UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

OR

For the transaction period from                     to                    

Commission File Number: 0-25248

CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: (345) 945-4277

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

ORDINARY SHARES, PAR VALUE CI$1.00

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
      Yes [X]  No [   ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this 10-K or any amendments to this Form 10-K. [Not Applicable]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act. Yes [   ]  No [X]

The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the closing sales price for the registrant’s ordinary shares, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 29, 2004, was $107,861,186.

As at March 29, 2004, there were 5,746,467 shares of the registrant’s ordinary shares outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None

EXCHANGE RATES

Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are in United States Dollars and references to “$”, “U.S.”, or “U.S.$” are to United States Dollars.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of CI$ into U.S.$, as determined by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, has been fixed since April 1974 at U.S. $1.20 per CI$1.00.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of BZE$ into U.S.$, as determined by the Central Bank of Belize, has been fixed since 1976 at U.S.$ 0.50 per BZE$ 1.00.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of BAH$ into U.S.$, as determined by the Central Bank of The Bahamas, has been fixed since 1973 at U.S.$ 1.00 per BAH$ 1.00.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversation of BDS$ into U.S.$ as determined by the Central Bank of Barbados has been fixed since 1975 at U.S.$ 0.50 = BDS$ 1.00.

The British Virgin Islands’ currency is U.S.$.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Introduction

     Our company, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., was incorporated in 1973 and uses reverse osmosis technology to produce freshwater from seawater. We process and supply water to our customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. We sell water to a variety of customers, including public utilities, commercial and tourist properties, residential properties and government facilities.

     Effective February 1, 2003, we acquired interests in five companies which operate a total of seven desalination plant facilities. On July 30, 2003, we acquired a further 13.5% of Waterfields and effective August 1, 2003, acquired an additional 64.7% interest resulting in total controlling interest of 90.9% of Waterfields. These acquisitions increased our daily water production capacity in the Cayman Islands and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and expanded our geographic presence to include Barbados and the British Virgin Islands. As a result of these acquisitions, our daily capacity has more than tripled from approximately 2.9 to 10.9 million U.S. gallons per day. With one of these acquisitions, we obtained the exclusive right through October 2009 to distribute the DWEER™ Energy Recovery System for use in reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants in the Caribbean basin. We believe the DWEER™ System gives us a distinct competitive advantage when bidding for new plant construction projects.

     Our strategy is to provide water services in areas where the supply of potable water is scarce. We have focused on the Caribbean basin and adjacent areas as our principal market because these areas have: little or no naturally occurring fresh water; limited local regulations and taxes allowing for higher returns than most highly regulated countries; a large proportion of tourist properties, which historically have generated higher volume sales than residential properties.

     To execute this strategy, we plan to grow our business by:

•		continuing to develop our production and distribution infrastructure and providing high quality potable water to our licensed area in the Cayman Islands;
•		expanding our existing operations in Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas;
•		extending our operations to other markets outside our current areas of operation where there is a need for potable water; and
•		broadening our existing and future operations into complimentary services.

     Our business group structure is defined based on areas of management responsibility, which are (i) the operations to supply water to retail customers, (ii) the operations to supply water to bulk customers, and (iii) the provision of engineering and management services. In 2003, we changed the composition of our reportable segments. The operations in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas that had previously been reported as separate geographical segments are included in Retail Water and the operation in Belize is included in Bulk Water. Services is a new business segment created as a result of our recent acquisitions. In 2003, our Retail Water, Bulk Water and Services segments accounted for 57%, 37% and 6%, respectively of our total revenue. In 2002, these percentages were 88%, 12% and nil%, respectively.

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Financial Information about Business Segments

     Financial information about business segments is included in Note 17 of the Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. consolidated statements set forth in ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA herein.

Business Combination

     Consolidated financial statements have been presented which include the accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Cayman Water Company Limited, Belize Water Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd, and its majority owned subsidiary Waterfields Company Limited. The operating results of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. have been included in the consolidated financial statements effective February 1, 2003. The operating results of Waterfields Company Limited have been included in the financial statements effective August 1, 2003. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated. Our investment in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. has been accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

RETAIL WATER OPERATIONS

     Our Retail water segment accounted for 57% of our revenues in 2003 and is comprised of businesses in the Cayman Islands and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. These businesses produce potable water from seawater and distribute this water to end-users, including residential, commercial and government customers.

Retail Water Operations in the Cayman Islands

     In the Cayman Islands, we sell retail water to a variety of customers through our wholly-owned subsidiary Cayman Water Company Limited.

     Our retails operations in the Cayman Islands currently produce potable water at three reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants in Grand Cayman, namely our Governor’s Harbour plant, West Bay plant and Britannia plant. We own the land where two of our three water plants are located and have entered into a 25-year lease on the site where the third plant is located. The current production capacities of our Governor’s Harbour plant, West Bay plant, and Britannia plant are 1.2 million, 710,000, and 440,000 U.S. gallons per day, respectively. Since the plants began production of water, they have consistently been capable of operating at or near their rated capacity.

     Feed water for the reverse osmosis units is drawn from deep wells with associated pumps on the properties. Reject water is discharged into brine wells on the properties at a deeper level than the feed water intakes.

     Electricity to our plants is supplied by Caribbean Utilities Co. Ltd., a publicly-traded utility company. At all three plant sites from which we supply water to our distribution pipeline, we maintain diesel driven, standby generators with sufficient capacity to operate our distribution pumps and other essential equipment during any temporary interruptions in the electricity supply.

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     In the event of an emergency, our distribution system is connected to the George Town, Grand Cayman distribution system of Water Authority-Cayman. In prior years in order to efficiently maintain our equipment, we have purchased water from Water Authority-Cayman for brief periods of time. We have also sold potable water to the Water Authority-Cayman from time to time.

     Our pipeline system in the Cayman Islands covers the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman and consists of approximately 67 miles of PVC pipeline. We extend our distribution system periodically as property developments are completed. We have a main pipe loop covering a major part of the Seven Mile Beach area. We place extensions of smaller diameter pipe off our main pipe to service new developments in our service area. This system of building branches from the main pipe keeps our construction costs low and allows us to provide service to new areas in a timely manner. During 2003, we completed a number of small pipeline extensions into newly developed properties within our franchise area.

     Developers are responsible for laying the pipeline within their developments at their own cost, but in accordance with our specifications. When a development is completed, the developer then transfers operation and maintenance of the pipeline to us.

     We have a comprehensive layout of our pipeline system, which is maintained in a computer aided design (“CAD”) system. This system is integrated with digital aerial photographs and a computer generated hydraulic model, which allows us to accurately locate pipes and equipment in need of repair and maintenance. It also helps us to plan extensions of and upgrades to our existing pipeline system.

Residential and Commercial Operations in the Cayman Islands

     We enter into standard contracts with hotels, condominiums and other properties located in our existing licensed area to provide potable water to such properties. We currently have agreements on differing terms and rates to supply potable water to the 309-room Marriott Hotel and the 343-room Westin Hotel, the 357-room Hyatt Hotel and Britannia Golf Course, and to supply non-potable water to the SafeHaven Golf Course.

     In the Seven Mile Beach area, our primary customers are the hotels and condominium complexes which serve the tourist industry. In the West Bay area, our primary customers are residential homes. Occasionally, we also supply to, or buy from, on an as-needed basis, the Water Authority-Cayman, which serves the business district of George Town and other parts of Grand Cayman.

     Although at a slower pace than in previous years, development is taking place on Grand Cayman, and particularly in our licensed area to accommodate both the growing local population and the tourism market. Because our license requires us to supply water to developments in our licensed area, the planning department of the Cayman Islands government routinely advises us of proposed developments in our licensed area. This advance notice allows us to manage our production capacity to meet anticipated demand. We believe that we have, or have contracted for, a sufficient supply of water to meet the foreseeable future demand.

     We bill on a monthly basis based on metered consumption. Receivables are typically collected within 30 to 35 days after the billing date and receivables not collected within 45 days subject the customer to disconnection from our water service. In 2003, bad debts represented less than 1% of our total sales for the year. Customers who have had their service disconnected must pay re-connection charges.

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     The following table shows, for each of the five years ended December 31, 2003, our total number of customer connections at the end of each year and metered sales of water for that year:

     The table above does not precisely represent the actual number of customers we service. In hotels and condominiums, we may only have one customer, which is the operator of the hotel or the condominium, but we actually supply water to all of the units within that hotel or condominium development. Of the customers indicated in the table above, as of 2003, 51.0% were residential, 48.3% were hotels, condominiums and other commercial customers and 0.7% were government facilities.

     In the past, demand on our pipeline distribution has varied throughout the year. Demand depends upon the number of tourists visiting and the amount of rainfall during any particular time of the year. In general, the majority of tourists come from the United States.

     We have a two-year agreement expiring on December 31, 2004 with Safehaven Ltd. to supply non-potable water on demand to irrigate an 18-hole golf course. After December 31, 2004, the agreement may be terminated by either party upon four months notice.

     Before 1991, any owner of property within our licensed area could install water-making equipment for its own use. Since 1991, that option is only available to private residences, although water plants in existence prior to 1991 can be maintained but not replaced or expanded. When the Marriott Hotel was built in 1990 in our licensed area, the developer installed its own reverse osmosis seawater desalination equipment. The equipment proved unreliable, and on February 4, 1994, we entered into an agreement with the owner of the Marriott Hotel to supply between 60,000 and 180,000 U.S. gallons of water per month at our standard tariff rates. If we are required to supply more than 180,000 U.S. gallons in a month, we will provide the water at our standard tariff rates on a best efforts basis. The Marriott Hotel has recently discontinued operation of its own reverse osmosis equipment, and increased the capacity of its service connection to our pipe line. However the owner of the hotel has indicated that it may refurbish the reverse osmosis equipment. We believe that refurbishment or replacement of the plant may be a breach of law, and have advised the Water Authority-Cayman of our concern.

     In 1995, we entered into a 10-year agreement with the owner of the Westin Hotel. This agreement requires us to supply up to 1.86 million U.S. gallons per month at a discount to our standard tariff rates, and to supply any additional demand on a best efforts basis. The Westin Hotel maintains storage capacity on-site, assists pressurization with on-site re-pumping facilities, and has provided us with a letter of credit that covers the cost of water supply for 45 days.

     In 2001, we entered into a 25-five year agreement, which took effect February 1, 2002, to acquire the Britannia plant and to supply a minimum of 62 million U.S. gallons of potable water per year on a take or pay basis to Cayman Hotel and Golf, Inc., the owner of the Hyatt Grand Cayman Resort and Britannia golf course. We are required by our government license to meet any water demand from our customer above the 62 million U.S. gallons of water supplied per year.

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Retail Water Operations in the Bahamas

     In 2000, we entered into a water supply agreement with South Bimini International Ltd., a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Bahamas, and on July 11, 2001 we began to provide potable water from one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in South Bimini, Bahamas capable of producing 115,000 U.S. gallons per day. Potable water is supplied to the marina and condominium development, Bimini Sands Resort and Bimini Beach Hotel, a 40 room hotel. The developer of the Bimini Sands Resort continues to develop the property, but we are not currently aware of any time schedule by the developer for the completion of the additional condominium units. Under our agreement, South Bimini International Ltd. is committed to pay for a minimum of 3,000 U.S. gallons of water per customer per month (36,000 U.S. gallons per customer per year) on a take or pay basis in relation to the Bimini Sands Resort. The price of water supplied is adjusted for inflation annually based on Bahamian and U.S. government indices, and adjusted monthly for changes in the cost of electricity. During 2003, we supplied South Bimini International Ltd. with 3.4 million U.S. gallons of water.

     We believe that water sales in Bimini will be cyclical. We expect that our sales will be higher during the summer months when tourists and fisherman arrive from the United States by boat, and when several large angling tournaments are traditionally held in Bimini. We expect that our sales will be lower during winter months when the weather is not conducive to pleasure boat travel from the United States.

     Feed water for the reverse osmosis unit is drawn from deep wells with associated pumps on the property. Reject water is discharged into brine wells on the property at a deeper level than the feed water intakes.

     Electricity to our plants is supplied by Bahamas Electricity Corporation. We maintain a diesel driven, standby generator with sufficient capacity to operate our distribution pumps and other essential equipment during any temporary interruptions in the electricity supply.

Retail Water Demand and Average Sales Price

     The table below lists the total volume of water we supplied on a quarterly basis for the five years ended December 31, 2003 to all of our Retail Water customers:

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     Our average sales price per 1,000 U.S. gallons of potable water sold to our Retail water customers for the three years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 are as follows:

BULK WATER OPERATIONS

     Our Bulk water segment accounted for 37% of our revenues in 2003 and is comprised of businesses in the Cayman Islands, Belize, British Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. These businesses produce potable water from seawater and sell this water to governments and private customers.

Bulk Water Operations in the Cayman Islands

     In the Cayman Islands, we sell bulk water, through our wholly-owned subsidiary Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, to the Water Authority-Cayman who in turn distribute that water to properties in the parts of Grand Cayman that are outside of our retail licensed area. During 2003, we supplied the Water Authority-Cayman with 646 million US gallons of water.

     As a result of our acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, we operate, but do not own, three additional reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants in Grand Cayman with a total installed capacity of 2.9 million U.S. gallons per day: the Red Gate Road plant with a production capacity of 1.3 million U.S. gallons per day, the Lower Valley plant with a production capacity of 792,000 U.S. gallons per day and the North Sound plant with a production capacity of 792,000 U.S. gallons per day. The plants that we operate for Water Authority-Cayman are located on land owned by the Cayman Islands government. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited provides water on a take or pay basis to the Water Authority-Cayman, a government owned utility and regulatory agency, under various licenses and agreements.

