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{{WaterEnergy}}'''GE Water & Process Technologies''' describes itself as "a leading global supplier of water treatment, wastewater treatment and process systems solutions." <ref>"[http://www.gewater.com/who_we_are/index.jsp About us]," GE Water & Process Technologies website, accessed February 2009.</ref>
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GE Water's clients come from a wide range of industries, including the chemical, food / beverage, hydrocarbon processing, mining, metals, paper / pulp, pharmaceutical, power and manufacturing industries, along with local municipalities and governmental agencies. <ref>"[http://www.gewater.com/industries/index.jsp Industries]," GE Water & Process Technologies website, accessed February 2009.</ref> Several of GE Water's products were included in [[General Electric's Ecomagination Campaign]], as announced during a [[General Electric]] event called "Green is Universal," held in Universal City, California in May 2007. <ref>"4 GE Water Treatment Technologies Receive 'ecomagination' Certification," Wireless News, May 25, 2007.</ref>
==Water as big business==
In June 2006, GE Water bought [[Zenon Environmental]], a company that produced membranes for water purification. "General Electric, [[Dow Chemical Company]], and other major businesses are citing a growing problem of water availability, both in the United States and internationally, as a trend that is creating an opportunity for businesses to provide products that address the problem," noted the trade press at the time. "Globally, the water market is $365 billion and offers a high growth potential for GE's water technology products." <ref>"Companies See Water as Top Concern, Major Business Opportunity," ''Inside Green Business'', August 16, 2006.</ref>
In 2009, GE Water had "an estimated $2.5 billion in revenue," just "a sliver of the $156 billion in sales the world's largest maker of jet engines and electricity-producing turbines is expected to generate this year," according to Reuters. " But executives with Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE said water has the potential to become a major profit contributor. 'What GE tries to do is to align the company with some of the mega-trends, the mega-challenges of the world. Energy is one, healthcare is the other, and the third one is water,' said [[Heiner Markhoff]], president and chief executive of GE Water & Process Technologies." <ref>Scott Malone, "[http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2235851820090811 GE sees tide coming in for water business]," Reuters, August 11, 2009.</ref>
==Tar sands involvement==
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