EU legislation drives water automation market
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 20, 2007
The automation and control solutions market in the European water and waste water sector earned revenues of US $540.4 million in 2006, and is projected to reach $780.9 million in 2013.
European Union (EU) legislation is the most important driver in the automation and control solutions market for the European water and waste water sector.
At the same time, technological advances and the widening provision of open systems will help overcome challenges such as ensuring highly compatible automation solutions, establishing strong systems-integrator networks and providing PC-based systems.
Frost and Sullivan finds that the automation and control solutions market in the European water and waste water sector earned revenues of $540.4 million in 2006, and estimates this to reach $780.9 million in 2013.
"Stringent EU directives aimed at improving water and waste water infrastructure are the primary driver for the growth of the market across Europe", notes Frost and Sullivan Research Analyst Karthikeyan Balasubramaniyam.
"Investments towards achieving this goal will support the installation of new water and waste water treatment plants in Eastern Europe and in the Iberian region where the infrastructure is poor, and will provide fresh impetus to the automation and control solutions market".
Many parts of Eastern Europe and Iberia suffer from poor infrastructure with respect to water distribution and waste water treatment.
Accession countries will face the maximum impact of EU regulation owing to the timeframe within which these directives need to be implemented.
We are already observing large-scale investment in water treatment plants in Eastern Europe and Iberia, as well as in parts of Italy and Benelux, with a resulting increase in the uptake of automation and control solutions.
One of the key challenges for manufacturers is to provide systems that seamlessly integrate with existing plant infrastructure, as plant personnel are keen to retain its value.
This explains the need to provide automation and control systems that are compatible with, and easy to integrate into, current systems.
"End users are conservative about retrofitting existing systems in order to incorporate the latest automation and control solutions", observes Balasubramaniyam.
"Issues related to integration as well as refit costs are the two major factors underlying end-user reluctance and are either stopping or delaying the implementation of newer automation and control solutions".
To overcome this hurdle, manufacturers must provide automation systems that are compatible with existing plant installations.
Through the efficient use of exploitation of existing instrumentation, manufacturers should continue to benefit from historical capital and resource expenditures.
They also need to reassure customers about their products' compatibility and urge them to adopt new systems.
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