     In April 1994, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, was granted a seven-year water supply license by the government of the Cayman Islands and the Water Authority-Cayman to supply desalinated water from the Red Gate Road plant. In January 2001, this agreement was extended for seven years with effect from December 2001. Under the terms of this license Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited is obligated to deliver to the Water Authority-Cayman the amount of water it demands or 1.2 million U.S. gallons of water per day on average each month, which ever is less.

     In June 1997, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, was granted a seven-year water supply license by the government of the Cayman Islands and the Water Authority-Cayman to supply desalinated water from the Lower Valley plant. In August 1999, this agreement was extended with effect from March 1999 until March 2006. Under the terms of this license Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited is obligated to deliver to the Water Authority-Cayman the amount of water it demands or 713,000 U.S. gallons of water per day on average each month, which ever is less.

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     In December 2001, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, was granted a seven-year water supply license, with effect from November 2002, by the government of the Cayman Islands and the Water Authority-Cayman to supply desalinated water from the North Sound plant. Under the terms of this license Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited is obligated to deliver to the Water Authority-Cayman the amount of water it demands or 713,000 U.S. gallons of water per day on average each month, which ever is less.

Bulk Water Operations in Belize

     In Belize, we sell bulk water through our wholly-owned subsidiary Belize Water Limited to Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”), which distributes the water through its own pipe line system to residential, commercial and tourist properties in Ambergris Caye, Belize. During 2003, we supplied BWSL with 99.9 million U.S. gallons of water.

     On July 21, 2000, we acquired Seatec Belize Ltd. and subsequently changed the name of the company to Belize Water Limited. Belize Water Limited provides potable water from one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in Ambergris Caye, Belize, Central America, capable of producing 420,000 U.S. gallons per day, to BWSL, which acquired the operations of the Belize Water and Sewerage Authority in February 2001.

     On September 17, 2003 we entered into a new 23-year contract with BWSL to supply a minimum of 1.75 million US gallons of water per week, or upon BWSL’s demand up to 2.1 million US gallons per week, on a take or pay basis. Additionally we are BWSL’s exclusive supplier of desalinated water on Ambergris Caye, Belize throughout the term of the contract. The new contract has been executed, but final completion is subject to satisfying three conditions precedent, of which to date we have met one and BWSL has met one. We are awaiting confirmation from the Government of Belize that our application for extension of our existing import duty and tax exemptions has been granted until at least September 17, 2009, which will satisfy the final condition precedent. The terms and conditions of the contract signed on June 26, 1992 between BWSL and our company remain in full force and effect until all conditions precedent are satisfied. On November 12, 2003, we offered and BWSL accepted a reduced concessionary water rate, effective November 1, 2003, which is equal to the water rate that we will charge BWSL under the new agreement. This reduced concessionary rate can be withdrawn by us at any time and we expect to offer the reduced rate until we satisfy the conditions precedent in the new contract.

     The new contract terminates on March 23, 2026. However BWSL has the option to advise us no later than six months before the termination date that it wishes to renew the contract for a further 25-year period on the same terms and conditions.

     On June 26, 1992 we entered into a contract with BWSL to supply a minimum of 135,000 U.S. gallons of water per day to BWSL, which expires in 2011, unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of our new contract signed on September 1, 2003. While we own our production plant in Belize, we lease the parcel of land on which our plant is located from the Government of Belize at an annual rent of BZE$1.00. The lease commenced on April 27, 1993 and was extended on January 2, 2004 to a period of 33 years.

     When we originally acquired Belize Water Limited in July 2000, we were contractually obligated to supply water to Belize Water and Sewerage Authority, a Belize government organization. In early 2001, BWSL, a private company, purchased Belize Water and Sewerage Authority and assumed our contract with the Belize Water and Sewerage Authority.

     The base price of water supplied, and adjustments thereto, are determined by the terms of the

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contracts, which provide for annual adjustments based upon the movement in the government price indices specified in the contract, as well as monthly adjustments for changes in the cost of diesel fuel and electricity.

     We bill on a monthly basis based on metered consumption. Receivables are due within 21 days after the billing date. Interest of 1.5% per month (1% per month under the new contract) is charged on any delayed payments.

     BWSL distributes our water primarily to residential properties, small hotels, and businesses that serve the tourist market.

     We have operated our plant in Belize since July 2000. We believe that water sales in Belize are less cyclical, but on a similar cycle to sales in the Cayman Islands. Although both operations cater to similar tourist markets, Belize has a greater proportion of residents to tourists.

     In early 2003 our customer, BWSL, repaired several leaks in its distribution pipe line in Ambergris Caye. As a result, our water sales decreased by approximately 19% during January 2003, and continued to be lower than 2002 water sales for the full year in 2003. Our sales in 2003 were 11.2% lower by volume than in 2002. We expect this lower sales level to continue, and that modest increases will occur because of ongoing residential and tourist property development.

     Feed water for the reverse osmosis units is drawn from deep wells with associated pumps on the property. Reject water is discharged into brine wells on the property at a level below that of the feed water intakes.

     Electricity to our plant is supplied by Belize Electricity Limited. At the plant site, we maintain a diesel driven, standby generator with sufficient capacity to operate our essential equipment during any temporary interruptions in the electricity supply.

Bulk Water Operations in the British Virgin Islands

     In the British Virgin Islands, we sell bulk water through our affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., to the Government of the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department (“BVIW&S”), which distributes the water through its own pipe line system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the islands of Tortola and Jost Van Dyke. During 2003, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. supplied BVIW&S with 297 million U.S. gallons of water.

     We account for our interests in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. using the equity investment method, and therefore the operating results of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. are not consolidated in our financial statements. Income from this equity investment has been included in our bulk water operations segment, since the business of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. is similar to the business of our bulk water operations segment.

     On February 7, 2003, we completed our purchase of 50% of the issued and outstanding voting stock, certain profit sharing rights and all of the non-voting shares of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. Also on that date we surrendered 18.2% of our profit sharing rights for 45,000 non-voting shares of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. On May 9, 2003 we sold all of our non-voting shares of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. to Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited. We now own 50% of the voting shares and 50% of the profit sharing rights of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.

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     Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. supplies desalinated water produced from its Baughers Bay desalination plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands to BVIW&S. On May 31, 1999, the British Virgin Islands Government did not extend the water supply agreement for a seven-year period, and did not make a terminal payment of $1.42 million to Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., which would have entitled them to take possession of the Baughers Bay plant. On January 28, 2000, the government advised Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. that it considered a water sales arrangement to be in force on a monthly basis until negotiations for a new agreement could be concluded. Negotiations on the terms of a new agreement have not proceeded since our acquisition of interests in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., and we are presently awaiting an indication from government that they wish to meet to discuss the terms of a new agreement.

     Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.’s Baughers Bay plant was expanded in December 2003 to a capacity of 1.7 million U.S. Gallons per day. The plant is dual-train seawater reverse osmosis plant with an advanced energy recovery system. Ocean-Conversion (BVI) Ltd. generates its own electrical power on site using two large Caterpillar diesel driven generator units. Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. also purchases electricity from the BVI Electric Co. to power ancillary equipment and provide building lighting.

     Our wholly-owned subsidiary, DesalCo Limited, provides a Vice President and Chief Executive Officer as well as other management and engineering services to Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. in the form of accounting services, personnel management and plant management for a monthly fee of $20,400. DesalCo Limited also receives a bonus of 4% of the annual net operating income of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.

     Under the Articles of Association of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., we are able to appoint three of the six directors of the company. Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited, which owns the remaining 50% of the issued and outstanding voting shares, is entitled to appoint the remaining three directors. If there is a tied vote on any matter, the President of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association will be entitled to appoint a junior director to break the tie.

Bulk Water Operations in the Bahamas

     In the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, we sell bulk water through our majority-owned subsidiary, Waterfields Company Limited, to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas (“WSC”), which distributes the water through its own pipe line system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the island of New Providence. During 2003, Waterfields Company Limited supplied WSC with 587 million U.S. gallons of water.

     As a result of our acquisition of DesalCo Limited on February 7, 2003 we acquired a 12.7% interest in Waterfields Company Limited. On July 30, 2003, we acquired a further 13.5% of Waterfields and effective August 1, 2003, acquired an additional 64.7% interest resulting in total controlling interest of 90.9% of Waterfields.

     We supply bulk water to WSC from our Windsor Plant under the terms of a 15-year water supply agreement dated May 7, 1996. We are required under this agreement to provide WSC with at least 16.8 million US gallons per week of potable water, and WSC has contracted to purchase at least that amount from us on a take-or-pay basis. The water supply agreement expires on the later of March 1, 2013 or after the plant has produced approximately 13.1 billion U.S. gallons of water. At the conclusion of the initial term of the water supply agreement, WSC has the following options:

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extend the term of the agreement for an additional five years at a reduced rate specified in the agreement;

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•		exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that Waterfields intends to remove from the site, and negotiate a purchase price with Waterfields; or
•		require Waterfields to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site.

     Feed water for the reverse osmosis unit is drawn from deep wells with associated pumps on the property. Reject water is discharged into brine wells on the property at a deeper level than the feed water intakes.

     Electricity to our plants is supplied by Bahamas Electricity Corporation. We maintain, standby generator with sufficient capacity to operate essential equipment at our Windsor Plant and are able to produce water with this plant during any temporary interruptions in the electricity supply.

Bulk Water Demand and Average Sales Price

     The table below lists the total volume of water we supplied on a quarterly basis for the four years ended December 31, 2003 to all of our Bulk water customers:

     Our average sales price per 1,000 U.S. gallons of potable water sold to our Bulk water customers for the three years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 are as follows:

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SERVICES (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT) OPERATIONS

Engineering Services Operations acquired through DesalCo Limited

     As a result of our acquisition of DesalCo Limited effective February 1, 2003, we provide management, engineering and construction services for desalination projects and are the exclusive agents for sales of DWEER™ energy recovery systems for desalination plants in the Caribbean basin until October 2009. DesalCo Limited, which is recognized by suppliers as an original equipment manufacturer of reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants, also acts as the purchasing agent for all companies affiliated with our company.

     In 2003 DWEER Technology Ltd. (“DWEER Tech”), the owner of the DWEER™ technology, licensed the world-wide rights to the DWEER™ technology to Calder AG, a Swiss company. On February 26, 2004 we entered into a new exclusive Caribbean distributorship agreement with Calder AG for the DWEER™ technology, and amended the terms of our distributorship agreement with DWEER Tech. The Calder agreement supercedes our agreement with DWEER Tech, and contains terms comparable to the DWEER Tech agreement.

Service Operations in Barbados

     Effective February 1, 2003, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of DesalCo Limited. DesalCo Limited owns all of the issued and outstanding stock of DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd., a Barbados company, which operates a desalination plant for Sandy Lane Properties Ltd. in St. James, Barbados. As a result of our acquisition of DesalCo Limited, we acquired control of its wholly-owned subsidiary, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd.

     Under the terms of a supply agreement and operating agreement with Sandy Lane Properties Ltd., DesalCo Limited constructed and operates a seawater desalination plant, which provides irrigation water for several golf courses on the Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados. The plant and property are owned by Sandy Lane Properties Ltd. and DesalCo Limited operates the plant under the terms of a five-year operating agreement, which expires in January 2006. Sandy Lane Properties Ltd. has the option to cancel the operating agreement with three months prior notice to DesalCo Limited, subject to certain penalties for early termination of the operating agreement. The operating agreement was assigned to DesalCo Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd., in January 2001 and DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. pays a monthly assignment fee to DesalCo Limited equal to 8% of the gross revenue received under the operating agreement. DesalCo Limited also provides certain engineering services and pays a portion of the plant manager’s salary in exchange for a management fee of approximately $12,640 per month and reimbursement of expenses. This management fee was reduced in May 2003 from approximately $14,700 per month.

OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS

Wastewater Services in the Cayman Islands

     We began providing sewerage services on Grand Cayman in 1973. In 1987, the Cayman Islands government, through Water Authority-Cayman, constructed a public sewerage system in part of the Seven Mile Beach area where Governor’s Harbour is located. In 1988, Water Authority-Cayman began processing sewage delivered by the pipelines and lift stations in that area and we stopped our processing of sewage. Water Authority-Cayman currently directly bills our former sewerage customers for its services. In October 2001, we reached an agreement with the Water Authority-Cayman pursuant to which

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Water Authority-Cayman assumed, in November 2002, the operation of two remaining sewage lift stations, which we had operated. No revenue was earned for wastewater services during the three years ended December 31, 2003.

The Government in the Cayman Islands, Customs Duties and Taxes

     The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom and have had a stable political climate since 1670, when the Cayman Islands were ceded to England by the Treaty of Madrid. The Queen of England appoints the Governor of the Cayman Islands to make laws with the advice and consent of the legislative assembly. There are 15 elected members of the legislative assembly and three members appointed by the Governor from the Civil Service. The Executive Council is responsible for day-to-day government operations. The Executive Council consists of five ministers who are chosen by the legislative assembly from its 15 popularly elected members, and the three Civil Service members. The Governor has reserved powers and the United Kingdom retains full control over foreign affairs and defense. The Cayman Islands are a common law jurisdiction and have adopted a legal system similar to that of the United Kingdom.

