NEWS RELEASE                                                                               DECEMBER 2012

2100 Major Municipal Water Treatment Projects in the U.S. and Canada in Next 12 Months 

Municipalities in Canada and the U.S. will construct new drinking water treatment plants to supply a growing population. They will also replace and upgrade existing facilities. These projects are tracked biweekly in the McIlvaine North American Public Water Plants and People.

Category	U.S.	Canada	Total
Additional   urban MGD	1,185	95	1,280
Year   end urban MGD	48,600	5,060	53,660
Additional   rural MGD	180	11	191
Year   end rural MGD	7,500	635	8,135
Total   additional MGD	1,365	106	1,471
Total   MGD at year end	56,100	5,695	61,795
Replacement   MGD	5,000	500	5,500
Total   new MGD	6,365	606	6,971
Number   of projects	1,600	150	1,750

Canada and the U.S. will add 1,471 MGD of new facilities and will replace or upgrade 5,500 MGD. This will be accomplished through 1,750 major projects and many thousands of minor projects at the 22,000 treatment plants in the two countries.

In addition to the capital projects, McIlvaine forecasts that 30,000 bid requests for treatment chemicals will be issued for treatment plants in the two countries. Over 20 different chemicals are being used by treatment plans in the two countries. McIlvaine tracks chemical bid requests and bid reviews for chemicals as well as tracking capital projects.

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