Many companies are preparing to take their share of the pie.
The biggest growth will be in outsourcing the operation of municipal and industrial treatment systems. Presently, the cost of operating systems is $172 billion. This will climb to $242 billion in 2010. Suppliers are selling repair parts worth $30 billion, and outsourcing and other services valued at $6.9 billion. But the outsourcing segment will grow at more than 10 percent per year over the next six years. By 2010, the supplier share of operating revenues will climb to 26 percent ($63 billion) - up from only 21 percent now.