     We have exemptions from, or receive concessionary rates of, customs duties on capital expenditures on plant and major consumable spares and supplies imported into the Cayman Islands as follows:

•		there are no local taxes on profit, income, distributions, capital gains or appreciations of our company in the Cayman Islands;
•		we do not pay any import duty or taxes on permeator membranes, electric pumps and motors and chemicals, and we pay duty at the rate of 10% of the cost, including insurance and transportation to the Cayman Islands, of other plant and associated materials and equipment to manufacture or supply water in Seven Mile Beach or West Bay areas; and
•		Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited pays all customs duties up to 10% in respect of materials and supplies imported for the Red Gate plant and is reimbursed amounts in excess of this by Water Authority-Cayman.

     A major source of revenue to the Cayman Islands government is a 7.5% or 9% stamp tax, depending on location, on the transfer of ownership of land in the Cayman Islands. During the period of November 14, 2001 to date the stamp tax rate is temporarily set at 5%. To prevent stamp tax avoidance by transfer of ownership of the shares of a company, which owns land in the Cayman Islands (as opposed to transfer of the land itself), The Land Holding Companies (Share Transfer Tax) Law was passed in 1976. The effect of this law is to charge a company, which owns land or an interest in land in the Cayman Islands, a tax based on the value of its land or interest in land attributable to each share transferred. The stamp tax calculation does not take into account the proportion which the value of a company’s Cayman land or interest bears to its total assets and whether the intention of the transfer is to transfer ownership or part of a company’s entire business or a part of its Cayman land or interest.

     Prior to our ordinary shares becoming quoted in the United States, we paid this tax on private share transfers. We have never paid the tax on transfers of our publicly traded shares. Since 1994, we requested that the Cayman Islands government exempt us from the share transfer tax. On April 10, 2003, we received notice that the Cayman Islands government had granted an exemption from taxation for all transfers of our shares. We believe it is unlikely that government will seek to collect this tax on transfers of our publicly traded shares between the period 1994 through April 10, 2003.

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The Government in the Bahamas, Customs Duty, and Taxes

     The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with the Queen of England as the constitutional head of state. The basis of Bahamian law and legal system is the English common law tradition with a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and a Magistrate court.

     We have not been granted any tax exemptions for our Bahamian operations. Bahamian companies are subject to an annual business license fee ranging from 1% to 2% of their gross revenues. We did not pay any business license fees to the Bahamian government in respect of our Bimini retail water operations during 2001, 2002, or 2003, other than National Insurance Board tax on our employees. We estimate our potential tax liability based on our 2003, 2002 and 2001 gross revenues to be less than $2,500.

The Government in Belize, Customs Duty, and Taxes

     Belize (formerly British Honduras) achieved full independence from the United Kingdom in 1981. Today, Belize is a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a constitution in 1991. Based on the British model with three independent branches, the Queen of England is the constitutional head of state, represented by a Governor General in the government. A prime minister and cabinet make up the executive branch, while a 29 member elected House of Representatives and a nine member appointed Senate form a bicameral legislature. The cabinet consists of a prime minister, other ministers and ministers of state who are appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister, who has the support of the majority party in the House of Representatives. Belize is an English common law jurisdiction with a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and local Magistrate Courts.

     The Government of Belize has exempted Belize Water Limited from all import duties and stamp taxes until January 28, 2005, and company taxes until January 28, 2006. Belize levies a gross receipts tax on corporations at a rate varying between 0.75% and 25%, depending on the type of business, and a corporate income tax at a rate of 25% of chargeable income. Gross receipts tax payable amounts are credited towards corporate income tax. We believe our business would be subject to a 1.25% gross receipts tax and income tax without our exemption. Belize levies import duty on most imported items at rates varying between 0% and 45%, with most items attracting a rate of 20%. While the Government of Belize confirmed its commitment in a letter dated June 29, 1992 from the Financial Secretary of Belize to support all future applications for extensions or additional tax exemptions for the life of the water supply contract, future exemptions must be approved by the Belizean legislature and we cannot give any assurance that we will be granted any further tax exemptions after January 28, 2006.

     In January 2004, in connection with our new water sales contract with BWSL, we submitted an application to the Government of Belize requesting that our existing stamp tax, import duty, and company tax exemptions are extended until March 23, 2026. We have received confirmation that our application is currently under review, and we are awaiting a reply from the government.

The Government in the British Virgin Islands and Customs, Duties and Taxes

     The British Virgin Islands is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom that was first settled by the Dutch in 1648 and annexed by the British in 1672. It adopted a constitution in 1977 and is now a constitutional democracy with three branches of government: the Executive Council, the Judiciary and the Legislative Council. Executive authority is vested in the Queen of England, exercised through her representative, the Governor. The Governor has responsibility for the courts, public service, police, and foreign affairs and full policy-making authority. The Governor is not a member of the Executive Council but receives assistance with the day-to-day operations of the government. The Executive Council is made

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up of various members of the legislature. The Parliament or Legislative Council is made up of (13) thirteen seats with members elected by popular vote, serving up to but no more than five-year terms. The British Virgin Islands are an English common law jurisdiction with a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Magistrates Court.

     The British Virgin Islands imposes a corporate income tax at a rate of 15% of net income. However, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. received an exemption, under the water supply agreement with the British Virgin Islands government, from all taxes, duties, levies and impositions on items which it imports for the Baugers Bay plant.

The Government in Barbados and Customs, Duties and Taxes

     Barbados is an independent island nation that was initially occupied by the British in 1627. It remained a British colony until 1961 when it was granted internal autonomy. Barbados gained full independence in 1966 but remains a member of the British Commonwealth that appoints the Governor General. The Governor General appoints members of the cabinet with the advice of the prime minister. The parliament consists of the senate whose 21 members are appointed by the Governor General and the assembly whose 28 members are popularly elected. Barbados is an English common law jurisdiction with a Supreme Court.

     The net income of DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. is subject to a 40% Barbados corporate tax, and all dividend payments and supplier payments are subject to a Barbados withholding tax of 15%. All customs duties due on parts and equipment for the plant are paid by DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. since a concession on such duties held by Sandy Lane Properties Ltd. expired in March 2004. Value added taxes are paid by Sandy Lane Properties Ltd. DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. has made all necessary tax filing and payments.

Government Regulation

     In the Cayman Islands, we are regulated by the Water Authority-Cayman on behalf of the Cayman Islands Government and believe that our operations comply with all local laws and regulations.

     We have received confirmation from the Public Utilities Commission of Belize that they approve of the terms and conditions of our new contract with Belize Water Services Limited. We believe that our operations in Belize comply with all other local laws and regulations.

     We believe that our operations in the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands and Barbados comply with all local laws and regulations, and we are currently reviewing our Bahamian tax status as it relates to our Bimini operation, as disclosed above.

Market and Service Area

     Although we currently operate in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas, we believe that our potential market consists of any location where there is a need for potable water. The desalination of seawater, either through distillation or reverse osmosis, is the most widely used process for producing fresh water in areas with an insufficient natural supply. We believe our experience in the development and operation of distillation and reverse osmosis desalination plants as well as our exclusive rights in the Caribbean to the DWEER™ energy recovery system provides us with a significant opportunity to successfully expand our operations beyond the markets in which we currently operate.

     Prior to our acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited in February 2003, the market that we serviced under our exclusive license in the Cayman Islands consisted of Seven Mile Beach and

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West Bay, Grand Cayman, two of the three most populated areas in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands Government, through Water Authority-Cayman, supplies water to parts of Grand Cayman, which are not within our licensed area, as well as to Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. As a result of our acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, we operate all the reverse osmosis desalination plants of Water Authority-Cayman on Grand Cayman and supply water under licenses and supply agreements held by Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited with Water-Authority Cayman.

     According to the most recent figures published by the Economics and Statistics Office of the Cayman Islands Government, the population of the Cayman Islands was approximately 39,410 in 1999. The figures published by the Cayman Islands Government Department of Tourism show that for the year ended December 31, 2003, the tourist air arrivals decreased by 3% and tourists cruise ship arrivals increased 16% from the prior year. Total visitors increased to 2.1 million persons for the year ended December 31, 2003 from 1.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2002. We believe that our water sales in the Cayman Islands are more positively impacted by tourists that arrive by air than by those arriving by cruise ship, since cruise ship tourists generally only remain on island for one day or less.

     During 2003, construction progresses markedly within our franchise area on the 360-room Ritz Carlton Hotel, condominiums and golf course development. The developer of this project has announced an anticipated completion date of December 2004. We are not currently aware of any similar large developments in the final planning stages or under construction within our service area in the Cayman Islands.

     During 2002, the government of the Cayman Islands amended the Development and Planning Law to permit construction of buildings up to seven stories in certain zones within our franchise area, including commercial and hotel zones. Previously, buildings in these zones were only permitted to be built to five stories. We believe that this change in the law will facilitate the development of certain properties within our franchise area that may have otherwise not developed under the old height restriction, and it has already facilitated the re-development of one existing property, which has been demolished and re-built as a seven-story structure.

     Our current operations in Belize are located on Ambergris Caye, which consists of residential, commercial and tourist properties in the town of San Pedro. This town is located on the southern end of Ambergris Caye. Ambergris Caye is one of many islands located east of the Belize mainland and off the southeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. Ambergris Caye is approximately 25 miles long and, according to the Belize National Population Census 2000, has a population of about 4,500 residents, which has increased approximately 144% over the past ten years. We provide bulk potable water to Belize Water Services Limited which distributes this water to this market. Belize Water Services Limited (“BWSL”) currently has no other source of potable water on Ambergris Caye. Our new contract with BWSL makes us the exclusive producer of desalinated water on Ambergris Caye though 2026.

     A 185 mile long barrier reef, which is the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, is situated just offshore of Ambergris Caye. This natural attraction is becoming a choice destination for scuba divers and tourists. According to information published by the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, tourism is Belize’s second largest source of foreign income, next to agriculture.

     Our current operations in the Bahamas are located on South Bimini Island and in New Providence. The Bimini Islands consist of North Bimini and South Bimini, and are two of 700 islands which comprise the Bahamas. The Bimini Islands are located approximately 50 miles east of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and are a premier destination for sport fishing enthusiasts. The population of the Bimini Islands is approximately 1,600 persons and the islands have about 200 hotel and guest rooms available for tourists. The total land area of the Bimini Islands is approximately 9 square miles.

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     New Providence, Lyford Caye and Paradise Island, connected by several bridges, are located approximately 150 miles east southeast of the Bimini Islands. With an area of 151 square miles and a population of approximately 211,000, Nassau is the political capital and the commercial hub of the Bahamas. As the largest city with its famed Cable Beach, it accounts for more than two-thirds of the four million tourists who visit the Bahamas annually. New Providence is presently experiencing intermittent water shortages and imports about one-half of its water from Andros Island, which lies about 35 miles west of New Providence.

     The British Virgin Islands, like the Cayman Islands, are an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom and are situated east of Puerto Rico. They consist of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands, of which Tortola is the largest and most populated island. The islands are the center for many large yacht-chartering businesses.

     Barbados, located northeast of Venezuela between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, is an independent sovereign nation member of the British Commonwealth. It has a population of approximately 277,000 and was traditionally known for its cultivation of sugar cane. More recently, the economy has diversified to include tourism and light manufacturing.

Growth Strategy

     Our strategy is to provide water services in areas where the supply of potable water is scarce. We have focused on the Caribbean basin and adjacent areas as our principal market because these areas have: little or no naturally occurring fresh water; limited local regulations and taxes allow for higher returns than most highly regulated countries; and a large proportion of tourist properties, which historically have generated higher volume sales than residential properties.

     Our growth strategy is as follows:

•		We intend to continue to develop our production and distribution infrastructure and provide high quality potable water to our licensed area in the Cayman Islands. We have increased our share of the potable water market in the Cayman Islands as a result of our purchase of the Britannia plant and recent acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman). We also intend to explore the feasibility of either acquiring or obtaining the license from the Cayman Island government to operate Water Authority-Cayman, which supplies water to parts of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.
•		We intend to expand our existing operations in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. For example, through negotiations with Belize Water Services Limited, we have extended the term of our agreement to 23 years and increased the guaranteed minimum quantities supplied. We intend to seek new water supply agreements for other areas in Belize. Similarly, as the development of resort properties in Bimini continues, we expect to sell more water to additional customers further utilizing our current plant until the installation of a larger plant becomes necessary. We also believe that the water supply needs in New Providence, Bahamas are growing and we are pursuing two new opportunities to produce and sell more water in New Providence. In the British Virgin Islands, we expanded the capacity of our existing plant on the island of Tortola from 1.2 million to 1.7 million U.S. gallons per day, and we are constructing a second plant on the island of Tortola.
•		We intend to expand our operations to other markets outside of our current areas of operation where there is need for potable water. In addition to our recent acquisitions, we are currently involved in preliminary discussions to operate water-making plants and to supply water in other new markets and may pursue these opportunities either on our own or through joint

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		ventures. So far, we have focused on various locations throughout the Caribbean basin and Central America.
•		We intend to broaden our existing and future operations into complementary services. Prior to the installation of a central wastewater system by the Cayman Islands government, we provided wastewater services on Grand Cayman. We may reenter this field in the Cayman Islands and intend to use our expertise to provide such services outside of the Cayman Islands.

