WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS WORLD MARKET UPDATE

July 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PEOPLE NEWS

Kroff Chemical Company Continues Growth with Two New Appointments

Ashland Inc. Announces Retirement of David Hausrath; Names Peter Ganz Senior Vice President and General Counsel

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ecolab to Buy Nalco for $5.4 Billion to Add Water Treatment

Swiss Company Buys Arch

AkzoNobel to Acquire China's Leading Specialty Surfactant Producer

Visalia Chemical Company Purchased

150 Chemical Companies Pursuing $2.3 Billion North American Municipal Water and Wastewater Chemicals Markets

NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS

R18 Million Water Treatment Project to be Completed by Year-end

BASF to Close Part of Plant

Pasadena's $8.5 Million Water Treatment Plant Begins Operations

TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS

Future of Hydraulic Fracturing Depends on Effective Water Treatment

$114 Million Tesla Project Aids Hetch Hetchy Water

Fountain Creek Fed UV-cleansed Water

Algae-Based Wastewater Treatment Program Needs Investors to Bloom