The scale of China's water treatment agent market continues to expand and leading enterprises have emerged

Water treatment agents are a general term for various chemical reagents added to remove various harmful substances from water and ensure that the water quality meets production, living, and environmental requirements. Water treatment agents are one of the important branches of chemical products with strong specificity, and the water treatment agents used vary depending on the water quality. Water treatment agents mainly include flocculants, corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, fungicides, pH regulators, purifying agents, cleaning agents, and other types, which can achieve anti-corrosion, scale inhibition, and wastewater treatment functions.

The water treatment agent industry business includes two parts: water treatment agent production and on-site water treatment services. Among them, on-site water treatment services should be based on customer requirements, targeting the customer's water system and water quality characteristics. After on-site research, analysis and evaluation, an overall solution should be designed, and on-site services such as chemical compounding, experimental testing, on-site monitoring, and operation management should be carried out to ensure that the treated water quality meets the requirements.

In recent years, there has been a strong demand for water treatment agents in China, and the industry has developed rapidly, with over 100 product categories. In China's water treatment agent market share, the flocculant market share accounts for 23.4%; The market share of corrosion inhibitors is 19.1%; The market share of fungicides is 17.6%; The market share of pH regulators is 14.2%; The market share of scale inhibitors is 6.9%.

Water treatment agents are widely used in fields such as municipal, power, chemical, oil and gas, light industry, metallurgy, and seawater desalination. In the application field of water treatment in China, the market share of municipal water treatment agents is the largest, at 30.5%; The market share in the electricity sector is 15.9%, while the oil and gas sector accounts for 13.7%.

According to the "Feasibility Study Report on the Market Analysis of China's Water Treatment Agent Products from 2023 to 2027" released by the Xinsijie Industry Research Center, as the problem of water resource shortage becomes increasingly severe, the country is paying more attention to environmental protection issues, and the demand for water treatment agents continues to increase, with the market size constantly expanding. From 2019 to 2022, the market size of water treatment agents in China has increased from 32.15 billion yuan to 47.12 billion yuan, and it is expected to maintain a growth trend in the future.

The development of China's water treatment agent industry is stable, and leading enterprises have emerged. At present, most water treatment agent enterprises in China are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, with enterprises above designated size mainly including Henan Qingyuan, Shandong Taihe, Changzhou Yite, Nantong Lianphosphine Chemical, etc. Among them, Shandong Taihe Technology has become one of the largest and most comprehensive professional water treatment agent production enterprises in China.

Industry analysts from Xinsijie stated that currently, there are still some water treatment agents in China that have a certain degree of pollution. After removing solid suspended objects and toxic substances in water, the remaining water treatment agents will pollute the surrounding water bodies, thereby damaging the surrounding environment. If the pollution of water treatment agents decreases, secondary pollution will be eliminated from the root cause. With the continuous progress of technology and increasingly strict environmental requirements, the water treatment agent industry in China is gradually developing towards biodegradability and greening.