Lowering water risk.
Improving water quality.
From one river to four countries
Today, AquaWatch works with utilities, councils, construction companies, and land managers across New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
Our platform, SWIM-OS, monitors discharge quality across hundreds of sites - from urban stormwater networks to remote construction zones to agricultural catchments.
We've grown because the problem we set out to solve isn't unique to one river or one country. Everywhere, regulations are tightening. Public expectations are rising. And the old way of monitoring - reactive, fragmented, slow - can't keep up.
Continuous, defensible data isn't a nice-to-have anymore. It's becoming the baseline expectation. We help organisations get there.
Our approach
Water quality is a shared problem. No single organisation controls a catchment. Farmers, councils, utilities, developers, and communities all have a role - and all need access to the same picture.
We believe monitoring should create clarity, not complexity. Data should flow to the people who can act on it, in a form they can use, at a speed that matters.
And we believe compliance isn't the ceiling - it's the floor. The organisations we work with aren't just trying to avoid breaches. They're trying to prove they're making things better.
That's what we're here to support.
Our Founders, Grant and James watched their awa, the Te Pahaoa river, degrade due to farm pollution. In 2002, the Pahaoa River that runs through RiverWatch Cofounders’ farm was thriving. But ten years later, in 2012, the river was dead and devoid of aquatic life.
The story of the struggle to save the river compelled James Muir to create the documentary film River Dog.
The success of the documentary led James and Grant to explore ways to help reverse the decline of water quality in Aotearoa, identifying the need for clear and consistent water quality data as a starting point.
A 12 times award winning film recognising the real water quality crisis in New Zealand and the poetic journey of New Zealanders’ struggle to come to terms with the Clean Green image that is the facade of their identity.