Lots of Opportunities for Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals in the U.S.
With the lower gas prices there are lots of new industrial plants and upgrades of older ones including municipalities in the U.S. Municipal drinking water projects are tracked in 67EI North American Public Water Plants and People. Municipal Wastewater plants are tracked in 62EI North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities and People Database. The coal-fired power plant cooling tower retrofits are tracked in 42EI Utility Tracking System. Pulp mill, chemical, steel, etc. are tracked in N032 Industrial Emitters and 61EI U.S. Industrial Facilities with Water Discharges.
Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Plants Will Pay $800 Million for Water Treatment Chemicals This Year
Gas turbine and combined cycle (GTCC) power plants will spend less than nuclear or coal-fired power plants on water treatment chemicals this year. However, this segment will show higher growth than the other two segments. One of the variables is the Fukushima nuclear plant which will account for nearly 2 percent of all the power plant treatment chemical purchases this year. Nuclear accidents are, therefore, a significant consideration in any forecast.
This power market sector is continually analyzed in Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market, published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
GTCC plants use treatment chemicals such as coagulants on the intake water. This is converted to ultrapure water. In the process, chemicals are used to adjust the pH and to remove contaminants. Additional chemicals are used with the steam to minimize high temperature corrosion. The cooling water and wastewater also require a variety of chemicals.
One of the biggest markets is the retrofitting of peaking plants with heat recovery steam generators and steam turbines to combine the cycle. A number of operators in the Middle East routinely start with a peaking plant and later combine the cycle. In the U.S., peaking plants are being converted not only because of the power needs but to minimize the greenhouse gas footprint. A peaking plant emits nearly 40 percent more CO2/MW than a combined cycle plant.
There are a number of site specific variables which impact treatment chemical investment. One would be the silica content of the intake water. This varies by an order of magnitude depending on the water source. Another variable is the nitrates and organics in the source water. The use of municipal wastewater as the source of GTCC plants is now common. When this source is utilized, the treatment chemical expenditures are higher than when more pristine sources are tapped.
Today GTCC plants are commonly cycled hundreds of times per year. This creates problems which require additional treatment chemical expenditures. Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) can cause leaks and ruptures in carbon steel piping, vessels and equipment.
The difficulty in obtaining water discharge permits is leading to adoption of zero liquid discharge. The recycling and evaporation processes require treatment chemicals. Purification of water used for inlet cooling to the turbine is another revenue generator for treatment chemical companies. For more information on Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/27-water/449-n026-water-and-wastewater-treatment-chemicals.
McIlvaine also tracks each project and existing gas turbine plant. For more information on this program, click on: 59EI Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program.
GDP UPDATE HEADLINES
February 2015
AMERICAS
UNITED STATES
CANADA
ASIA
CHINA
INDIA
JAPAN
PHILIPPINES
TAIWAN
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
AUSTRIA
GERMANY
SPAIN
UNITED KINGDOM

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES
Estimates of US GDP growth for 2014's fourth quarter have been rising in recent months, but the current outlook still anticipates a substantial slowdown from Q3's strong advance. The economy is projected to increase 3.6% in Q4 (real seasonally adjusted rate), based on The Capital Spectator's new median point forecast for several econometric estimates. That's a solid rate of growth, but the latest outlook still represents a substantially lesser pace vs. the 5.0% increase previously reported for Q3.(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
ASIA

CHINA
China's 2015 GDP growth forecast has been maintained at 6.8 percent, as further policy support and export recovery is expected to help bolster the sluggish economy, according to UBS.
"December and Q4's better than expected data will unlikely trigger any immediate significant new easing measures for now, but the first rate cut may happen (around) March or April, when even lower CPI (consumer price index) and PPI (producer price index) are reported," said Wang Tao, chief China economist with UBS, said in a research note.
Wang added that policy support will intensify in 2015 with accelerated pro-growth measures in areas such as price, social safety net and hukou (household registration) reform, and more infrastructure projects.
