As PFAS regulation tightens and microplastics concerns grow, the global drinking water treatment market is shifting toward higher purification standards and more performance-focused systems.

Asian manufacturing is becoming increasingly dependent on consistent water quality. From electronics fabrication to textile finishing and metal processing, water interacts with nearly every part of the production chain. Yet many facilities across Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and mainland China continue to face fluctuating water conditions that compromise operational stability. As water hardness, TDS, silica, and seasonal turbidity shifts become more pronounced, reverse osmosis (RO) technology is emerging as a foundational tool for controlling process-water reliability.

Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) technology is to pretreat and evaporate industrial wastewater, collect the condensed water distilled from the zero liquid discharge system for water recycling applications, and send unevaporated solids to landfills or use them as valuable salt. Class by-products are reused. In 2018, the global ZLD market demand was approximately 5,442 million U.S. dollars, with the largest industrial application being the energy and power industries, followed by the petrochemical and chemical industries.

In recent years, the world has been affected by extreme climates, and the supply of water services has begun to face major changes and tests, causing the world to face more serious water shortage problems. The fierce competition for water resources comes from the fact that the earth will face a 40% water shortage from 2030.