NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ (MHFI) announced today that it has commenced Standard & Poor's Factual Stock Report coverage on GWR Global Water Resources. (GWGWF)

GWR Global Water Resources Corp. (TSX: GWR; OTCQX: GWGWF) holds an approximate 48.1% interest in Global Water Resources, Inc. (GWRI), a U.S.-based water resources company that owns, operates and manages water, wastewater and recycled water utilities in strategically located communities, principally in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. The company's model focuses on the broad issues of water supply and scarcity and applies principles of water conservation through water reclamation and reuse.

GWR Global's basic premise is that the world's water supply is limited and yet can be stretched significantly through effective planning, the use of recycled water and by providing individuals and communities resources that promote wise water usage practices. GWRI deploys its integrated approach, Total Water Management (TWM), a term which it uses to mean managing the entire water cycle, both to conserve water and to maximize its total economic and social value. GWRI uses TWM to promote sustainable communities in areas where it expects growth to outpace the existing potable water supply.

As of June 30, 2014, GWRI's utilities collectively had 43,202 active service connections.

GWRI has three regional planning areas located in the metropolitan Phoenix area with area-wide permits and contractual service rights relating to over 500 square miles of territory. GWRI's Maricopa-Casa Grande regional planning area and its Eloy regional planning area are located in Pinal County, which the company says is rapidly changing from primarily rural to an area of suburbanization. GWRI's West Valley regional planning area is located in Maricopa County, the fourth largest county in the U.S.

GWRI designs and builds standard, decentralized facilities that are scaled to the service areas they serve in order to achieve optimum efficiency in providing water, wastewater and recycled water services. This allows GWRI to use smaller, less expensive and more readily available pipes and equipment.

GWRI's water supplies are primarily derived from groundwater; however, GWRI currently augments these supplies with recycled water and intends to augment them with surface water and increased use of recycled water in the future.

GWRI's utilities presently employ groundwater systems for potable water production. Water is brought to the surface from underground aquifers (water levels vary from 50 to 650 feet below land surface depending on the area), disinfected and stored in tanks for distribution to customers. In some instances, individual raw water supplies do not meet the legislative requirements for certain constituents. In those cases, well-head, centralized, point-of-use or blending treatment systems are employed to ensure water quality meets potable standards.

A key component of GWRI's water utility business is the use of recycled water. Recycled water is highly treated and purified wastewater that is distributed through a separate distribution system of purple pipes for a variety of beneficial, non-potable uses. GWRI's model of TWM, an integrated approach to the use of potable and non-potable water to manage the entire water cycle, both conserves water and maximizes its total economic value. The company believes that the application of TWM has proven to be effective as a means of water scarcity management that promotes sustainable communities and helps achieve greater dwelling unit density in areas where the availability of sustainable water can be a key constraint on development.

Recycled water is created by taking wastewater and applying advanced tertiary treatment (screening, biological reduction, filtration and disinfection processes) to create a high quality, non-potable water source. Recycled water can be used for irrigation, facilities cooling, and industrial applications and in a residential setting for toilet flushing and lawn watering.

GWRI previously operated an unregulated business known as FATHOM Utility-to-Utility Solutions, or FATHOM. FATHOM offers an integrated suite of advanced technology-enabled platforms to provide third party services to municipalities and private utilities. On June 5, 2013, GWRI sold a majority interest in the FATHOM business.

The company was formed in March 2010 to acquire shares of Global Water Resources, Inc. GWR GlobalWater Resources Corp. is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

S&P Capital IQ's Factual Stock Report coverage on GWR Global Water Resources will also be accessible on an ongoing basis to the investment community by scores of buy-side institutions and sell-side firms that utilize S&P Capital IQ research and information platforms daily. Millions of self-directed investors also have access to the report via their e-brokerage accounts. Please visit http://www.gwresources.com for additional information.

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