Further monetary easing via liquidity provisions, including required reserve ratio cuts, is expected to offset slower foreign exchange reserve accumulation and benchmark rate cuts of at least 50 basis points are also expected to prevent real rates from rising, according to UBS…(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
GERMANY
Media reports have claimed the German government has revised its 2015 growth outlook for the national economy in 2015. It said GDP would grow by 1.5 percent this year, up from a previous and more cautious estimate.
According to reports by Reuters and AFP news agencies, the German government sees GDP growth come in at 1.5% this year, up from an earlier estimate of just 1.3% for the whole of 2015.
The figures are part of the government's 2015 Economic Outlook to be presented by Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel during an official news conference in Berlin.
The draft document says the improved outlook is mainly down to continuously low oil prices and the most recent labor market data.
The German economy is "in good shape," the report says, with more people than ever having a job and the unemployment rate expected to drop further to 6.6% in 2015, down from 6.7% last year. This would leave 2.9 million people out of work in the country in the course of the year…(The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
A complete analysis of GDP and monthly updates for individual countries are included as part of the Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

January 30, 2015
Oil and Gas Project Tracking is available at a discount to Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals World Market subscribers.
Treatment chemicals are an important addition to most oil and gas processes. Access to details on the worldwide oil and gas projects is provided at a substantial discount to Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals World Market subscribers.
(Listed by most current date)
Nuverra Announces XTO Energy Contract for Pipeline Water Gathering, Delivery and Disposal Services in ND - Revision Date: 1/30/2015
Ice Complicates Cleanup in Yellowstone's Rare Oil Spill
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
Alfa Laval Wins Canada SEK 115 Mln Compact Heat Exchangers Order
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
Recon Technology Expects Revenue from Oilfield Contracts Worth Over $1 Mln
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
API Says Stricter Ozone Regs Could Cost Economy $270 Bln per Year
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
ConocoPhillips Contracts CH2M HILL to Conduct Water Treatment Study
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
Leidos Wins Contract to Design, Build Magellan Midstream Partners Condensate Splitter
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
Navitas Midstream Announces Long-Term Agreement and Construction of La Bahia Gas Gathering and Processing System - Revision Date: 1/29/2015
Produced & Reused, Treating Water from Energy Exploration & Drilling Operations
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
NGL Energy Partners LP Acquires Water Disposal Facilities in the Bakken
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
ATI Receives Additional $145 Mln in Orders for Nickel-based Alloy Plate for Large Oil & Gas Pipeline Project - Revision Date: 1/29/2015
Integrated Environmental Technologies Expands Operations to Northwestern Permian Basin
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
Ener-Core Signs Global Commercial Licensing Agreement with Dresser-Rand,
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
UGI Energy Services Commences Service on Two Marcellus Shale Development Projects
Revision Date: 1/29/2015
Energy Transfer and Regency Energy to Construct Pipeline from Permian Basin and Convert Existing Pipeline - Revision Date: 1/28/2015
Sentry Equipment Corp Announces New Representative Agreement in Singapore
Revision Date: 1/28/2015
Magnum Oil Tools Develops World’s First Dissolvable Frac Plug
Revision Date: 1/28/2015
CorEnergy to Acquire MoGas Pipeline for $125 Mln
Revision Date: 1/28/2015
Velocity Midstream to Construct Crude Oil Gathering, Transportation for Continental Resources' Scoop Play Development - Revision Date: 1/27/2015
New Gas Facility Completed Adjacent to FEEC's Gas Sales Compressor Station
