Analysis of China’s water pollution control industry development policy, industry chain panorama, competition pattern and future prospects in 2025

Content summary: Water pollution control is the treatment of water bodies that can directly or indirectly affect human life and development around the crowd space, mainly including pollutant emission reduction and environmental restoration. In recent years, the state has successively issued a series of policies to increase the development of the sewage treatment industry. Combined with the acceleration of domestic urbanization and the continuous innovation and upgrading of sewage treatment technology, the market development prospects of my country’s municipal sewage treatment and industrial sewage treatment industries are becoming increasingly broad, the domestic sewage collection rate continues to further increase, and the scale of the national water pollution control industry is accelerating. Data show that in 2024, the scale of my country’s water pollution control industry has increased from 696.03 billion yuan in 2017 to 1979.55 billion yuan.

1. Industry Overview
Water environment refers to the environment of the space where water is formed, distributed and transformed in nature. It refers to the water bodies around the crowd space and that can directly or indirectly affect human life and development, including the conditions formed by natural formation and artificial transformation, that is, natural water environment and social water environment.
On the surface of the earth, water accounts for about 71% of the earth’s surface area. As one of the basic elements of the environment, the water environment is an important place for human society to survive and develop, and it is also the area most disturbed and damaged by humans. The destruction and pollution of the water environment restrict the economic and social development of the world, and has become one of the most important environmental problems in the world today, which has attracted great attention from governments and people around the world. Therefore, the water pollution control industry, which aims to protect the water ecological environment and control water environmental pollution, is a top priority in the development of the national economic structure.
In general, water pollution control is to control the water bodies that can directly or indirectly affect human life and development around the crowd space, mainly including pollutant emission reduction and environmental restoration, and pollutant emission reduction is the key. Therefore, water pollution control should focus on sewage treatment and be supplemented by environmental restoration. Among them, sewage treatment is classified according to the source of sewage, mainly divided into two aspects: domestic sewage treatment and industrial wastewater treatment. The treatment of domestic sewage and industrial wastewater directly gave rise to subordinate sub-industries such as sewage treatment facility operation services, sewage treatment engineering construction services, and sewage treatment equipment manufacturing.
The upstream of the water pollution control industry chain is the production of environmental protection materials and special equipment manufacturing, mainly including water quality testing, water treatment agents, sewage treatment equipment, membrane components, sludge treatment equipment, sewage discharge pipe network, etc. The midstream of the industry chain is the construction and operation management of sewage treatment facilities, including the construction and operation of sewage treatment plants. The downstream of the industry chain is the demand side of water pollution treatment service applications, mainly including municipal sanitation departments such as housing and urban and rural construction departments and environmental protection departments, as well as heavy pollution emission enterprises such as coal chemical industry, petrochemical industry, steel, and metallurgy.
2. Industry status
Since the reform and opening up, my country’s environmental protection awareness has begun to increase, water pollution problems have received attention and attention from all sectors of society, and the domestic water pollution control industry has begun to start. In the 1990s, as the impact of water pollution became increasingly serious, the national government increased its investment in water pollution control. So far, my country’s water pollution control industry has gone through the stages of awareness, preliminary establishment of laws and policies, strengthening supervision and governance technology innovation, key basin governance and ecological restoration, comprehensive deepening of governance and updating of laws and regulations, green development and comprehensive governance. At present, the industry is in an important stage of policy system establishment and policy guidance, and the industry has broad development prospects.
The role of rapid detection instruments in environmental testing
Rapid detection instruments play an important role in environmental testing, which is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1. Improve detection accuracy and efficiency: Rapid detection instruments use advanced detection technology and algorithms to achieve accurate measurement of environmental indicators. Compared with traditional manual detection methods, these instruments have higher detection accuracy and repeatability, effectively reducing the impact of human errors. For example, COD measuring instruments can complete the detection of a large number of water samples in a short time, which is suitable for occasions where real-time monitoring of water quality changes is required.
2. Realize automated operation and data management: Most modern rapid detection instruments have automated operation functions, such as automatic sampling, automatic digestion, automatic reading, etc. These functions greatly reduce the labor intensity of operators and improve work efficiency. At the same time, the instrument is usually equipped with data storage and analysis functions, which can automatically record and store test data. These data can be remotely accessed and analyzed through computers or mobile devices, which provides great convenience for environmental monitoring and management.
3. Adapt to complex and diverse environmental conditions: Rapid detection instruments usually have multiple ranges and can adapt to the detection needs of water samples of different concentrations. In addition, these instruments also have anti-interference capabilities, which can effectively reduce the impact of interfering substances on the test results. For example, the COD rapid determination instrument oxidizes and decomposes organic matter in water samples under high temperature and strong acid conditions by using strong oxidants, while releasing chemical signals proportional to the content of organic matter, and converts the COD concentration by measuring the absorbance value of light of a specific wavelength.
Meet the application needs of multiple fields: Rapid detection instruments are widely used in the field of environmental monitoring. For example, the rapid COD intelligent analyzer can be used to monitor the organic pollution status of surface water bodies such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, ensure the safety of drinking water sources, and monitor the sewage quality at the inlet and outlet of sewage treatment plants. These instruments also have important applications in industrial fields such as chemical, food and pharmaceutical, helping companies understand the extent of wastewater pollution and take appropriate treatment measures.


Post time: Apr-30-2025