Reverse Osmosis Technology

     The conversion of saltwater to potable water is called desalination. There are two primary forms of desalination: distillation and reverse osmosis. Both methods are used throughout the world and technologies are improving to lower the costs of production. Reverse osmosis is a separation process in which the water from a pressurized saline solution is separated from the dissolved material by passing it over a semi-permeable membrane. An energy source is needed to pressurize the saline (or feed) water for pretreatment, which consists of fine filtration and the addition of precipitation inhibitors. Pre-treatment removes suspended solids, prevents salt precipitation and keeps the membranes free of microorganisms. Next, a high-pressure pump enables the water actually to pass through the membrane, while salts are rejected. The feed water is pumped into a closed vessel where it is pressurized against the membrane. As a portion of the feed water passes through the membrane, the remaining feed water increases in salt content. This remaining feed water is discharged without passing through the membrane. As the discharged feed water leaves the pressure vessel, its energy is captured by an energy recovery device which is used to pressurize incoming feed water. The final step is post-treatment, which consists of stabilizing the water, removing hydrogen sulfide and adjusting the pH and chlorination to prepare it for distribution.

     We use reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to potable water. We believe that this technology is the most effective and efficient conversion process for our market. However, we are always seeking ways to maximize efficiencies in our current processes and to investigate new more efficient processes to convert seawater to potable water. The equipment at our plants is among the most energy efficient available and we monitor and maintain our equipment in an efficient manner. As a result of our years of experience in seawater desalination, we believe that we have an expertise in the development and operation of desalination plants which is easily transferable to locations outside of our current operating areas.

     In addition, DesalCo Limited, our recently acquired wholly-owned subsidiary, is the exclusive distributor in the Caribbean basin for the DWEER™ system produced by DWEER Technology Limited for use in reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants. An advanced energy recovery system, the DWEER™ system is utilized to efficiently recover energy from the high-pressure brine that is the by-product of the reverse osmosis desalination process. Unlike pump/turbine systems used in many desalination plants around the world, the DWEER™ system recovers nearly 100% of the energy contained in the reject water (or brine) from the reverse osmosis process. As a result, the DWEER™ energy recovery system for reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants is one of the most energy efficient systems of its kind. The DWEER™ system is used on all desalination plants that DesalCo Limited has designed since 1990. As a result of the completion of the DesalCo Limited acquisition in February 2003, our company has the exclusive distribution rights for the DWEER™ system in the Caribbean basin through October 2009.

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Raw Materials and Sources of Supply

     All materials, parts and supplies essential to our business operations can normally be obtained from multiple sources, except for the DWEER™ energy recovery devices which are exclusively manufactured by Calder AG, a Swiss company, and which we use at all of our plants with the exception of the Belize and Britannia plants. We have obtained, through our subsidiary DesalCo Limited, a seven-year exclusive distributorship agreement with Calder AG for the DWEER™ system. We do not manufacture any parts or components for equipment essential to our business. Our access to seawater for processing into potable water is granted through our licenses and contracts with governments of the various jurisdictions in which we have our operations.

Licenses, Franchises and Concessions

     Our exclusive operational license was issued to us by the Cayman Islands government under The Water (Production and Supply) Law of 1979. Unless renewed, the license terminates on July 11, 2010.

     Two years prior to the expiration of the license, we have the right to negotiate with the government to extend the license for an additional term. Unless we are in default under the license, the government may not grant a license to any other party without first offering the license to us on terms that are no less favorable than those which the government offers to a third party.

     We must provide, within our licensed area, any requested piped water service that, in the opinion of the Executive Council of the Cayman Islands government, is commercially feasible. Where supply is not considered commercially feasible, we may require the potential customer to contribute toward the capital costs of pipe-laying. We then repay these contributions to the customer, without interest, by way of a 10% discount on future billings for water sales until this advance in aid of construction has been repaid. We have been installing additional pipeline when we consider it to be commercially feasible, and the Cayman Islands government has never objected to our determination regarding commercial feasibility.

     Under our exclusive license, we pay a royalty to the government of 7.5% of our gross water sales revenue. Other than the selling prices provided in our agreements with the Westin Hotel, the Hyatt Hotel and Britannia Golf Course and SafeHaven Golf Course, the selling price of water under the license varies depending upon the type and location of the customer and the monthly volume of water purchased. The license provides for an automatic adjustment for inflation or deflation on an annual basis, subject to temporary limited exceptions, and an automatic adjustment for the cost of electricity on a monthly basis. The Water Authority-Cayman, on behalf of the government, reviews and approves the calculations of the price adjustments for inflation and electricity costs.

     If we want to adjust our prices for any reason other than inflation or electricity costs, we have to request prior approval of the Executive Council of the Cayman Islands government. If the parties fail to agree, the matter is referred to arbitration. The last such price increase that we requested was granted in full in June 1985.

Seasonal Variations in Our Business

     Although, our water sales in the Cayman Islands, Belize and Bimini are seasonal, the variations between the periods are not significant. We normally sell more water during the first and second quarters when greater numbers of tourists are present. Our sales are also affected to some extent by the weather. We sell less water during the third and fourth quarters, which normally experience higher rainfall amounts than other times of the year. We do not believe that our operations in Nassau and Tortola will be subject

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to significant seasonal variations in demand. Our operation in Barbados has been subject to seasonal demand variations since Sandy Lane finished the grow-in of the grass on their three golf courses in early 2003.

Competition

     We do not compete with other utilities within our licensed area in the Cayman Islands. Although we have been granted an exclusive franchise for our present service area, our ability to expand our service area is limited at the discretion of the government. At the present time, we are the only non-municipal public water utility on Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands government, through Water Authority-Cayman, supplies water to parts of Grand Cayman which are not within our licensed area.

     On Ambergris Caye in Belize, our new water supply contract with Belize Water Services Limited is exclusive, and Belize Water Services Limited can no longer seek contracts with other water suppliers, or produce water themselves, to meet their future needs in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.

     On South Bimini Island in the Bahamas, we supply water to a private developer and do not have competitors. AquaDesign, an Ionics Inc. company, operates a seawater desalination plant on North Bimini Island. We are aware that AquaDesign/Ionics, Enerserve/Vivendi, IDE, Pridesa, Inima and Biwater are competing with us for a new contract with the Bahamian government to build and operate a seawater desalination plant at Blue Hills, New Providence, Bahamas. We expect to compete with these companies in the future for similar projects.

     AquaDesign operates seawater desalination plants in West End and Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, and on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands and generally bids against Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. for projects. There are currently water shortages in certain areas of Tortola, particularly on the eastern end of the island, and we believe that additional desalination plants will be required to alleviate these shortages. Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. is currently designing a seawater desalination plant to be constructed on a site already identified in East End, Tortola.

     DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd., the wholly-owned subsidiary of DesalCo Limited, operates a seawater desalination plant which provides irrigation water for several golf courses on the Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados. Ionics Inc. competed with us for this operating agreement. We expect that Ionics and other companies of comparable size and financial resources will compete with us for future agreements with the Sandy Lane Resort as well as any other agreements which we may seek in Barbados.

     To implement our growth strategy outside our existing operating areas, we will have to compete with the same companies we are presently competing with for the Blue Hills project in Nassau, Bahamas. These companies currently operate in areas in which we would like to expand our operations. These companies already maintain world-wide operations and have greater financial, managerial and other resources than our company. We believe that our low overhead costs, knowledge of local markets and conditions, exclusive rights in the Caribbean to the DWEER™ energy recovery system and our efficient manner of operating desalinated water production and distribution equipment will provide us competitive advantage on projects, ranging in size up to 8 million U.S. gallons per day, in the Caribbean basin and surrounding areas.

Environmental Matters

     With respect to our Cayman Islands operations, although not required by local government regulations, we operate our water plants in accordance with guidelines of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment. Under these guidelines, our plants may not have emissions of hydrogen sulfide at levels greater than 20 milligrams per liter at the exit of the air scrubbers. We are licensed by the government to

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discharge concentrated seawater, which is a byproduct of our desalination process, into deep disposal wells.

     Our Cayman Islands license requires that our potable water quality meet the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality and contain less than 200 mg/l of total dissolved solids. On February 1, 2003, we entered into a license amendment with the government under which we were required by October 1, 2003 to improve the aesthetic quality of our potable water supply in our licensed area to the same quality as that supplied by Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited to Water Authority-Cayman. We completed upgrades to our Governor’s Harbour, West Bay and Britannia plants before the October 1st deadline, and we meet all of the water quality requirements in our Cayman license. In addition, noise levels at our plants cannot exceed the standards established by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act. To date, we have not received any complaints from any regulatory authorities concerning hydrogen sulfide emissions.

     With respect to our Belize, Bahamas and British Virgin Islands operations, we are required by our water supply contracts to take all reasonable measures to prevent pollution of the environment. We are licensed by the Belize and Bahamian governments to discharge concentrated seawater, which is a byproduct of our desalination process, into deep disposal wells, and by British Virgin Islands government to discharge concentrated seawater into the coastal marine environment. We operate our plants in a manner so as to minimize the emission of hydrogen sulfide gas into the environment. We are not aware of any existing or pending environmental legislation which may affect our operations in Belize, the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands. To date we have not received any complaints from any regulatory authorities regarding hydrogen sulfide gas emission, nor any other matter relating to operations.

     In Barbados, we operate a seawater desalination plant for Sandy Lane Properties Ltd., who holds all of the government and environmental permits relating to the construction and operation of the plant. We are not aware of any existing or pending environmental legislation which may affect our operations in Barbados.

Employees

     Including employees from our acquisitions in February 2003, we employ 55 persons in the Cayman Islands, seven of whom are executive and management personnel who have an average of 15 years experience with our company or in a directly related position. Ten employees are engaged in administrative and clerical positions. The remaining staff are engaged in engineering, plant maintenance and operations, pipe laying and repair, leak detection, new customer connections, meter reading and laboratory analysis of water quality. Our staff has significant experience and on average has worked with us for eight years, with three of the employees having worked over 20 years with us. We presently employ six persons in Belize to manage and operate our plant. Waterfields Company Limited presently employs eight persons to operate the plant in New Providence, Bahamas. We directly employ one person to manage and operate our water plant and distribution system in South Bimini, Bahamas. We presently employ five persons in Barbados to operate the water plant for Sandy Lane Properties. Currently, we manage the five employees of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands. None of our employees is party to a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Cayman Island Properties

     Governor’s Harbour Plant

     We own our Governor’s Harbour plant and the 8,745 square feet of buildings which contain the water treatment facility, and operate and maintain the plant through our wholly-owned subsidiary Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited. The plant is located on 3.2 acres, including 485 feet of waterfront. The current water production capacity of our Governor’s Harbour plant is 1.2 million U.S. gallons per day. On this site we also have three 1.0 million U.S. gallon potable water storage tanks, which were constructed in 2003 to replace our previous 2.0 million U.S. gallon fabric-lined storage tanks. The property surrounding the facility has yet to be fully developed, although these areas are being developed for residential and tourist accommodations.

     West Bay Plant

     We own, operate and maintain our West Bay plant in Grand Cayman, which is located on 6.1 acres in West Bay. The plant began operating on June 1, 1995 and was expanded in February 1998 and again in February 2000. On this site, we have a 2,600 square foot building which houses our water production facilities, a 2,400 square foot building which houses the potable water distribution pumps, a water quality testing laboratory, office space and water storage capacity consisting of three 1.0 million U.S. gallon potable water tanks. The current capacity of our West Bay plant is 710,000 U.S. gallons per day.

     Britannia Plant

     On February 1, 2002, we purchased the Britannia seawater desalination plant in Grand Cayman, which consists of four seawater reverse osmosis production units with a combined nominal production capacity of 440,000 U.S. gallons of water per day, an 840,000 U.S. gallon bolted steel water tank, potable water high service pumps, and various ancillary equipment to support the operation. We have entered into a lease of the 0.73 acre site and steel frame building which houses the plant, from Cayman Hotel and Golf Inc., for a term of 25 years at an annual rent of $1.00.

     Distribution System

     We own our Seven Mile Beach and West Bay potable water distribution systems in Grand Cayman. The combined systems consist of approximately 67 miles of polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene water pipes, valves, curb stops, meter boxes, and water meters installed in accordance to accepted engineering standards in the United States of America.

     Leased Properties

          In addition to the properties where our water plants are located, we rent approximately 4,350 square feet of space for our executive offices at Trafalgar Place, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman under a lease which expires on January 31, 2008, with an extension provision until January 31, 2010.

     Operations Acquired as a Result of Our Recent Acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited

     Following completion of our acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of each of DesalCo

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Limited and Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, we assumed operational control over four water production plants in the Cayman Islands, one of which we already owned, but had contracted with Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited to operate until December 2004.

     Red Gate Road Plant

     Under the terms of the water production and supply license between Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited and the government of the Cayman Islands, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited is allowed to use the property on which the plant is located to produce approximately 1.3 million U.S. gallons of desalinated water per day for sale to the Water Authority-Cayman. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited owns all of the buildings, equipment feed water wells and brine disposal wells with the exception of the piping from the wells to the plant (including feed water and brine disposal) and the main electrical service disconnect, both of which are owned by Water Authority-Cayman. The property on which the plant is located is also owned by Water Authority-Cayman. The plant was originally powered only by electricity, but was upgraded in 1994 to include diesel driven high-pressure pumps. The original electric driven pumps are still in place as backups, although the electric pumps alone are not capable of powering the plant at the full production rate. Upon expiration of the water production and supply license on November 30, 2008, Water Authority-Cayman will take possession of the plant for no consideration. This license was extended in November 2001 for a period of seven years and no further extension options are included in the present license.

