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Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 5/6/20, at 5:21pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1604643-20-18   ·   File #:  1-38272

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/06/20  Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.   10-Q        3/31/20  112:13M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.07M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    157K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
83: R1          Document And Entity Information Statement           HTML     55K 
25: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    163K 
62: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Balance    HTML     41K 
                Sheets (Parenthetical)                                           
93: R4          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     96K 
79: R5          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     55K 
                (Loss) Income                                                    
21: R6          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    100K 
                Equity                                                           
58: R7          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    150K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
99: R8          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     32K 
                Cash Flows Unaudited Supplemental Disclosure of                  
                Cash Flow Information (Parenthetical)                            
78: R9          Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     44K 
                Presentation                                                     
47: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    168K 
14: R11         Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     48K 
76: R12         Revenue                                             HTML    156K 
91: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    150K 
48: R14         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     38K 
15: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     41K 
77: R16         Property, Plant, and Equipment                      HTML     69K 
92: R17         Goodwill                                            HTML     45K 
49: R18         Debt                                                HTML     79K 
13: R19         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     94K 
71: R20         Product Warranties                                  HTML     54K 
110: R21         Restructuring and Related Charges                   HTML     61K  
45: R22         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     53K 
35: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML     44K 
72: R24         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     92K 
111: R25         Concentration of Credit Risk                        HTML     34K  
46: R26         Related?Party Transactions                          HTML     32K 
36: R27         Leases                                              HTML    173K 
70: R28         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     48K 
112: R29         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities              HTML     49K  
90: R30         Business Segments                                   HTML    138K 
74: R31         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     61K 
17: R32         Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML    199K 
                Presentation (Policies)                                          
51: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    141K 
                (Tables)                                                         
89: R34         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)              HTML     37K 
73: R35         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    143K 
16: R36         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    146K 
50: R37         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     38K 
88: R38         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     43K 
75: R39         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Tables)             HTML     73K 
109: R40         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     45K  
68: R41         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     88K 
29: R42         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     91K 
38: R43         Product Warranties (Tables)                         HTML     53K 
108: R44         Restructuring and Related Charges (Tables)          HTML     55K  
67: R45         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     49K 
28: R46         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     81K 
37: R47         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     84K 
107: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     55K  
69: R49         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Tables)     HTML     48K 
86: R50         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    135K 
100: R51         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     60K  
53: R52         Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     65K 
                Presentation (Details)                                           
18: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R54         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     67K 
                (Variable Interest Entities) (Details)                           
101: R55         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Impact  HTML     89K  
                of ASC Topic 842 Adoption) (Details)                             
54: R56         Acquisitions and Divestitures Narrative (Details)   HTML     71K 
19: R57         Acquisitions and Divestitures Opening Balance       HTML     52K 
                Sheet (Details)                                                  
85: R58         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     35K 
102: R59         Revenue (Performance Obligation) (Details)          HTML     36K  
39: R60         Revenue (Disaggregation of Revenue) (Details)       HTML     71K 
31: R61         Revenue (Contract Assets and Liabilities)           HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R62         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     73K 
103: R63         Fair Value Measurements (Rollforward of Earn-outs)  HTML     57K  
                (Details)                                                        
43: R64         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     37K 
34: R65         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     44K 
66: R66         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)            HTML     56K 
106: R67         Property, Plant, and Equipment Property, Plant and  HTML     43K  
                Equipment (Secured Financing Agreements) (Details)               
44: R68         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     31K 
30: R69         Goodwill (Schedule of Goodwill) (Details)           HTML     46K 
24: R70         Debt (Term Facility and Revolving Credit Facility)  HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R71         Debt (Schedule of Long-term Debt) (Details)         HTML     62K 
98: R72         Debt (Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities)        HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R73         Debt (Long-term Debt Maturities) (Details)          HTML     50K 
20: R74         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     62K 
57: R75         Derivative Financial Instruments (Fair Values)      HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R76         Derivative Financial Instruments (Amounts           HTML     39K 
                Recognized in AOCI) (Details)                                    
80: R77         Derivative Financial Instruments (Derivatives Not   HTML     36K 
                Designated as Cash Flow Hedges) (Details)                        
27: R78         Derivative Financial Instruments (Amounts           HTML     43K 
                Reclassified out of AOCI) (Details)                              
56: R79         Product Warranties (Details)                        HTML     52K 
23: R80         Restructuring and Related Charges (Details)         HTML     75K 
60: R81         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     44K 
96: R82         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     47K 
82: R83         Share-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    101K 
22: R84         Share-Based Compensation (Stock Option Activity)    HTML     92K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R85         Share-Based Compensation (Nonvested Share           HTML     48K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
95: R86         Share-Based Compensation (RSU Activity) (Details)   HTML     66K 
81: R87         Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)              HTML     37K 
26: R88         Leases (Adoption of ASU 2016-02) (Details)          HTML     52K 
55: R89         Leases (Leases, Lessee Disclosures) (Details)       HTML     74K 
40: R90         Leases (Operating Leases Future Payments)           HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R91         Leases (Finance Lease Assets) (Details)             HTML     33K 
64: R92         Leases (Finance Lease Maturities) (Details)         HTML     52K 
104: R93         Leases (Lessor Operating Lease Future Receivables)  HTML     44K  
                (Details)                                                        
42: R94         Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Letters  HTML     51K 
                of Credit and Surety Bonds) (Details)                            
33: R95         Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Details)    HTML     66K 
65: R96         Business Segments (Details)                         HTML     97K 
105: R97         Earnings per Share (Details)                        HTML     62K  
52: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    210K 
97: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    132K 
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10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- aqua-20200331_def                XML    964K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- aqua-20200331_lab                     XML   2.18M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- aqua-20200331_pre              XML   1.45M 
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41: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001604643-20-000018-xbrl      Zip    353K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — aqua-20200331_pre

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