China has inadequate water resource; its water occupancy per capita is 22 million m3 only, which is 1/4 of the world’s average level, however, the water consumption in china keeps increasing, the total water supply in china increased to 54.05 billion m3 in 2006 from 47.53 billion 47.53 billion m3 in 2003 , up by 13.74%. But the figure has dropped in 2007, yet as the urbanization degree in China is comparable low, there’s still a considerable development potential for the water supply market. Besides, as water resource is becoming scarce, and the water consumption is constantly increasing, water supply companies will have favorable conditions for further developments.

During Jan to Aug, 2008, the sales revenue from water supply in china was CNY 50.23 billion; up by 10.74% year on year, moreover, the number of water supply companies reached as many as 1760, up by 63.

This report makes an in-depth analysis on the status quo of China water supply market and forecasts its further developments based on the authoritative data released by Ministry of Water Resource and National Bureau of Statistics.