Aquagenuity® exists to S.A.V.E. the world's water: to make it Sustainable, Accessible, Verifiable and Equitable. These four words shape what we build, what we publish and who we build it for.
Sustainable
Sustainable water means systems that protect people today and the generations who come next. Water doesn't stay the same: weather, drought, aging pipes and new demands on regional supplies all change what reaches the tap. Protecting it over decades takes more than a once-a-year snapshot.
For us, sustainability starts with continuous attention. AquaScore™ is built to track change over time, so communities can see trends before they become emergencies. Guardians of H2O™ add fresh, local measurements every season. And because the same water supplies serve homes, schools, farms and industry, we share data in ways that help everyone plan for the long run — not just react to the last headline.
Sustainable also means building something that lasts. A score that disappears when a grant ends or a news cycle moves on doesn't protect anyone. We're building a company designed to keep this data flowing, updated and useful for as long as people drink water.
Accessible
Accessible water data is data anyone can read, in plain language, at their own address. Today, most water information lives in technical reports, spreadsheets and regulatory filings that are hard to find and harder to understand.
We translate. Enter a zip code and AquaScore™ turns thousands of data points into a clear picture: what's been found, what the law allows, what the health goal is, and what you can do next. No account is needed to start, no chemistry degree required. Accessibility also means reaching people where they are — in classrooms, community centers and on the phone in their pocket — in words that respect their intelligence and their time.
When information is accessible, people act on it: a parent chooses a filter, a principal asks for testing, a neighbor shows up at a public meeting with facts instead of fear.
Verifiable
Verifiable means you never have to take our word for it. Our methodology is transparent and versioned, and every score shows its sources.
When AquaScore™ reports a number, it tells you whether that number was measured at or near your location or modeled from surrounding data. It links to the public standards it's compared against, like EPA's legal limits and health goals.[1, 2] When our methods change, we say what changed and why. And when someone spots an error, we want to hear it — every page on this site ends with a way to tell us. Trust in water data has to be earned, and the way to earn it is to show the work.
Verifiable also means inviting others to check us. Researchers can examine our methods, Guardians can add measurements that confirm or challenge a modeled number, and anyone can compare our figures with the original public sources we link to.
Equitable
Equitable means every community can quickly find out What's In Your Water? — not just the ones with the resources to hire consultants or the attention of national news.
Water problems don't respect zip codes, and neither should water data. Some of the places where people most need information have the least of it: fewer local measurements, older infrastructure, and fewer channels to be heard. That's where Guardians of H2O™ and AquaReady™ Starter Kits go first. Students collect the tap-level data no one else has, sponsors put testing directly into communities, and every result makes the map more complete for everyone. Equity isn't a feature we add at the end. It's the reason the whole system exists.
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Sources
- U.S. EPA. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
- U.S. EPA. How EPA Regulates Drinking Water Contaminants.