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Snapshot — market size & recent developments

• Market size (2024–2025): recent reports put the global desalination / desalination-technologies market in the ~USD 25–27.8 billion (2024–2025) range with forecasts to roughly USD 40–50B by 2030–2032 (mid-single to high-single digit CAGR depending on scope).

• Recent developments: ongoing project awards and capacity expansions in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and increasing public-private partnership (PPP) financing for large-scale plants; meanwhile vendor activity includes product upgrades (low-energy RO, brine management) and more BOOT/O&M contract wins.

Drivers

1. Growing freshwater scarcity & population / urbanisation in water-stressed regions (GCC, North Africa, parts of Asia) driving municipal and industrial desalination projects.

2. Industrial demand (power plants, petrochemicals, mining) for reliable water supply and process water.

3. Technology improvements (lower-energy reverse osmosis (RO), energy recovery devices, improved membranes) reducing operating cost and raising deployment economics. 

Restraints

• High capital and energy costs (especially for thermal desalination), and brine-disposal environmental concerns that raise permitting costs and limit some coastal projects.

• Financing & geopolitical risk in some water-stressed but politically unstable regions can delay projects.

Regional segmentation analysis

• Middle East & Africa (MENA) historically holds the largest share by capacity and revenue because of large utility-scale plants and heavy investment (e.g., Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar). Market reports show MENA dominating share in recent years.

• Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, India) is a fast-growing market for desalination projects and industrial process water. North America / Europe are smaller in volume but invest in advanced low-energy systems and brine management.

Emerging trends

• Energy reduction & hybrid plants: RO advances + energy-recovery devices and hybrid thermal-RO designs to cut energy intensity. 

• Brine valorisation & zero liquid discharge (ZLD) pilots — interest in resource recovery (salt, minerals) from concentrate streams.

• Decentralized & modular desalination (containerized plants, container RO) for remote/industrial sites and disaster response. 

Top use cases

1. Municipal potable water supply for coastal cities and water-stressed urban areas.

2. Industrial process water (power plants, oil & gas, mining, petrochemicals).

3. Agricultural irrigation (where economics allow) and niche tourism/resorts. 

Major challenges

• Operating cost sensitivity to energy prices and membrane replacement.

• Environmental permitting for brine discharge (temperature and salinity impacts).

• Complex contracting & long build cycles (multi-year EPC / PPP projects).

Attractive opportunities

• Large-scale MENA tenders and national water-strategy programs (big project pipeline).

• Retrofits / debottlenecking of existing plants to improve efficiency (low-energy RO retrofits).

• Brine-to-resource projects (minerals, salts, magnesium recovery) and integrated renewable-powered desalination (solar + RO) in sunny regions.

Key factors for market expansion

• Falling capex/Opex from technology gains (RO + ERD), stronger public investment and PPP financing, energy-cost reductions (including renewables coupling), and clearer environmental frameworks for brine management.

Leading companies — short reference table (company-level values or notable segment metrics)

Company revenues shown are company-wide (not desalination-only) unless otherwise noted. I cite primary filings or recent company releases.

Notes & interpretation:

• Desalination revenue is typically split across EPC, equipment (membranes, pumps, ERDs) and O&M services — many large groups (Veolia, SUEZ, Acciona) show desalination within broader water segments rather than as a separate line item. For specialist EPC builders (IDE, Abengoa), project pipelines and capacity lists are the best public indicators because audited product revenues are often private. 

Useful sources I used (representative)

• Fortunebusinessinsights — Desalination technologies market sizing & forecast.

• Cognitive Market Research / other market reports — desalination market forecasts & segmentation.

• Company annual reports & financial statements: Veolia annual results 2024, SUEZ FY2024 financials, Acciona FY2024 report.

• Industry lists & project trackers (top desalination companies & capacity lists).

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