     Lower Valley Plant

     Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited provided the plant and equipment to Water Authority-Cayman under a seven-year vendor-financed sale and operating agreement. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited operates the electrically-powered 850,000 U.S. gallons per day rated plant and supplies approximately 792,000 U.S. gallons of desalinated water per day to Water Authority-Cayman. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited leases the property on which the plant is located from Water Authority-Cayman for a minimal annual rent for the duration for the sale and operating agreement, which expires on March 9, 2006, but which contains a provision to extend the operating portion of the agreement for an additional period. Responsibility for operation of the plant passes to Water Authority-Cayman upon expiration of the lease-purchase and operating agreement. No further expansions of the plant are possible due to the restrictive size of the site and special considerations related to the feed water and brine disposal wells.

     North Sound Plant

     Construction of this plant commenced in June 2002 and was completed in November 2002. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited provided the plant and equipment to Water Authority-Cayman under a seven-year vendor-financed sale and operating agreement. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited operates the electrically powered plant and supplies approximately 792,000 U.S. gallons of desalinated water per day to Water Authority-Cayman. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited leases the property on which the plant is located from Water Authority–Cayman for a minimal annual rent, for the duration of the sale and operating agreement. Responsibility for operation of the plant passes to Water Authority-Cayman upon expiration of the sale and operating agreement on November 28, 2009.

     Management Services Agreement

     The management services agreement between DesalCo Limited and Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited was terminated on December 1, 2003. Our company now provides management and engineering resources directly to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited.

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Belize Properties

     We own our San Pedro water production facility in Ambergris Caye, Belize. The plant consists of a one story concrete block building, which contains a seawater RO water production plant with a production capacity of 420,000 US gallons per day. We lease from the Government of Belize at an annual rent of BZ$1.00, the parcel of land on which our plant is located. The lease commenced on April 27, 1993 and was recently extended for a term of 33 years.

Bahamas Properties

     We own our Bahamas water production facility in South Bimini, Bahamas. The plant consists of two 40 foot long standard refrigerated shipping containers, which contain a seawater RO water production plant with a rated capacity of 115,000 US gallons per day, a 250,000 US gallon bolted steel potable water tank, and a high service pump skid. The facility is located on a parcel of land owned by South Bimini International Ltd., and we are allowed, under the terms of our water supply agreement, to utilize the land for the term of the agreement, without charge.

     We own our Bahamas water production facility in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. The plant consists of four independent seawater reverse osmosis units, each with a production capacity of 700,000 U.S. gallons of water per day, a brackish water reverse osmosis plant with a production capacity of 2.6 million U.S. gallons per day, feed water deep wells, brine injection wells, fuel storage tanks, and other ancillary equipment. All of the seawater units feed their product into the brackish water unit which produces water for the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas containing less than 50 mg/l of total dissolved solids. The plant is powered by a combination of diesel engine-driven high pressure pumps, and electrical power purchased from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to power all other loads in the plant. The plant is contained within a 13,000 sq. ft. concrete and steel building, which also contains a warehouse, workshop and offices. The plant is located on land owned by the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas and our fifteen-year water sales agreement gives us a license to use the land throughout the term of that agreement.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     We are not currently a party to any ongoing or pending legal proceeding.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     No matter was submitted during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report to a vote of security holders, through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Market Information

     Our ordinary shares of common stock (“ordinary shares”) are listed on the Nasdaq National Market and trade under the symbol “CWCO”. Our ordinary shares are not traded on any market other than the Nasdaq National Market. Listed below, for each quarter of the last two fiscal years, are the high and low closing bid prices for the ordinary shares on the Nasdaq National Market.

     The high and low closing bid prices in the table reflect interdealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

     There is no trading market for our redeemable preferred shares, which are only issued to, or purchased by, long-term employees of our company and which must be held by these employees for a period of four years before they vest.

     On December 31, 2003, we issued options to purchase an additional 165,752 ordinary shares having an exercise price of $20.05 to two directors and three executive officers. These options are exercisable until April 7, 2007. The options issued on December 31, 2003 were exempt from registration under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 because the options were offered and sold outside of the United States to non-U.S. persons, as defined in Regulation S. All of the options were issued as consideration for services that the directors and the executive officer provided to us during fiscal year 2003.

Holders

     On March 29, 2004, we had 654 holders of record of our ordinary shares.

Dividends

     We have paid cash dividends on our ordinary shares since 1985. The board of directors’ policy is to pay cash dividends out of accumulated profits on a quarterly basis, if funds are available. Our board of directors have established a policy, although not a binding obligation, that, subject to annual review by the board of directors, our company will maintain a dividend pay-out ratio in the range of 50% to 60% of

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net income. Our payment of any future cash dividends, however, will still depend upon our earnings, financial condition, capital demand and other factors, including the condition in our loan agreement with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. that dividends be paid from current cash flow. The board of directors declares and approves all interim dividends. It is a requirement of our Articles of Association for the board of directors to seek shareholder approval of the final dividend, if any, at the annual meeting of our shareholders.

     Listed below, for each quarter of the last two fiscal years, is the amount of interim dividends, in U.S. dollars, declared on our issued and outstanding ordinary shares and redeemable preferred shares. No final dividend was declared during the last two fiscal years.

     On February 10, 2004 our board of directors declared an interim cash dividend of $0.115 per share, an increase of approximately 10%, payable on April 30, 2004 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2004.

Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders

     Our company is not subject to any governmental laws, decrees or regulations in the Cayman Islands which restrict the export or import of capital, or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our securities. The Cayman Islands does not impose any limitations on the right of non-resident owners to hold or vote our ordinary shares other than stated below. There are no exchange control restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

Taxation

     The Cayman Islands presently impose no taxes on profit, income, distribution, capital gains, or appreciations of our company and no taxes are currently imposed in the Cayman Islands on profit, income, capital gains, or appreciations of the holders of our securities or in the nature of estate duty, inheritance, or capital transfer tax. There is no income tax treaty between the United States and the Cayman Islands.

     As discussed in Part I, Item 1, we were subject in the Cayman Islands to a stamp tax when our shares are transferred. Prior to our ordinary shares becoming quoted in the United States, we paid this tax on private share transfers. We have never paid the tax on transfers of our publicly traded shares. Since 1994, we requested that the Cayman Islands government exempt us from the share transfer tax. On April 10, 2003, we received notice that the Cayman Islands government had granted an exemption from taxation for all transfers of our shares. We believe it is unlikely that government will seek to collect this tax on transfers of our publicly traded shares during the period 1994 through April 10, 2003.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

     As a result of a management decision we have voluntarily adopted accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US-GAAP”) effective January 1, 2000. Previously, annual financial statements were prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards (“IAS”). As a result all prior periods’ financial information presented in the selected financial data have been prepared in accordance with “US-GAAP”.

     The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Cayman Water Company Limited, Belize Water Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd, and its majority owned subsidiary Waterfields Company Limited. The operating results of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. have been included in the consolidated financial statements effective February 1, 2003. The operating results of Waterfields Company Limited have been included in the financial statements effective August 1, 2003. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

     Set forth below is selected financial data based upon our consolidated financial statements. The table contains information, expressed in US dollars, derived from our audited consolidated financial statements for the five-year period ended December 31, 2003. This selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the more detailed financial statements and related notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Annual Report. The audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 and accountant’s reports thereon are not included in this Annual Report.

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Net Income represents income after a cumulative change in accounting principle in 1999 of $117,576 as Statement of Position 98-5 “Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities” requires start up costs to be expensed as incurred rather than deferred.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

     Our objective is to provide water services in areas where the supply of potable water is scarce and where the use of RO technology to produce potable water is economically feasible. By focusing on this market, we believe that we can provide a superior financial return to our investors. To increase share value and maintain dividend payouts in accordance with current company policy, we need to expand our revenues by developing new business opportunities both within our current service areas, and in new areas. We need to maintain our high operating efficiencies by adhering to our strict equipment maintenance and water loss mitigation programs in order to achieve gross profit margins between 40% and 45%. We further believe that many Caribbean basin and adjacent countries, while being water scarce, also present opportunities for operation of our plants in limited regulatory settings which are less restrictive than the highly regulated markets of North America, which promotes cost effective operation of our equipment.

     Our business operations and activities after our acquisitions in February 2003, are conducted in five countries: the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. The recent acquisitions increase our daily water production capacity in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas and expand our geographic presence to include Barbados and the British Virgin Islands.

Operations Before and After Recent Acquisitions

     *Million U.S. gallons of water per day.

Cayman Islands

     We have been operating our business on Grand Cayman Island since 1973 and have been using RO technology to convert seawater to potable water since 1989. There is a limited natural supply of fresh water on the Cayman Islands. We currently have an exclusive license from the Cayman Islands government to process potable water from seawater and then sell and distribute that water by pipeline to Seven Mile Beach and West Bay, Grand Cayman. Prior to our acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, our Cayman Islands operations consisted of three reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants in Grand Cayman: the Governor’s Harbour plant, the West Bay plant and the Britannia plant. The combined capacity of these plants is 2.4 million U.S. gallons per day. Our pipeline system in the Cayman Islands covers the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman and consists of approximately 67 miles of polyvinyl chloride pipe. Retail water sales in Grand Cayman are made within our licensed area

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to approximately 3,300 customers. During 2003, we supplied approximately 543 million U.S. gallons of water to our Retail water customers in Grand Cayman.

     As a result of our recent acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, we now operate an additional three reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants in Grand Cayman with a total installed capacity of 2.9 million U.S. gallons per day. Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited provides water on a take or pay basis to the Water Authority-Cayman, a government regulatory agency, under various licenses and agreements. During 2003, we supplied approximately 646 million U.S. gallons of water to our Bulk water customer in Grand Cayman.

     DesalCo Limited provides management, engineering and construction services for desalination projects and is the exclusive agent for sales of DWEER™ energy recovery systems for desalination plants in the Caribbean basin for the next seven years. DesalCo Limited, which is recognized by suppliers as an original equipment manufacturer, also acts as the purchasing agent for all companies affiliated with our company.

Belize

     Our Belize operation, which was acquired on July 21, 2000, consists of one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant on Ambergris Caye, Belize, Central America, which is capable of producing 420,000 U.S. gallons per day. We sell water to one customer, Belize Water Services Limited, which then distributes the water through its own distribution system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on Ambergris Caye. During 2003, we supplied approximately 100 million U.S. gallons of water to our Bulk water customer in Belize.

Bahamas

     Prior to our acquisition of operational control of Waterfields Company Limited, our Bahamas operations consisted of one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in Bimini, Bahamas. Our Bimini plant is capable of producing 115,000 U.S. gallons per day and provides potable water to Bimini Sands Resort and to the Bimini Beach Hotel. During 2003, we supplied approximately 3 million U.S. gallons of water to our retail water customer in Bimini, Bahamas. We expect the demand for water from our plant in Bimini to increase as additional phases are completed at the Bimini Sands development.

     As a result of our acquisition of Waterfields Company Limited, we acquired an additional reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in the Bahamas. Waterfields produces potable water from one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in New Providence and has a total installed capacity of 2.6 million U.S. gallons per day. Waterfields Company Limited provides water on a take or pay basis to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas under a long-term build, own and operate supply agreement. During 2003, we supplied approximately 247 million U.S. gallons of water to our Bulk water customer in the Bahamas.

Barbados

     The recently acquired Barbados operation consists of a service agreement to operate one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant with a capacity of 1.3 million U.S. gallons per day which is owned by Sandy Lane Resort. This plant is operated by DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd., the wholly owned subsidiary of DesalCo Limited. The plant provides water to the Sandy Lane Resort, and during 2003, we produced approximately 261 million U.S. gallons.

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British Virgin Islands

     We recently entered the market in the British Virgin Islands when our wholly-owned subsidiary, DesalCo Limited acquired an equity position and shared management control of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., which produces potable water from one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The plant has a total installed capacity of 1.7 million U.S. gallons per day. Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. provides water to the Department of Water and Sewerage of the Ministry of Communications and Works of the Government of the British Virgin Islands. During 2003, we supplied approximately 297 million U.S. gallons of water to our bulk water customer in the British Virgin Islands.

Critical Accounting Policies

     The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to trade accounts receivable, intangible assets and goodwill. Our company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies are the most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and require management’s more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our company’s consolidated financial statements.

     Trade accounts receivable: We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. Management continuously evaluates the collectibility of accounts receivable and record allowances for doubtful accounts based on estimates of the level of actual write-offs which might be experienced. These estimates are based on, among other things, comparisons of the relative age of accounts and consideration of actual write-off history.

     Goodwill and other intangible assets: Goodwill represents the excess costs over fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with estimatable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. The Company periodically evaluates the possible impairment of goodwill. Management identifies its reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company is required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, the Company compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation, in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations”. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded. Our annual impairment tests resulted in no goodwill impairment.

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Quarterly Results of Operations

     The following table presents unaudited quarterly results of operations for the eight quarters ended December 31, 2003. We believe that all necessary adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, have been included in the amounts started below to present fairly such quarterly information.

Revenue

     Revenue is comprised of retail water sales via pipeline to individual customers, bulk water sales to large commercial or municipal customers, and fees for management and engineering services.

Expenses

     Expenses include the cost of sales (“direct expenses’’) and general and administrative expenses (“indirect expenses”). Direct expenses include royalty payments, electricity and chemicals expenses, production equipment and facility depreciation costs, equipment maintenance expenses, operational staff costs and amortization of intangible assets. Indirect expenses consist primarily of salaries and employee benefits for administrative personnel, stock compensation expenses, office lease payments, depreciation on fixed assets used for administrative purposes, amortization of bank fees and legal and professional fees. There are no income taxes in the Cayman Islands, and we are currently exempt from taxes in the British Virgin Islands and Belize. We pay an annual business license fee in the Bahamas. We pay income tax in Barbados.

