Sizing Industrial Water Markets: The BRICS and Select Emerging Markets, 2019 – 2023

17 Apr 2019
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Industrial water withdrawals for manufacturing, power and mining in non- OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries exceeded 306 billion gallons per day in 2018, of which 53% was made up by China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa, the so-called BRICS.

China represents 37% of non-OECD withdrawals, and exhibits some of the highest industrial water withdrawals of any country, second only to the United States, which reached 152 BGD in 2015.

This Market Insight analyzes water withdrawals for key industries, geographic hotspots, and the outlook for the next five years. Includes country profiles on China, India, Russia, Brazil, South Africa.