---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-004965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCWO"
cik: "0000933972"
company_name: "374Water Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T11:07:13.919551+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 374Water appoints Chris Gannon as CEO; base salary $450K, equity awards of 7.5M shares

## Summary
- Effective April 22, 2024; Gannon receives $450K annual salary with target bonus of 125% of base.
- Granted 2,250,000 RSUs and 5,250,000 options under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, vesting over time and milestones.
- Gannon was former CEO of Energy Recovery (ERII), where he quadrupled market cap and tripled revenue.
- Company preparing commercial-grade AirSCWO6 deployments at Orange County Sanitation District and Orlando's Iron Bridge facility.
- Continuing DoD partnerships for PFAS/AFFF destruction testing and other waste destruction engagements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-004965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCWO
- cik: 0000933972
- company_name: 374Water Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933972/000165495424004965/0001654954-24-004965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933972/000165495424004965/scwo_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-004965.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christian Gannon was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at 374Water Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 19 2024, 374Water Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into an employment agreement with Christian Gannon (the “ Employment Agreement ”), for Mr. Gannon to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective April 22, 2024 (the “ Start Date ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933972/000165495424004965/0001654954-24-004965-index.htm

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