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Results of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2003 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2002

Revenue

     Total revenue increased by 56.8% from $12,154,689 to $19,054,205 for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002.

     Revenue from our retail water (“Retail”) operations increased by 2.2% from $10,683,592 to $10,918,151 for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively. Sales in our primary market in the Cayman Islands were generally flat during the year, although we did experience an increase in sales of 13.2% during the fourth quarter of 2003 over the same period in the prior year.

     Revenue from our bulk water (“Bulk”) operations increased by 378.9% from $1,471,097 to $7,045,761 for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively. This increase was due to our recent acquisitions of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited and Waterfields Company Limited and was slightly offset by a 15.3% decrease in our bulk water sales in Belize for the year ended December 31, 2003.

     Revenue from services (“Services”) was $1,090,293 for the year ended December 31, 2003. All Services revenues pertain to our recent acquisition of DesalCo Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd.

Other Income (Expenses)

     Total other income (expenses) changed from an expense of $52,198 to income of $182,748 for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002. This increase was comprised of income and profit sharing from our equity investment in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. and was offset by interest expense related to the loan used to finance our recent acquisitions, amortization of bank fees and the early repayment fees paid on our loan from the European Investment Bank that was extinguished on June 20, 2003.

     We expect loan interest costs to decrease because a portion of the proceeds received from our completed equity offering was used to repay our Scotiabank six-month term loan on July 9, 2003 and we expect amortization of bank fees to decrease because we have fully amortized all fees relating to our bridge financing that was used to complete our recent acquisition..

Cost of Sales

     Total cost of sales increased by 55.1% from $6,882,177 to $10,676,281 for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002. During this same period, our total revenue increased by 56.8%.

     Cost of sales of our Retail operations decreased by 14.6% from $5,824,815 to $4,972,300 for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively, while our Retail revenue increased by 2.2% for the year ended December 31, 2003. This decrease in cost of sales resulted primarily from the cancellation of the Governor’s Harbour plant operating contract on February 7, 2003, which decreased our water purchase expense. We expect our Retail cost of sales going forward to remain at this lower percentage of Retail revenues.

     Cost of sales of our Bulk operations increased by 393.0% from $1,057,362 to $5,212,388 for the

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year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively, while our Bulk revenue increased by 378.9% for the same period. This increase in cost of sales resulted almost entirely from the operating costs of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited and Waterfields Company Limited, which were consolidated in our accounts from February 1, 2003 and August 1, 2003 respectively. It also includes the amortization costs of the intangible assets that were recognized in conjunction with our recent acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited.

     Cost of sales of our Services reporting segment were $491,593 for the year ended December 31, 2003. These relate to our recent acquisition of DesalCo Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. and include the amortization cost of the intangible assets that was recognized in conjunction with our recent acquisition of DesalCo Limited and DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd.

Gross Profit

     Overall gross profit margin increased from 43.4% to 44.0% for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002, for the reasons explained below.

     Gross profit margin for our Retail operations increased from 45.5% to 54.5% for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002. The primary reason for this increase is that our Retail cost of sales decreased as a result of the cancellation of the Governor’s Harbour plant operating contract.

     Gross profit margin for our Bulk operations decreased from 28.1% to 26.0% for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002. In 2003, we incurred additional direct costs in our Belize Bulk operations for leasing a temporary potable Reverse Osmosis unit which we operated to meet our customer’s water demand while we carried out maintenance on our permanent Reverse Osmosis units. We ceased using the plant on September 30, 2003 and we do not expect to incur costs for this plant beyond April 2004. We generally sell water to our Bulk customers at a lower profit margin than to our Retail customers.

     Gross profit margin for our Services reporting segment was 54.9% for the year ended December 31, 2003.

General and Administrative Expenses

     Total general and administrative expenses increased by 64.1% from $2,644,004 to $4,339,524 for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002. General and administrative expenses were at 21.8% and 22.8% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively.

     General and administrative expenses related or allocated to our Retail operations increased by 11.0% from $2,418,378 to $2,684,216 for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively. This increase is comprised primarily of higher insurance premiums, office rent and staff costs.

     General and administrative expenses related or allocated to our Bulk operations increased by 547.5% from $225,626 to $1,460,883 for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively. This increase is almost entirely the result of the inclusion of the general and administrative expenses of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited and Waterfields Company Limited. We expect to reduce general and administrative expenses as we continue to assimilate the administrative functions of our recent acquisitions.

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$194,425 for the year ended December 31, 2003. This is entirely the result of our recent acquisitions of DesalCo Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. We expect to reduce general and administrative expenses as we continue to assimilate the administrative functions of our recent acquisitions.

Net Income

     Net income increased by 62.1% from $2,576,310 to $4,177,081 for the year ended December 31, 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002. We expect future net income to be positively affected because; interest expense decreased after we repaid the bridge financing using the proceeds from our recent equity offering and we fully amortized the bank fees related to this bridge financing on July 9, 2003 and we anticipate that general and administrative expenses will decrease as we continue to assimilate our recent acquisitions.

Dividends

     On January 31, 2003, we paid a dividend of $0.105 to shareholders of record on December 31, 2002; on April 30, 2003, we paid a dividend of $0.105 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2003; on July 31, 2003, we paid a dividend of $0.105 to shareholders of record on June 30, 2003 and on October 31, 2003, we paid a dividend of $0.105 to shareholders of record on September 30, 2003. We have consistently paid dividends to owners of our ordinary and redeemable preferred shares since we began declaring dividends in 1985. Our board of directors has established a policy, but not a binding obligation, that we will seek to maintain a dividend pay out ratio in the range of 50% to 60% of net income. While this policy is subject to modification by our board of directors, we expect to continue increasing our dividends, if our earnings grow. Our payment of any future cash dividends, however, will depend upon our earnings, financial condition, capital demand and other factors, including the condition in our new loan agreement effective February 7, 2003, with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. that dividends be paid only from current cash flows.

     On February 10, 2004, our board of directors declared an interim cash dividend of $0.115 per share, an increase of approximately 10%, payable on April 30, 2004 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2004.

Year Ended December 31, 2002 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2001

Revenue

     Total revenue increased by 8.1% from $11,248,105 to $12,154,689 for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively. Total water sales increased as a result of several factors detailed below.

     Revenue from our retail water (“Retail”) operations added $666,262 to retail revenue for the year ended December 31, 2002, which is an increase of 6.7% over the prior year and represents 73.5% of the total increase in revenues. The number of U.S. gallons we sold during the year ended December 31, 2002 increased by 10.3% over the prior year. This is the result of supplying water to the Hyatt Hotel and the Britannia golf course. Our water sales to customers other than the Hyatt Hotel and the Britannia golf course were essentially flat when compared to the prior year, despite a 9.4% reduction in tourist air arrivals to the Cayman Islands due to continued air travel concerns and the downturn of the U.S. economy during the year ended December 31, 2002.

     Revenue from our bulk water (“Bulk”) operations added $240,322 to water sales for the year ended December 31, 2002, which is an increase of 19.5% over the prior year and represents 26.5% of the

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total increase in revenue. In June 2002, the automatic inflation adjustment decreased our Belize water rates by an average of 0.08%. This was more than offset by a 20.0% increase in the number of U.S. gallons sold for the year ended December 31, 2002 over the prior year. This increase occurred because during the year ended December 31, 2001, we experienced equipment malfunctions which temporarily reduced the production capacity of our plant by 50% during certain periods in August and September 2001.

Other Income (Expenses)

     Total other income (expenses) changed from income of $125,645 to an expense of $52,198 for the year ended December 31, 2002 when compared to the same period in 2001. This decrease was a result of the February 1, 2002 termination of the dispute settlement agreement with Cayman Hotel and Golf Inc., the owner of the Hyatt Grand Cayman Resort and Britannia golf course.

Cost of Sales

     Total cost of sales increased by 12.7% from $6,109,117 to $6,882,177 for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively, while water sales revenues increased by 8.1% for the year ended December 31, 2002.

     Cost of sales of our Retail operations increased by $627,522 for the year ended December 31, 2002, which is an increase of 12.1%, compared to an increase of 6.7% in water sales revenue, over the prior year and represents 81.2% of the total increase in cost of water sales. The cost of water sales increased as a result of direct costs incurred to operate the Britannia plant in the Cayman Islands, which was acquired on February 1, 2002. These costs included salaries and benefits for additional staff, equipment maintenance costs, electricity, chemicals and insurance, which will continue now that we operate the Britannia plant. Higher insurance costs also increased cost of water sales due to higher premium rates from our insurance provider, and additional insured values following the purchase of the Britannia plant and the insurance for the full replacement value of all our reverse osmosis desalination plants. Some of this increase was offset, after the Britannia plant was purchased, by a decrease in water purchase costs resulting from lower volume purchases from Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited. We were unable to take full advantage of the lower per gallon production costs of the Britannia plant as it only operated at 47.6% capacity in the eleven months that we owned the Britannia plant due to contractual minimum purchase requirements from Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited.

     Cost of sales of our Bulk operations increased by $145,538 for the year ended December 31, 2002, which is an increase of 16.0%, compared to a 19.5% increase in bulk revenues over the prior year and represents 18.8% of the total increase in total cost of sales. During the year ended December 31, 2002, we completed scheduled preventive maintenance on a major piece of equipment in Belize, which increased our cost of water sales. Also increasing our cost of water sales in 2002 were additional repairs and maintenance on the existing reverse osmosis equipment. During the year ended December 31, 2002, we also settled various claims for compensation made by our customer in Belize in March 2002. These claims were the result of our equipment failures that occurred in August and September 2001 and a minor miscalculation in the annual inflation adjustment formula in our contract. The miscalculation dated back to November 1995, which was prior to our acquisition of Belize Water Limited, and upon correction, reduced our unit rate for water to our customer by $0.09 per 1,000 U.S. gallons.

Gross Profit

     Overall gross profit margins decreased from 45.7% to 43.4% for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively.

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     Gross profit margins for our Retail operations decreased from 48.1% to 45.5% for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively. The primary reasons for this decrease are (i) approximately two thirds of the water produced by our Britannia plant in the Cayman Islands was sold to the Hyatt Hotel and Britannia golf course at a lower rate than our standard commercial water rate, (ii) due to flat water sales to other customers, we were only able to utilize approximately 47.6% of the production capacity of the Britannia plant and (iii) we were not able to acquire water from our lowest priced source as a result of the minimum water purchase obligation we have with Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited.

     Gross profit margins for our Bulk operations increased from 25.9% to 28.1% for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively. The reason for the increase in the gross profit margin is the increased revenues from the 20% increase in the number of U.S. gallons sold over the prior year were greater than in increase in cost of sales due to the settlement costs with Belize Water Services Ltd. as discussed above and additional repairs and maintenance on the reverse osmosis equipment in Belize.

General and Administrative Expenses

     Total general and administrative expenses increased by 5.8% from $2,500,060 to $2,644,004 for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively. Indirect expenses were at 22.2% and 21.8% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively.

     General and administrative expenses related or allocated to our Retail operations increased by $109,140 for the year ended December 31, 2002, which is an increase of 4.7% over the prior year and represents 75.8% of the total increase in general and administrative expenses. We attribute this increase to our accounting for stock compensation costs, unanticipated professional fees relating to our December 31, 2001 audit and Form 10-K review together with increased insurance premiums on our commercial and directors and officers insurance. Stock compensation costs increased $266,773 for the year ended December 31, 2002 as a result of an increase in our shares price during the last fiscal quarter. Unanticipated professional fees relating to our December 31, 2001 audit and 10-K review were $59,311 and our commercial and directors and officers insurance increased by $78,503. We also had additional reporting costs in 2002 due to increased demand for our annual report and proxy statements. These increases were mostly offset by a reduction in bonus costs and subscription costs for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to the prior year.

     General and administrative expenses related or allocated to our Bulk operations increased by $34,804 for the year ended December 31, 2002, which is an increase of 18.2% over the prior year and represents 24.2% of the total increase in indirect expenses. During the year ended December 31, 2002, we had additional costs as a result of higher insurance premiums and increased costs to repatriate funds.

Net Income

     Net income decreased by 6.8% from $2,764,573 to $2,576,310 for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively, as a result of the factors indicated above.

Dividends

     In December 2001, we increased our per share dividend from $0.10 to $0.105 per quarter and have paid dividends in this amount during the year ended December 31, 2002

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

     For the year ended December 31, 2003, we generated cash primarily from the sale of our shares and through loans and credit facilities and to a lesser extent, from our operations in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Belize and Barbados and from dividends and profit sharing rights from our equity investment in the British Virgin Islands. Cash flow is dependent upon the timely receipt of customer payments, operating expenses, the timeliness and adequacy of rate increases (excluding automatic adjustments to our rates for inflation and electricity costs), and various factors affecting tourism in the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados and the Bahamas, such as weather conditions and the economy. We use cash to fund our operations in the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados and the Bahamas, to fund capital projects, to expand our infrastructure, to pay dividends, to repay principal on our loans, to repurchase our shares when appropriate and to take advantage of new investment opportunities which expand our operations.

Operating Activities

     Cash generated from operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 was $4,115,090 and $6,506,826, respectively. We generate cash through the utilization of our existing plants, equipment and resources in all segments of the business, minimization of water losses and operating efficiencies created by our management team. We believe that our administrative staff will be able to manage all our combined operations so that our indirect costs will not increase in proportion to revenues.