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
Phillips 66 Forms JV with Energy Transfer to Build Bakken Crude Oil Pipelines
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
Alfa Laval Wins SEK 290 Mln Oil and Gas Order for OLMI Air Cooled Heat Exchangers
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
Bechtel Selected for Kazakhstan’s TengizChevroil Oil Production Facility Expansion Project
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
New Company, Amec Foster Wheeler Is Unveiled and Leadership Team Confirmed
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
Production Begins From the Kebabangan Gas Development in Malaysia
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
GE Opens New $500 Mln Global R&D Center in Brazil
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
Technip Awarded a Subsea Contract by Anadarko for the K2 Field in The Gulf Of Mexico
Revision Date: 1/27/2015
Western Gas Partners, LP to Acquire Nuevo Midstream, LLC for $1.5 Bln
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
GE Oil & Gas Planning $60 Mln Investment in TX Foundry Well Production and Power Transmission Equipment - Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Emerson to Automate BP-Operated Shah Deniz Stage 2 Operations in Azerbaijan
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Kinder Morgan Places Sierrita Pipeline in Service to Provide Natural Gas to Mexico
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Hess Announces Plan to Develop Stampede Field in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Technip Awarded Substantial Subsea Contract for Bangka Development in Indonesia
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Weir Establishes Australia’s First Manifold Trailer Manufacturing Capability for Unconventional Gas - Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Chevron Announces First Gas from Bangladesh Bibiyana Expansion Project
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Kinder Morgan Announces Successful Open Season for Palmetto Project
Revision Date: 1/26/2015
Oil Spills in Yellowstone River after Pipeline Leak
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
More than $150 Bln of Oil Projects Could be Deferred in 2015
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
Enterprise to Move Forward with Panola NGL Pipeline Expansion
Revision Date: 1/23/2015
Energy Transfer Partners and Regency Energy Partners to Construct Third Fractionation Facility at Mont Belvieu Revision Date: 1/23/2015
Riskiest Oil Fields Affected by Plunging Oil Prices Crippling Future Growth
Revision Date: 1/22/2015
STW Water Demonstrates Its Salttech Water Reclamation Technology
Revision Date: 1/22/2015
Status of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Discoveries
Revision Date: 1/20/2015
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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE HEADLINES

January 2015
ALABAMA
Phenix City approves Wastewater Treatment Plant Project
Dothan awards Bid for Sludge Removal Project
ARIZONA
$7.1 Million to Treat Wastewater for Willcox
ARKANSAS
U.S. sues Fort Smith over Unpermitted Discharges
CALIFORNIA
Brawley requesting Bids for WWTP Headworks Improvements
Contra Costa requesting Bids for Wastewater System Evaluation and Rate Study
Fresno debates $429 Million Water Project
San Jose will request Bids for New Wastewater Plant
$1.2 Billion for San Francisco’s New Wastewater Plan
DELAWARE
State clears way for Rehoboth's Ocean Outfall
FLORIDA
Vero Beach requesting Bids for WWTP Replacement
Bonifay requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade
Northwest Jacksonville Lift Station has Odor Problem
GEORGIA
Rockdale WWTP has Odor Problem
Decatur requesting Bids for WWTP Expansion
IDAHO
Settlement reached between Greenleaf, Boise on Drain Project
ILLINOIS
Hanover Park requesting Bids for WWTP Bearing Project
Champaign-Urbana requesting Bids for Wastewater Study
$7.96 Million for Roxana WWTP
Quincy wants more Details on Wastewater, Sludge Removal Bids
INDIANA
Pine Village requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
INDIANA
Huntertown moving forward with $14.2 Million Wastewater Plant
IOWA
Fort Madison to receive Major Redesign of Central WWTP
KANSAS
Hays requesting Bids for Rehab of Sand Filters
Plainville gets $500,000 Grant for WWTP Upgrade
KENTUCKY
Crestwood begins $8 Million WWTP Project
MARYLAND
