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FILED AS OF DATE:		20140530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140530

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WATERS CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000697
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				133668640
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14010
		FILM NUMBER:		14877775

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		34 MAPLE ST
		CITY:			MILFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01757
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5084782000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		34 MAPLE STREET
		CITY:			MILFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01757

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WCD INVESTORS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960605
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Waters
Corporation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><B>34 Maple Street, Milford, Massachusetts</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mark T. Beaudouin 508-478-2000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form
applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2013 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) Conflict Minerals Disclosure of Waters Corporation in Accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is the Conflict Minerals Disclosure of Waters Corporation (&#147;Waters&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) for the calendar year January&nbsp;1 to
December&nbsp;31, 2013 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (&#147;Rule 13p-1&#148;) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
accordance with Section&nbsp;1502 of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (&#147;Act&#148;) governing conflict minerals, registrants must determine whether any of the conflict minerals (defined by the Act as Tin
(Cassiterite), Tungsten (Wolframite), Tantalum (Columbite-Tantalite or Coltan) and Gold (the &#147;3TGs&#148; or &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148;)) are necessary to the functionality or production of its manufactured products. If so, the registrant
must conduct a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#147;RCOI&#148;) to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in Democratic Republic of the Congo (the &#147;DRC&#148;) or adjoining countries, or are from recycled or scrap
sources. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Waters determined that Conflict Minerals are used in certain materials that are used in the Company&#146;s instrument systems. The Company has
established a program to ensure the responsible sourcing of these materials in its worldwide supply chain as reflected in Waters&#146; Conflict Minerals Statement, which has been communicated to employees and suppliers and is available to the public
on our website at <I><U>www.waters.com</U></I> under &#147;Corporate Governance&#148;. The Company&#146;s program is based upon certain industry guidance, including the <I>Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas</I> of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. The Company&#146;s program involves the review of its worldwide supply chain for materials that contain these Conflict Minerals and the evaluation
of the risk that these materials are sourced from the mines controlled by the armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries. The Company performed this through a series of RCOIs using the template developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship
Coalition and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative known as the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to determine where the 3TGs are sourced. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company exercised due diligence over the RCOIs received from its worldwide suppliers. No suppliers informed
Waters, in response to Waters&#146; due diligence inquiries, that it obtained Conflict Minerals from the DRC or an adjoining country. Certain suppliers, however, did not respond to the inquiry while others replied that they did not know the
reasonable country of origin of the 3TGs that were sourced from them. In accordance with the Act, as a result of the information the Company received from its suppliers for calendar year 2013, Waters was not able to determine with certainty the
country of origin of some of the Conflict Minerals in its manufactured products, but does not have reason to believe that its necessary 3TGs may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This information is publicly available on our website at <I>www.waters.com</I> under &#147;Corporate Governance, Conflict Minerals Statement&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01 Exhibits
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly
authorized undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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