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Written by Karen Chiang of Ibbaka. Originally published on the Ibbaka website.

 

 

My colleagues and I conducted a workshop with WaterTap to enable water technology companies to better approach their pricing strategies. Prior to the workshop, I had the opportunity to interview the CFO of one of Canada’s leading clean tech software companies that is focused on the water sector, James Griffiths of Aquatic Informatics. James was able to share with me his thoughts regarding pricing for one the their software brands, WaterTrax.

Using technology-driven data collection, WaterTrax helps agencies and utilities monitor and manage their water and wastewater... Read More »

Written by James Griffiths

This past month, I had the opportunity to travel to Toronto, Ontario to attend the World Water Tech North America Summit. Like the many other water conferences that are put on year round, this summit proved to be a great place to meet like-minded professionals and to learn more about the trends in the world of water data management. I thought I’d share some of the findings that I learned there with you. 

On the first day, I was able to attend a forum called “Operation Transformation: Harnessing the Digital Revolution.” The panel included speakers from a variety of backgrounds, including municipal and technology executives. The resounding... Read More »

Business in Vancouver selects Aquatic Informatics as candidate for distinguished award to be handed out at 2018 BC Export Awards.

Vancouver, Canada – November 1st, 2018 – Aquatic Informatics, a mission-driven company that organizes the world’s water data, has been selected as a finalist for the BC Export Awards in the Clean Technology category by Business in Vancouver.

The BC Export Awards are the province’s most prestigious awards paying tribute to the success and innovative approaches of British Columbia’s export companies. The awards program annually seeks out BC’s top exporters and honours them for their achievements in 9 categories, including Clean... Read More »

The largest water data management company in the world continues to be counted among “best for the world.”

Vancouver, Canada – September 11, 2018 Aquatic Informatics, a global leader in organizing the world’s water data, has announced today that it has successfully re-certified its B Corporation certification. This prestigious certification is awarded by B Lab to companies that are accelerating the global culture shift to redefine success in business. Certified B Corporations use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems, while meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and... Read More »

Former Active Network executive joins leading water data platform to drive the company through a new phase of growth.

Vancouver, Canada, August 23, 2018Aquatic Informatics Inc., a global leader in organizing the world’s water data, has announced the appointment of James Reyes to the position of Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing. Reyes will lead the sales, solutions, and marketing divisions while helping to evolve the business and unite the AQUARIUS, WaterTrax, and Linko brands as a part of the Aquatic Informatics family.

“We are thrilled that James, with his many years of leadership experience in enterprise software and... Read More »

ed quilty interview

As infrastructure ages, we need to come up with smarter and better ways to work. One of the way to do so is to leverage our current infrastructure and optimize it with new technology.

However, when we start to do that, our data volume rapidly increases, and it can become difficult to manage it all without a solution that turns those volumes of data into actionable information.

Watch Ed Quilty, CEO of Aquatic Informatics, share with Anthony Lacavera from Globalive Media how our company is helping to collect and manage data for infrastructure providers to deliver accurate water information in real time. Ed explains how automating workflows and leveraging IoT with an industry-specific software solution... Read More »

Written by Stuart Hamilton

Water has always been important. The perception of its importance is closely linked to episodes of too much, too little, or the wrong quality. Climate change, urban growth, and agricultural intensification are just three examples of pressures that are contributing to an unprecedented global awareness of the importance of water. Everything we know about the effects of these pressures on water are the result of water data.

Is water neglect a direct result of inadequate water data?

Data connects water overuse, misuse, and abuse to undesirable outcomes. In the absence of water data, water uses and abuses have historically been largely indistinguishable.... Read More »

For the final week in our Women in Water series, started on International Women’s Day, we have interviewed women across the world who are dedicated to the protection of water and the environment, and the use of technology to do so. This week, we met with Angela Perks, an AQUARIUS user from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council in New Zealand, and Tamara Roberts, a Linko user at the City of Bloomington Utilities in Bloomington, IN, USA.

Angela Perks is an environmental data analyst with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council who administers the AQUARIUS database, performs field work, and works to automate data capture.

After receiving her master’s degree in geology, Angela worked for a while in the... Read More »

Global Water Awards selects Aquatic Informatics as candidate for prestigious award to be handed out at 2018 Global Water Summit in Paris.

Vancouver, Canada, March 26, 2018 – Aquatic Informatics, the largest water data management company in the world, has been shortlisted alongside three other water technology companies for the Smart Water Company of the Year Award by Global Water Awards. Aquatic Informatics has been recognized for answering the water industry’s calls for improved data access and because of the company’s strong awareness of customer demands for advanced software solutions.  

Global Water solicited nominations from companies that provide a unique... Read More »