Some improvement to Chesapeake Bay Water Quality
Salisbury requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrades
MASSACHUSETTS
Wilbraham requesting Bids for Pump Station Repair
DEP outlines $500 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans
Duck Island WWTP requesting Bids for Centrifuge
Worchester requesting Bids for WWTP Project
$40 Million for Pittsfield WWTP Upgrade
Westfield to spend $2 Million for WWTP Improvements
MINNESOTA
Brainerd requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
Hayward requesting Re-bids for WWTP Modifications
Pequot Lakes Wastewater Options estimated at $2 million
Wastewater System approved for Dresbach
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg needs WWTP Upgrade
MISSOURI
Sikeston requesting Bids for WWTP Project
Unionville requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
New WWTP for Hattiesburg
Jasper County has Water/Wastewater Projects
Holden requesting Bids for Wastewater System Improvements
Parkville requesting Bids for Wastewater Pumps
$29.3 Million for Joplin Wastewater Treatment Plant
NEBRASKA
Beatrice Wastewater Plant could Receive New Pumping Equipment
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua awards Contract for $1 Million WWTP Improvements
NEW JERSEY
Medford Lakes plans for Wastewater Plant Moving Forward
NEW MEXICO
$14 Million for Farmington WWTP Upgrade
Doña Ana County requesting Bids for WWTP Lift Station
NEW YORK
Suffolk County requesting Bids for Southwest Grit Improvements
Newfane requesting Bids for Clarifier Rehab
State awards Small Towns Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
$7 Million for Kingston WWTP Repairs
$12.7 Million for Malone WWTP Improvements
$19 Million for Olean WWTP Expansion
NORTH CAROLINA
State announces $164 Million for Drinking Water/Wastewater Projects
$8.9 Million for Brevard Wastewater Plant Improvements
OHIO
$8 Million for Ashtabula Wastewater Plant Improvements
Norwalk requesting Bids for Lift Station Project
OREGON
Oregon City requesting Bids for Consulting Services
PENNSYLVANIA
Lansdale requesting Rebid for WWTP Project
Study for Pine Grove Wastewater Garners Funding
Northumberland digs into $14.4 million project
Avon Grove School Board wants to sell District's Wastewater Treatment Plant
SOUTH CAROLINA
Oconee County requesting Bids for Wastewater Treatment Improvements
Spartanburg requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Station Upgrade
SOUTH DAKOTA
State moves Forward on Several Water Improvement Projects
TENNESSEE
Oak Ridge requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab
Nashville requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
Morristown requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
Lexington requesting Bids for Pumping Station Modifications
TEXAS
Austin requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
Gaylord requesting Bids for Wastewater System Improvements
Houston requesting Bids for WWTP Lift Station
Dallas requesting Bids for WWTP Study
Cameron seeks Funds for Water Line Repairs
Gainesville requesting Bids for WWTP – Phase I
Malone requesting Bids for WWTP Improvement Project
Houston requesting Bids for WWTP Improvement Project
Harris County requesting Bids for WWTP Project
Deer Park requesting Bids for WWTP Project
Paris explores Options for WWTP Improvements
VERMONT
$2.13 Million for Wilmington WWTP
VIRGINIA
$8.78 Million for Moore’s Creek WWTP Improvement Project
WISCONSIN
Madison to hire Consultant for Wastewater Problems
$2.8 Million for Tomahawk WWTP
CANADA
Windsor requesting Bids for New WWTP
Saskatoon requesting Bids for WWTP Odor Upgrade
Red Rock has Wastewater Plan
Winnipeg mulls Costly WWTP Upgrades
Nanton chooses Technology for New WWTP
Nanton requesting Bids for WWTP
St. Catharines requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade
North Bay requesting Bids for Boilers
$300 Million for Hamilton Water/Wastewater Upgrades
Sicamous Wastewater Plant Upgrades to cost $1.56 million
BUSINESS NEWS
High Efficiency Water Treatment Necessary with Less Water Supplies
Xylem’s Handheld Meters ideal for Wastewater Analysis
Water & Wastes Digest chooses 2014 Top Water& Wastewater Projects
Modern Water installs first Microtox CTM in U.S.
Exclusive Agreement to Distribute Disk Filter System for Tertiary Wastewater Treatment in the US and Canada
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