Investing Activities

     Cash used in investing activities during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 was $3,568,723 and $29,645,995, respectively. Cash in the amount of $28,917,513 was used for our recent acquisitions of DesalCo Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary DesalCo (Barbados) Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, Waterfields Company Limited and our equity investment in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. Cash of $1,874,286 was also used in the construction of three 1.0 million U.S. gallon potable water storage tanks at our Governors Harbour plant to replace our previous 2.0 million U.S. gallon fabric-lined storage tanks. During the same period in 2002, our investing activities consisted of expenditures for new property, plant and equipment, including $1,500,000 used to purchase the Britannia reverse osmosis plant in the Cayman Islands.

Financing Activities

     Cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2002 was $494,509 and cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2003 was $30,807,789, respectively. On February 7, 2003, we utilized a credit facility with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. to complete our recent acquisitions and repay our debts with the Royal Bank of Canada and the European Investment Bank. During the year ended December 31, 2003, our primary financing activities were to draw down $28,056,126 from our Scotiabank facilities and $18,373,814 of equity through our secondary share offering. From these amounts $1,687,500 was used to repay our Royal Bank of Canada credit facility, $905,384 was used to fully repay our European Investment Bank loan, $869,091 was used for financing fees and $12,411,606 was repaid on our Scotiabank bridge financing facilities.

     During the year ended December 31, 2002, our primary financing activity was a draw down of our Royal Bank of Canada credit facility for an additional $1,500,000 in order to finance the investment in the Britannia reverse osmosis plant, plus an increase in our short-term bank indebtedness. We also had proceeds from an issuance of ordinary shares to certain directors and officers who exercised stock

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options. These were offset by the payment of our quarterly dividends and principal payments on our term loans. During the year ended December 31, 2003, no shares were repurchased. During the year ended December 31, 2002, we repurchased 2,184 ordinary shares from a long-term employee at an average price of $15.05 and 702 redeemable preference shares from a former employee at an average price of $5.47. All of the shares repurchased were cancelled in accordance with Cayman Islands’ law.

Material Commitments for Capital Expenditures and Contingencies

     The following table summaries our contractual obligations as at December 31, 2003:

     At December 31, 2003, we had committed approximately $600,000 for capital expenditures for the purchase, site preparation and construction of one water storage tank at our Ambergris Caye, Belize plant. We intend to finance these projects using cash from operations

     On February 7, 2003, we entered into a loan agreement with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. to finance the recent acquisitions and refinance our existing debt. The facilities are comprised of the following:

•		$2 million revolving line of credit bearing interest at the floating base rate as established by Cayman Island Class A licensed banks from time to time. The present interest rate is 5.0%
•		$20 million seven-year term loan bearing interest at an annually adjusted floating rate of LIBOR plus 1.5% to 3%, depending on the ratio of our consolidated debt to our consolidated earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation. The present interest rate is 2.64%.
•		$17.1 million six-month term loan bearing interest on the same basis as the seven-year term loan. This facility was fully repaid by the proceeds from our equity offering on July 9, 2003

     We have used the proceeds from these facilities to refinance our existing debt, for working capital and to finance our recent acquisitions.

     As of December 31, 2003, we have an outstanding balance of $17,857,143 on our Scotiabank loan facilities. We are required to make monthly payments of interest for all borrowings under the revolving line of credit and quarterly payments of interest for all amounts drawn down under the two term loans. We are obligated to make 28 equal quarterly payments of principal under the seven-year term loan.

     We have collateralized all borrowings under the three facilities by providing Scotiabank with a first lien on all of our assets, including the capital stock of subsidiaries and investment in equity we acquired in our recent acquisitions.

     The loan agreement for the three facilities contains standard terms and conditions for similar bank loans made in the Cayman Islands, including acceleration of the repayment of all borrowings either upon the demand of Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. or in the event of default under the loan agreement.

     We have guaranteed to Scotiabank 50% of the Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. loan of $880,056.

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The Scotiabank loan is repayable in 6 equal semi-annual installments of $125,000 with the balance of principal due May 31, 2006, bearing interest at 3-month LIBOR plus 1.5%.

     As a result of our acquisition of interests in Waterfields Company Limited, we guaranteed the performance of Waterfields Company Limited to the Water & Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas in relation to the water supply contract between Waterfields Company Limited and the Water & Sewerage Corporation.

     Through a performance and operation bond, the Royal Bank of Canada, Nassau, has made a guarantee in the amount of $1,910,775 to the Water & Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas that we shall duly perform and observe all terms and provisions pursuant to the contract between the Water & Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas and us. In the event of our default on our obligations, the Royal Bank of Canada, Nassau, shall satisfy and discharge any damages sustained by the Water & Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas up to the guaranteed amount.

Impact of Inflation

     Under the terms of our Cayman Islands license and our water sales agreements in Belize, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands and Barbados, our water rates are automatically adjusted for inflation on an annual basis, subject to temporary exceptions. We, therefore, believe that the impact of inflation on our net income, measured in consistent dollars, will not be material.

Exchange Rates

     The official exchange rate for conversion of United States dollars into Cayman Islands dollars, as determined by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, has been fixed since 1974 at U.S. $ 1.00 = CI$ 0.83.

     The official exchange rate for conversion of United States dollars into Belizean dollars, as determined by the Central Bank of Belize, has been fixed since 1976 at U.S.$ 1.00 = BZE$ 2.00.

     The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of United States dollars into Bahamian dollars as determined by the Central Bank of The Bahamas, has been fixed since 1973 at U.S.$ 1.00 = BAH$ 1.00.

     The official fixed exchange rate for conversation of United States dollars into Barbadian dollars as determined by the Central Bank of Barbados has been fixed since 1975 at U.S.$ 1.00 = BDS$ 2.00.

     The British Virgin Islands’ currency is United States dollars.

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Forward-Looking Statements

     We discuss in this Annual Report matters which are not historical facts, but which are “forward-looking statements.” We intend these forward looking statements to qualify for safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our future plans, objectives, expectations and events, assumptions and estimates about our company and our industry in general.

     The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report reflect what we currently anticipate will happen. What actually happens could differ materially from what we currently anticipate will happen. We are not promising to make any public announcement when we think forward looking statements in this Annual Report are no longer accurate whether as a result of new information, what actually happens in the future or for any other reason.

     Important matters that may affect what will actually happen include, but are not limited to: tourism and weather conditions in the areas we service; our ability to manage, integrate and realize the benefits from our recent acquisitions; scheduled new construction within our operating areas; the economies of the U.S. and the areas we service; regulatory matters; availability of capital to repay a substantial portion of our bank debt and for expansion of our operations; and other factors described in the “Risk Factors” section below as well as elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Risk Factors

     We have described for you below some risks which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

     Our exclusive license for our service area in the Cayman Islands may not be renewed in the future and requires that we obtain prior approval for any rate increase for reasons other than inflation. In the Cayman Islands, we presently operate as a public water utility under an exclusive license originally issued to us in December 1979 by the government of the Cayman Islands. Our existing license expires on July 11, 2010. If we are not in default of any terms of the license, we have a right of first refusal to renew the license on terms that are no less favorable than those which the government offers to a third party. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that the government will renew our license or that we will be able to negotiate a new license on satisfactory terms. We would retain ownership of our production infrastructure and substantially all of our distribution infrastructure if our license were not renewed.

     Under our existing license, we must obtain prior approval from the Cayman Islands government to increase our rates for any reason other than inflation. Our ability to raise our rates is limited by this requirement, including potential delays and costs involved in obtaining government approval for a rate increase. Failure to obtain adequate rate increases could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

     We rely on water supply agreements with our customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, the Bahamas and Barbados which, upon their expiration, may not be renewed or may be renegotiated on less favorable terms to us. We presently operate as bulk water suppliers under water sales agreements in the Cayman Islands with our customer the Water Authority-Cayman, in Belize with our customer, the Belize Water Services Limited, in the Bahamas with our customers, the Water & Sewerage Corporation and South Bimini International Ltd. and in Barbados with our customer Sandy Lane Properties Ltd. Upon expiration, these agreements may not be renewed or may be renewed on less favorable terms.

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     Termination of our exclusive distributorship agreement with DWEER Technology Ltd. would eliminate one competitive advantage that we presently have over our competition in obtaining new plants in the Caribbean basin. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, DesalCo Limited, is currently the exclusive distributor in the Caribbean basin for the DWEER™ system produced by DWEER Technology Ltd. for use in reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants. As a result, none of our competitors are able to offer this technology when bidding for new reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants in the Caribbean basin. As the DWEER™ system is one of the most energy efficient recovery systems of its kind, the distributorship agreement with DWEER Technology Ltd. gives us a unique competitive advantage. If the distributorship agreement were terminated or not renewed on equally favorable terms, we would lose this competitive advantage, and it may be more difficult for us to obtain new contracts for plants in the Caribbean basin.

     The British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department has taken the position that our water supply agreement is operating on a month-to month basis. We have accepted the position of the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage department that Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.’s existing water supply arrangement the British Virgin Islands is in force on a month to month basis until negotiations for a definitive agreement are finalized. In May 1999, the British Virgin Islands government did not make a required buyout payment of $1.42 million for the Baughers Bay plant and has taken the position that the water supply agreement continues on a month-to-month basis. Thus, it is possible, but in our opinion unlikely, that the government could cease purchasing water at any time. While Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. is currently attempting to negotiate a new water supply agreement, there is no guarantee such agreement will be obtained, or if obtained, would be on terms favorable to Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. Cessation of the government water purchases, or failure to negotiate a new agreement on terms favorable to us, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

     We may not be able to successfully integrate the new assets that we acquired in the recent acquisitions. Increasing the size of our company in a relatively short period of time has placed a significant strain on our management resources. Management may be required to spend additional time and money on integration that would otherwise be spent developing our business and services and may not be successful in integrating the acquired assets into our current operations. For example, integrating our new assets requires us to expand our management information systems and control our operating expenses. As a result, we cannot assure you that the acquisitions will provide us with the expected benefits. In addition, we cannot assure you that the acquisitions will not have a negative impact on our business and results of operation.

     The costs of integrating our new assets may affect our ability to pay dividends. We have historically sought to pay cash dividends to our shareholders out of our net income on a quarterly basis if funds are available. The costs associated with integrating the new assets into our company, however, may reduce our net income. If our net income is reduced, we will have fewer funds available to pay dividends. In addition, our bank loan agreement with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. requires that we pay dividends from current cash flows.

     Our business is affected by tourism, weather conditions, the economies of the locations where we provide service and the U.S. and European economies. Tourist arrivals and weather conditions within our operating areas affect the demand for our water to a greater extent in the Cayman Islands and in Belize than in the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands and Barbados. In the Cayman Islands and Belize, the highest demand is normally in the first two quarters of each calendar year. The lowest demand for water occurs in the third quarter of each calendar year. A significant percentage of tourists visiting the Cayman Islands and Belize come from the U.S. or certain European countries. In addition, development activity in our service areas in the Cayman Islands is significantly impacted by the U.S. economy. Accordingly, a significant downturn in tourist arrivals to the Cayman Islands or in the U.S. or European economies for any reason would be detrimental to our revenues and operating results.

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After the events of September 11, 2001, tourism decreased in the Cayman Islands and is only gradually returning to historical levels. Additional terrorist activities in the United States, Europe or in areas served by us or extended hostilities in the Persian Gulf would likely have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

     We may have difficulty accomplishing our growth strategy within and outside of our current operating areas. Even though we have an exclusive license for our present operating area in the Cayman Islands and supply agreements in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados and Belize, our ability to expand our operating areas is often subject to the approval of the respective governments in each location.

     Further, part of our long-term growth strategy is to expand our water supply and distribution operations to other locations outside of the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and Belize. Our expansion into new locations depends on our ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and approvals to operate in new territories. We may not obtain these necessary permits, licenses and approvals in a timely and cost efficient manner, or at all.

     Our expansion to territories outside of our current operating areas includes significant risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

•		regulatory risks, including government relations difficulties, local regulations and currency controls;
•		risks related to operating in foreign countries, including political instability, reliance on local economies, environmental or geographical problems, shortages of materials, immigration restrictions and skilled labor;
•		risks related to development of new operations, including assessing the demand for water, engineering difficulties and inability to begin operations as scheduled; and
•		risks relating to greater competition in these new territories, including the ability of our competitors to gain or retain market share by reducing prices.

     Even if our expansion plans are successful, we may have difficulty managing our growth. We cannot assure you that any new operations outside of our current operating areas will attain or maintain profitability or that the results from these new operations will not negatively affect our overall profitability.

     We do not own a majority interest in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. We recently acquired 50% of the voting shares of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. which allows us to appoint three of the six directors of that company. Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited, which owns the remaining 50% of the voting shares, is entitled to appoint the remaining three directors. If there is a tied vote of the directors on any matter, the president of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association is entitled to appoint a temporary director to break the tie. As a result, we have to share the management of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. with Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited. Although we provide management and engineering services to Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. we do not fully control the operations of the company.

     Our operations in the Caribbean could be harmed by hurricanes. A significant hurricane could cause major damage to our equipment and properties and the properties of our customers, including the large tourist properties in these areas. This would result in decreased revenues and profits from water sales until our damaged equipment and properties are repaired and our customers and the tourism industry

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returned to the status quo before the hurricane. We do not insure our underground water distribution system on the Cayman Islands.

     Contamination to our processed water may cause disruption in our services and adversely affect our revenues. Our processed water may become contaminated by naturally-occurring or man-made compounds and events. In the event that a portion of our processed water is contaminated, we may have to interrupt the supply of that water until we are able to install treatment equipment or substitute the flow of water from an uncontaminated water production source. In addition, we may incur significant costs in order to treat a contaminated source of plant feed water through expansion of our current treatment facilities, or development of new treatment methods. Our inability to substitute processed water from an uncontaminated water source, or to adequately treat the contaminated plant feed water in a cost-effective manner may have an adverse effect on our revenues.

