Water Standard Company (WSC) was founded by Andrew Gordon, a Florida-based entrepreneur who in 2000 began to focus on a major challenge of the 21st century: the global water shortage.

After a significant period of research, Gordon designed and began patenting the Seawater Desalination Vessel (SDV) and water/wastewater treatment vessel, two environmentally responsible, operationally reliable, and energy-efficient alternatives to similar, more conventional land-based processes.

In focusing initially on desalination, the process of open ocean, vessel-based desalination was developed primarily to minimize negative impacts on the marine ecosystem. As an offshore desalination process facility, the SDV has the advantage of flexibility, speed to market, and contract optionality while using proven technology that has previously only been land based for mass production – and, consequently, completely immobile and singularly dedicated. .

The technologies and processes WSC has developed are receiving global attention:

• In an Oct. 8, 2007, report, Goldman Sachs said, "We consider Water Standard to be one of the most exciting stories in the global water sector."
• "With a technology such as (the SDV), desalination soon may leave the realm of wishful thinking and become one of he world's primary means to augment clean, environmentally responsible, reliable global water supplies," according to an article in the Journal of the American Water Works Association.
• Referring to Australia, Global Water Intelligence reported, "A country where the population is concentrated around the coastline is ideally suited to the benefits offered by WSC's Seawater Desalination Vessel."
• Judges in the 2007 Global Water Awards called the SDV an "important new direction in the evolution of the desalination industry."

A pioneer in designing offshore water and power systems, Water Standard Company has developed – and continues to develop – a formidable worldwide patent portfolio covering numerous innovations related to offshore seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, and power generation.

To date, the company holds more then 10 patents and has at least 90 pending patent applications in almost as many countries. WSC's patent portfolio currently targets most countries throughout the world, including those in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

In November 2006, Amanda Brock was brought into WSC to develop and execute a comprehensive global business plan. She has spent her career building and managing companies, including a decade of experience in the development and growth of the water business throughout the Americas.

As CEO of Water Standard Company she has spent the past year meeting globally with financial and water treatment industry leaders; attending, speaking, and presenting at conferences throughout the world; and raising significant capital that further proves the viability of WSC and its processes.