Modern Water

Modern Water is a company specializing in advanced water monitoring systems and membrane technologies, founded in 2006 and based in Guildford, Surrey. It develops and supplies innovative solutions for various industries, including municipal water, oil and gas, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and environmental remediation. The company employs its proprietary Forward Osmosis technology across multiple applications, such as seawater desalination, evaporative cooling systems, and oil recovery. Modern Water offers high-specification, cost-effective packaged reverse osmosis systems for seawater desalination under the AquaPak brand. Additionally, it provides acute toxicity monitoring systems designed for online, portable, and laboratory use, enhancing the efficiency of water recycling and wastewater decontamination processes.

Simon Humphrey

Co-Founder and CEO

6 past transactions

Microtox

Acquisition in 2011
Aquatox Research provides microbial toxicity testing services through Microtox®, a product developed by AZUR Environmental and now owned by Modern Water (New Castle, DE).

Cogent Environmental

Acquisition in 2011
Cogent Environmental provides environmental and process monitoring products, technologies, and services. It offers portable heavy metal monitoring systems for applications, such as drinking water, river water, wastewater, and soil with detection limits. The company also provides online systems for applications, such as monitoring wastewater discharges to minimize the risks of exceeding consent limits; monitoring river water to identify sources of heavy metal pollution; monitoring drinking water to protect from metal contamination; and improving process control through feedback in mining and metal processing industries.

Cymtox Ltd

Acquisition in 2009
Cymtox Limited, a modern day canary, offers monitoring device to monitor acute water toxicity, check the presence of water borne toxins.

Stonybrook Purification

Series A in 2007
Stonybrook Purification is a water purification company whose mission is to make clean water affordable throughout the world. Stonybrook’s technology lowers the cost of making clean water with a new type of membrane platform. This technology helps solve one of the major bottlenecks in water purification: the slow speed of filtration membranes. By improving production speed and quality while reducing cost, water purification systems based on Stonybrook membranes will fulfill an enormous worldwide need in both the public and private sectors.

Surrey Aquatechnology

Acquisition in 2007
Surrey Aquatechnology develops low energy processes for the desalination of seawater to produce drinking water.

Poseidon Water Ltd

Acquisition in 2006
Poseidon Water Ltd develops systems based on the use of seawater for the treatment of wastewater. Its systems handle wastewater in coastal and water stressed areas.
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