises, represented by North Water Control, Initiative Shares, Hingrong Investment, Venture and Environmental Protection, have developed rapidly with their strong capital strength and abundant social resources, actively exploited and seized the market throughout the country, and their business scale has been greatly ahead of most enterprises in the same industry and become powerful competitors of multinational water enterprises. Lightweight small and medium-sized enterprises also have advantages. These enterprises have worked in the industry for many years and accumulated rich experience in wastewater treatment, resource recovery technology and engineering, especially in specific projects. Generally, some large enterprises will choose to cooperate with "small and strong" enterprises in various forms after they have won the project. Whether it's a "group attack" or a "one-way straight into", these enterprises are in their own way in the industrial wastewater treatment market.

There is no doubt that the market is attractive, but access is not so easy. In the complex environment of economic downturn, transition glue and strict supervision, it is necessary to compete for comprehensive capabilities, including capital, planning, technology and management. When enterprises see the huge stock and increment of industrial wastewater treatment market, they must have a clear understanding of their own conditions and the market competition pattern they are facing. The uncertainty on the way forward is bet on the certainty of the overall trend, but isn't that the charm of the market? We do not follow the trend blindly, but we will never give up food because of choking.