     In addition, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, we have taken steps to heighten employee awareness of threats to our water supply. While we are not aware of any specific threats to our facilities, operations or supplies, we have and will continue to take security precautions to protect our facilities, operations and supplies. It is possible, however, that we would not be in a position to control the outcome or the costs of such events should they occur, which could have an adverse effect on the results of our operations.

     We could be negatively affected by potential government actions and regulations. Any government that regulates our operations may issue legislation or adopt new regulations, including but not limited to:

•		restricting foreign ownership of our company;
•		providing for the expropriation of our assets by the government;
•		providing for nationalization of public utilities by the government;
•		providing for different water quality standards;
•		resulting in unilateral changes to or renegotiation of our exclusive licenses; or
•		causing currency exchange fluctuations or devaluations or changes in tax laws.

     We rely heavily on the efforts of several key employees. Our success depends upon the abilities of our executive officers. In particular, the loss of the services of Jeffrey Parker, our Chairman of the Board, or Fredrick McTaggart, our President and Chief Executive Officer, could be detrimental to our operations and our continued success. Although Messrs. Parker and McTaggart have entered into three-year employment agreements which may be extended every year for an additional one-year term, we cannot guarantee that Mr. Parker or Mr. McTaggart will continue to work for us during the term of their agreements. Except for Messrs. Parker and F. McTaggart, none of our other employees have entered into non-compete agreements with us.

     Provisions in our articles of association and an option deed adopted by our board of directors may discourage a change in control of our company and may make it more difficult for you to sell your ordinary shares. Our articles of association include provisions which may discourage or prevent a change in control of our company. For instance, our board of directors consists of three groups. Each group serves a staggered term of three years before the directors in the group are up for re-

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election. Also, our board of directors may refuse to register any transfer of shares on our books for any reason.

     We have also adopted an option deed, which is similar to a poison pill. The option deed will discourage a change in control of our company by causing substantial dilution to a person or group who attempts to acquire our company on terms not approved by the board of directors. The option deed will expire on July 31, 2007.

     As a result of these provisions, which discourage or prevent an unfriendly or unapproved change in control of our company, our shareholders may not have an opportunity to sell their ordinary shares at a higher market price, which, at least temporarily, typically accompanies attempts to acquire control of a company through a tender offer, open market purchase or otherwise.

     There may be a risk of variation in currency exchange rates. Although we report our results in United States dollars, the majority of our revenue is earned in Cayman Islands dollars, Belizean dollars, Bahamian dollars and Barbados dollars. All of the currencies in our operating areas have been fixed to the United States dollar for over 20 years. As a result, we do not intend to hedge against any exchange rate risk associated with our reporting in United States dollars. If any of these fixed exchange rates becomes a floating exchange rate, however, our results of operations could be adversely affected.

     Service of process and enforcement of legal proceedings commenced against us in the United States may be difficult to obtain. Service of process on our company and our directors and officers, fourteen out of sixteen of whom reside outside the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Also, since substantially all of our assets are currently located outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us may not be collectible.

     There is no reciprocal statutory enforcement of foreign judgments between the United States and the Cayman Islands, so foreign judgments originating from the United States are not directly enforceable in the Cayman Islands. A prevailing party in a United States proceeding against us or our officers or directors would have to initiate a new proceeding in the Cayman Islands using the United States judgment as evidence of the party’s claim. A prevailing party could rely on the summary judgment procedures available in the Cayman Islands, subject to available defenses in the Cayman Islands courts, including, but not limited to, the lack of competent jurisdiction in the United States courts, lack of due service of process in the United States proceeding and the possibility that enforcement or recognition of the United States judgment would be contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands.

     Depending on the nature of damages awarded, civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for original actions instituted outside the Cayman Islands may or may not be enforceable. For example, a United States judgment awarding remedies unobtainable in any legal action in the courts of the Cayman Islands (for example, treble damages, which would probably be regarded as penalties), would not likely be enforceable under any circumstances.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

Credit Risk

     We are not exposed to significant credit risk on retail customer accounts in the Cayman Islands, and Bimini, Bahamas, as our policy is to cease supply of water to customers whose accounts are more than 45 days overdue. Our main exposure to credit risk is from our bulk water sales customers in Belize, the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados and the Cayman Islands. In addition, the entire balance of our loan receivable is due from the Water Authority-Cayman.

Interest Rate Risk

     As of December 31, 2003, we had loans outstanding totaling $20,396,581, all of which bear interest at various lending rates such as LIBOR, Cayman Island’s Prime Rate or Nassau Prime Rate. We are subject to interest rate risk to the extent that any of these lending rates change.

Foreign Exchange Risk

     All of our foreign currencies have fixed exchanged rates to the U.S. dollar. If any of these fixed exchange rates become a floating exchange rate, however, our results of operation could be adversely affected.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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Independent Auditors’ Report

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of their operations and cash flows for each of the three years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

George Town, Cayman Islands
April 7, 2004

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Expressed in United States dollars)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Expressed in United States dollars)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS IN THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003
(Expressed in United States dollars)

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Expressed in United States dollars)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Principal activity

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiary and affiliate (together the “Company”) use reverse osmosis technology to produce fresh water from seawater. The Company processes and supplies water to its customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Bahamas, Barbados and British Virgin Islands. The Company sells water to a variety of customers, including public utilities, commercial and tourist properties, residential properties and government facilities. The base price of water supplied by the Company, and adjustments thereto, are generally determined by the terms of the license and contracts, which provide for adjustments based upon the movement in the government price indices specified in the license and contracts, as well as monthly adjustments for changes in the cost of energy. The Company also provides consulting services under long-term agreements, under which the Company designs and constructs desalination plants, and manages and operates plants owned by other companies.

2. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation: The consolidated financial statements presented are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Use of estimates: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill, allowances for receivables and inventory. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Basis of consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Cayman Water Company Limited, Belize Water Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd, and its majority owned subsidiary Waterfields Company Limited. The operating results of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd. have been included in the consolidated financial statements effective February 1, 2003. The operating results of Waterfields Company Limited have been included in the financial statements effective August 1, 2003. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Foreign currency: The Company’s reporting currency is the United States dollar. The functional currency of the Company and its foreign subsidiaries is the currency for each respective country. The exchange rates between the Cayman Islands dollar, the Belize dollar, the Bahamian dollar and the Barbados dollar have been fixed to the United States dollar during all periods presented.

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Foreign currency transactions are translated at the rate ruling on the date of the transaction. Net exchange gains and losses are included in other income in the consolidated statements of income.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank on call and highly liquid deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

Trade accounts receivable: Trade accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amounts based on meter readings. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-off experience and monthly review of delinquent accounts. Past due balances are reviewed individually for collectibility and disconnection. Account balances are charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered by management to be remote.

Inventory: Inventory primarily includes replacement spares and parts that are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value on a first-in, first-out basis. Inventory also includes potable water held in the Company’s reservoirs. The carrying amount of the water inventory is the lower of the average cost of producing or purchasing water during the year and its net realizable value.

Deferred expenditures: Deferred expenditures represented direct costs incurred in connection with planned business combinations and financing transactions.

Loans receivable: Loans receivable relate to amounts advanced to customers to facilitate the construction of water desalination plants. The allowance for loan losses, if any, is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of portable credit losses in the Company’s existing loans and is determined on an individual loan basis. Management believes the loans receivable are collectible and, therefore, no loan allowance has been established as of December 31, 2003.

Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using a straight line method with an allowance for estimated residual values. Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Additions to property, plant and equipment are comprised of the cost of the contracted services, direct labour and materials. Assets under construction are recorded as additions to property, plant and equipment upon completion of the projects. Depreciation commences in the month of addition.

Interest costs directly attributable to the construction of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to ready for their intended use, are added to the cost of those assets until such time as the assets are substantially ready for use or sale.

During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company carried out an extensive engineering analysis of its potable water production and distribution equipment in Grand Cayman. The Company’s analysis concluded that certain assets would not need to be replaced or relocated as early as previously planned. As a result of these circumstances, management considered it appropriate to reassess the estimated useful economic life of these assets. The reassessment of the useful economic lives of these assets resulted in decreased depreciation expense on an annual basis in the amount of $197,472, which increased basic and fully diluted earnings per share by $0.05 for the year ended December 31, 2001.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

Goodwill and intangible assets: Goodwill represents the excess costs over fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with estimatable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. The Company periodically evaluates the possible impairment of goodwill. Management identifies its reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company is required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, the Company compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation, in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations”. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded. The Company’s annual impairment tests resulted in no goodwill impairment.

Investment: Investments where the Company does not exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee and holds less than 20% of the voting stock are recorded at cost. Investments where the Company has significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee and holds 20% to 50% of the voting stock are recorded using the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock. The Company recognizes an impairment loss on declines in value that are other than temporary.

Other assets: Other assets consist of the bank financing fees paid on the drawdown of the Company’s long term debt and is being amortized on a straight line basis over the term of the loans.

Other liabilities: Other liabilities consist of security deposits and advances in aid of construction. Security deposits are received from large customers as security for trade receivables. Advances in aid of construction are recognized as a liability when advances are received from condominium developers in the licensed area to help defray the capital expenditure costs of the Company. These advances do not represent loans to the Company and are interest free. However, the Company allows a discount of ten percent on future supplies of water to these developments until the aggregate discounts allowed are equivalent to advances received. Discounts are charged against advances received.

Shares repurchased: Under Cayman Islands law, shares repurchased out of capital by the Company are treated as cancelled upon redemption, and the Company’s issued share capital is reduced by the par value of those shares, with the difference being adjusted to additional paid up capital.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

Stock and stock option incentive plans: The Company issues stock under incentive plans that form part of employees and non-executive Directors’ remuneration and grants options to purchase ordinary shares as part of remuneration for certain long-serving employees and the executive Officers.

The Company applies the intrinsic-value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and related interpretations to account for its fixed-plan stock options. Under this method, compensation expense is recorded on the date of grant only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price. SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” established accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair-valued-based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. As allowed by SFAS No. 123, the Company continues to apply the intrinsic-value method of accounting described above and has adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123. The following table illustrates the effect on net income if the fair-value-based method has been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period.

The intrinsic value of stock based compensation is recorded in stockholders’ equity and is expensed to the consolidated statements of income based on the vesting period of the options. On exercise of options, proceeds up to the par value of the stock issued are credited to ordinary share capital; any proceeds in excess of the par value of the stock issued are credited to additional paid in capital in the period in which the options are exercised. Options that expire without exercise are also credited to additional paid in capital in the period in which the option expired.

Revenue and cost of sales: Customers are billed monthly based on meter readings performed at or near each month end and in accordance with agreements which stipulate minimum monthly charges for water service. An accrual, where necessary, is made for water delivered but unbilled at year end when readings are not performed at the year end date. The accrual is matched with the direct costs of producing, purchasing and delivering water.

Consulting revenue is recognized on the accrual basis based upon time spent at agreed upon rates and is included under service revenue.

Plant construction revenue is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method. The recognized income is that percentage of estimated total income that incurred costs to date bear to estimated total costs after giving effect to estimates of costs to complete based upon most recent information. This revenue is included under services revenue.

Interest income is recognized by the Company over the term of the loan based on the interest rate stated in the loan and is included in interest income.

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2. Accounting policies (continued)

Repairs and maintenance: All repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Comparative figures: Certain of the prior year’s figures have been adjusted to conform to the current year’s presentation. The Company has reallocated maintenance expenses in cost of sales and general and administrative expenses as management has determined it more appropriate to reflect these amounts in its current allocations. There is no impact to net income of the Company.

3. Acquisitions

Effective February 1, 2003, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding voting common shares of DesalCo Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary DesalCo (Barbados) Limited and Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited. The total consideration paid was $26,976,648, comprised of $24,202,651 in cash and 185,714 ordinary shares of the Company and $482,286 in costs related to the acquisitions.

Effective February 1, 2003, the Company acquired as part of this acquisition of DesalCo Limited, 12.7% of the outstanding voting common shares of Waterfields Company Limited (“Waterfields”). On July 30, 2003, the Company acquired a further 13.5% of Waterfields and effective August 1, 2003, acquired an additional 64.7% interest resulting in total controlling interest of 90.9% of Waterfields. The total consideration paid was $9,652,491, comprising of $9,431,610 in cash and $220,881 of acquisition related costs.

These acquisitions provide the Company with a reverse osmosis plant design, construction and facility management and engineering services firm, as well as facilities and contracts to supply additional bulk potable water services in the Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Barbados.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the acquisitions.

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3. Acquisitions (continued)

The results of operations of DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited are included in the consolidated statements of income from February 1, 2003 and the results of operations of Waterfields Company Limited are included in the consolidated statements of income from August 1, 2003. The unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, Waterfields Company Limited and an equity interest in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., had the companies been acquired at January 1, 2003 or 2002 would be as follows:

4. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are not restricted as to withdrawal or use. At December 31, 2003, the equivalent United States dollars are denominated in the following currencies:

5. Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable comprise receivables from customers and are shown net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $74,867 (2002: $12,000). Significant concentrations of credit risk are disclosed in Note 25.

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6. Inventory

7. Loans receivable

As part of the acquisition of Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, the following loans receivable were acquired. Management estimates these loans to be fully collectible and as such no impairment allowance has been provided at December 31, 2003.