Nearly 80 percent of the investment in desalination this year will be for membrane treatment as opposed to thermal.

Long-term revenue forecasts in the twenty McIlvaine market reports in the air, water and energy fields are heavily weighted by the projected dominance of companies over countries. The ability of governmental officials in individual countries to shape the markets is more than countered by the abilities of domestic and international companies to shape those markets.

McIlvaine Company has revised its forecast for growth in the industrial valve industry over the next five years. The current forecast is for 5 percent growth. This is being revised to 5.5 percent CAGR for the 2013-2017 period.

The winners of the prestigious 2011 AHR Expo Innovation Awards have been selected and will be honored at a special ceremony during the world’s largest HVACR exposition and conference in Las Vegas, January 31 – February 2, 2011.

The market for ultrapure water equipment, services, labor and consumables will grow 32 percent to nearly $4.9 billion by 2015.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has released a 2010 update of ANSI/HI 1.4 – 2010, American National Standard for Rotodynamic (Centrifugal) Pumps for Manuals Describing Installation, Operation and Maintenance.

Pump Systems Matter (PSM), an educational initiative designed to help North American pump users gain competitive business advantages through pump system energy management and performance optimization, teamed with Xcel Energy in St. Paul, Minnesota to complete the area’s first Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum on May 6, 2008.