mwg headquarters guildford united kingdom key people simon humphrey ceo revenue 2 772 thousand 2014 operating income 17 895 thousand 2014 net income 17 747 thousand 2014 number of employees 50 100 2014 subsidiaries modern water services ltd modern water monitoring ltd modern water inc modern water technologies llc mw monitoring ltd surrey aquatechnology ltd modern water holdings ltd modern water technology shanghai co. ltd website www.modernwater.com modern water plc is a british company 1 which was first listed on the aim submarket of the london stock exchange on the 12 june 2007 . 2 3 it owns installs and operates advanced membrane technologies and develops and supplies systems for water monitoring . in december 2011 the company completed its acquisition of the water quality division of strategic diagnostics inc. sdix including its microtox toxicity testing technology . 4 contents 1 divisions 1.1 membrane process division 1.2 monitoring division 2 references 3 external links divisions edit membrane process division edit modern water s containerised forward osmosis desalination plant at al khaluf oman modern water has developed a number of forward osmosis fo membrane processes including desalination evaporative cooling systems enhanced oil recovery and hydro osmotic power hop . modern water has deployed forward osmosis 5 as a platform technology to produce both desalinated water 6 and evaporative cooling make up water 7 8 with sites in oman 9 10 and at a pilot plant in gibraltar . 11 in 2014 modern water is the only company in the world with a commercial 12 forward osmosis plant which is located in al najdah in oman . construction of the plant was completed 13 14 in september 2012 and it is now being operated by modern water . in march 2010 national geographic 15 magazine cited forward osmosis as one of three technologies that promised to reduce the energy requirements of desalination . in 2013 modern water contracted to build desalination projects in china 16 17 18 which require more water in some areas for drinking and for irrigation . 19 one of the company s main competitors in asia is consolidated water . 20 following the success of its gibraltar forward osmosis pilot plant 21 in 2014 modern water and northumberland services signed a 22 million pound 20 year contract to build and operate a wastewater plant on the rock of gibraltar . 1 22 monitoring division edit the monitoring division develops systems for monitoring and improving water quality . it provides acute toxicity monitoring systems for online portable and lab use together with on line and portable trace metal measurement technology . modern water has installed its systems in various countries worldwide from local installations in the uk 23 and as far away as argentina . references edit a b modern water northumbrian win award on gibraltar s rock . bloomberg business week . ip group plc modern water plc first day dealings on aim modern water news headlines . mwg share news . financial news articles for modern water plc ord 0.25 p updated throughout the day . . retrieved on 8 october 2014 . special diversified opportunities inc. . new york times . the most promising desalination technology developed by modern water and surrey scientists . university of surrey . thompson n.a. ; nicoll p.g. september 2011 . forward osmosis desalination a commercial reality pdf . international desalination association . nicoll p.g. ; thompson n.a. ; bedford m.r. september 2011 . manipulated osmosis applied to evaporative cooling make up water revolutionary technology pdf . international desalination association . peter nicoll ; neil thompson ; victoria gray february 2012 . forward osmosis applied to evaporative cooling make up water pdf . cooling technology institute . modern water taps demand in middle east . the independent . 23 nov 2009 . frewin jonathan . gulf region seeks to shake desalination reliance . bbc . dawber alistair 21 july 2008 . modern water aims to clean up by osmosis . the independent . retrieved 14 june 2013 . first commercial forward osmosis desalination plant contract awarded modern water commissions al najdah fo plant . membrane technology . 2012 10 4 . 2012 . doi 10.1016 s0958 2118 12 70202 1 . water desalination report volume 48 issue 35 the big idea . national geographic . march 2010 . retrieved 14 june 2013 . modern water set for first fo desalination plant in china . retrieved on 8 october 2014 . investors chronicle modern water inks deals . retrieved on 8 october 2014 . modern water s china deals buoy forward osmosis pioneer . bloomberg . 2 december 2013 . retrieved on 8 october 2014 . forward osmosis is china next to shake up the desalination sector . 4 december 2012 . retrieved on 8 october 2014 . china s battle for water is heating up . dailyfinance.com . 8 february 2014 . retrieved on 8 october 2014 . desalination technology is up for nomination in the longitude prize 2014 . environmental technology online . northumbrian water and modern water jv to build wastewater treatment facility in gibraltar . water technology . severn trent water selects ova7000 water monitoring tool . water technology . external links edit modern water plc home page lse mwg annual report and accounts 2014 annual report and accounts 2013 annual report and accounts 2012 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title modern water & oldid 723552881 categories companies listed on the london stock exchangecompanies based in guildfordcompanies based in surrey navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 18 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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