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Variable Interest Entities
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure Variable Interest Entities
Treated Water Outsourcing (“TWO”) is a joint venture between the Company and Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, in which the Company holds a 50% partnership interest. The Company is obligated to absorb all risk of loss up to 100% of the joint venture partner’s equity. As such, the Company fully consolidates TWO as a variable interest entity (“VIE”) under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic No. 810, Consolidation. The Company has not provided, and is not contractually required to provide, additional financial support to this entity, and the Company does not have the ability to use the assets of TWO to settle obligations of the Company’s other subsidiaries.
The following provides a summary of TWO’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, and summarized financial information for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
December 31,
2020		September 30,
2020
Current assets (includes cash of $1,743 and $2,088)
$3,560 $4,016 
Property, plant and equipment1,084 1,145 
Goodwill2,206 2,206 
Total liabilities(1,219)(1,324)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
20202019
Total revenues$834 $2,642 
Total operating expenses(737)(1,958)
Income from operations$97 $684 
On October 1, 2019, the Company acquired a 60% investment position in San Diego-based Frontier Water Systems, LLC (“Frontier”). The Frontier acquisition is a VIE because it has insufficient equity to finance its activities due to key assets being assigned to the Company upon acquisition.  The Company is the primary beneficiary of Frontier because the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect Frontier’s economic performance. As the agreement to purchase the remaining interest was determined to be financing due to the mandatory Purchase Right, as per ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities From Equity, the Company recognized a liability for the remaining 40% interest. Additionally, the Company fully consolidates Frontier as a VIE under ASC Topic No. 810, Consolidation.
The following provides a summary of Frontier’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, and summarized financial information for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
December 31,
2020		September 30,
2020
Current assets (includes cash of $2,143 and $1,675)
$3,528 $4,024 
Property, plant and equipment3,210 3,159 
Goodwill1,798 1,798 
Intangible assets, net9,505 9,918 
Total liabilities(3,798)(3,692)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
20202019
Total revenues$770 $1,645 
Total operating expenses(1,738)(1,937)
Loss from operations$(968)$(292)