Water Resources and Reclamation
- Situation
- U. S. passed peak water supply in the 1970s
- Water tables have fallen from 30% to 60% in many urban areas
- Water prices are highly subsidized and do not generate economics for system renewal
- Water recovery facilities are at capacity in many locales
- Limited capital for capacity expansion or modernization
- Increasing pressure on industry to treat and reuse its wastewater
- The U.S. water infrastructure leaks roughly 6 billion gallons of freshwater very day
- Market Opportunities
- Aggregate market forecast to grow at 3-4% CAGR through 2016 (many segments growing much faster)
- U.S. wastewater network rehabilitation forecast to grow 15%
- Global desalination forecast to grow at 9.3% CAGR through 2016
- NewWorld Investment Focus
- Industrial on-site treatment and reuse systems
- Distributed wastewater treatment systems and services
- Grey water reuse systems
- Low-water use processes and products
- Precision agriculture systems
- NewWorld focuses on “backwards compatible” businesses that do not require material change in the downstream product distribution and service system