Modern Water

Modern Water, established in 2006, specializes in water treatment and monitoring technologies. Based in Guildford, Surrey, the company operates in two primary segments: Membranes and Monitoring. Its Membrane division provides technologies like Forward Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis (under the AquaPak brand) for seawater desalination, brine concentration, and wastewater treatment. The Monitoring division offers acute toxicity and contaminant detection systems for various industries, including municipal water, oil and gas, food and beverage, and mining. Modern Water's solutions aim to enhance fresh water availability, improve wastewater treatment, and facilitate water recycling, thereby promoting sustainable water management.

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

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 Water Purification, Inc. is a company based in Stony Brook, New York, that specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced water purification and filtration systems. Founded in 2007, the company aims to make clean water more affordable globally by utilizing innovative membrane technology. This technology addresses significant challenges in water purification, notably the slow speed of traditional filtration membranes, by enhancing production efficiency and quality while simultaneously reducing costs. Stonybrook's systems cater to a diverse range of applications, including municipal, industrial, and private drinking water, as well as wastewater treatment, water reuse, and desalination. Through its efforts, Stonybrook seeks to meet the growing global demand for effective water purification solutions.

Surrey Aquatechnology

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

Poseidon Water

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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