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374Water Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 11/1/22, at 9:27am ET · For: 9/30/22 · Accession #: 1654954-22-14488 · File #: 1-41420

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

11/01/22  374Water Inc.                     10-Q        9/30/22   46:3.3M                                   Blueprint/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    699K 
 7: R1          Cover                                               HTML     70K 
 8: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    107K 
 9: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
10: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    105K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
11: R5          Condensed Consolidated Changes in Stockholders'     HTML     80K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
12: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     86K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R7          Nature of Business and Presentation of Financial    HTML     23K 
                Statements                                                       
14: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
15: R9          Liquidity Capital Resources and Going Concern       HTML     18K 
16: R10         Acquisition of 374Water Inc fka PowerVerde Inc.     HTML     26K 
17: R11         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     32K 
18: R12         Stockholder' Equity                                 HTML     74K 
19: R13         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     18K 
20: R14         Commitments                                         HTML     19K 
21: R15         Deferred Revenue                                    HTML     17K 
22: R16         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     83K 
                (Policies)                                                       
23: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     30K 
                (Tables)                                                         
24: R18         Acquisition of 374Water Inc fka PowerVerde Inc.     HTML     23K 
                (Tables)                                                         
25: R19         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     34K 
26: R20         Stockholder' Equity (Tables)                        HTML     66K 
27: R21         Nature of Business and Presentation of Financial    HTML     18K 
                Statements (Details Narrative)                                   
28: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
29: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     27K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
30: R24         Liquidity Capital Resources and Going Concern       HTML     24K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
31: R25         Acquisition of 374Water, Inc. fka PowerVerde Inc.   HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R26         Acquisition of 374Water, Inc. fka PowerVerde Inc.   HTML     28K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
33: R27         Intangible Assets (Details)                         HTML     27K 
34: R28         Intangible Assets (Details 1)                       HTML     30K 
35: R29         Intangible Assets (Details Narrative)               HTML     19K 
36: R30         Stockholder' Equity (Details)                       HTML     45K 
37: R31         Stockholder' Equity (Details 1)                     HTML     29K 
38: R32         Stockholder' Equity (Details 2)                     HTML     38K 
39: R33         Stockholder' Equity (Details Narrative)             HTML     99K 
40: R34         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     22K 
41: R35         Deferred Revenue (Details Narrative)                HTML     18K 
44: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     83K 
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Filing Submission 0001654954-22-014488 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

374Water Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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