Waterlix

What Waterlix does

Waterlix is a privately held Canadian software company headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, that builds satellite remote-sensing and AI-based platforms for water-quality monitoring. Its core offering, Aguardian, analyzes satellite and aerial imagery with proprietary algorithms to detect and track pollution patterns in water bodies globally, delivering map-based reporting for public, private, and non-profit environmental organizations. The company expanded its product surface in June 2026 with WaterAlert, a Great Lakes-specific screening and early-awareness platform covering 1,100+ receptor sites (beaches, drinking-water intakes, river mouths, outfalls) with relative status bands and multi-day outlooks driven by lake-current drift models.

The business operates a subscription-based enterprise SaaS model with contact-based pricing and direct sales engagement. Target customers are water utilities, municipalities, health agencies, beach managers, and watershed organizations, primarily in the Great Lakes region but with claimed global reach demonstrated through a Brazil case study. Distribution relies on industry event presence (WEFTEC, CWWA, OWWA, MECP/OCWA), content marketing via blog, and ecosystem partnerships including the 4R Waters community-science initiative with Niagara Peninsula Conservation, St. Catharines, and Town of Lincoln, plus an R&D network spanning six universities across Canada, the US, and Australia. The company is currently in pilot phase for its primary decision-support product and has not disclosed funding, revenue, or headcount metrics.

Name

Waterlix

Legal name

Waterlix

Website

https://waterlix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Waterlix is a Canadian SaaS company that applies AI to satellite and aerial imagery to detect pollution and forecast water-quality signals. Its Aguardian and WaterAlert platforms serve water utilities, municipalities, health agencies, and watershed teams, primarily across the Great Lakes region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Quality Monitoring Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Quality Monitoring (Surface Water, Stormwater, Drinking Water) (EUAHACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Quality & Watershed/Hydrologic Modeling (SWMM/HEC-RAS, Flood/Runoff/Nutrient) (EUAHAKAF), Real-Time Monitoring & Smart Stormwater (Sensors, SCADA/IoT, RTC) (EUANAEAK)

Keywords

• Remote sensing software
• Water quality monitoring
• Satellite imagery analysis
• Environmental monitoring platform
• Freshwater screening tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Waterloo

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Aguardian Platform Subscription: SaaS platform providing water quality monitoring through satellite remote sensing. Organizations access comprehensive reporting, high-resolution scans, and map-based visualization through the platform.
2. WaterAlert Platform: Great Lakes screening platform for utilities, municipalities, health agencies, and beach managers. Available as pilot version with expansion planned for Phase-A rollout.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Waterlix develops and sells software platforms that use satellite remote sensing and AI to detect, track, and forecast water quality conditions in lakes, rivers, and other water bodies. Its flagship product Aguardian provides global pollution detection with map-based reporting, while WaterAlert delivers a Great Lakes-focused screening and early-awareness layer covering 1,100+ receptor sites with multi-day drift-adjusted outlooks for utilities, municipalities, health agencies, beach managers, and watershed teams.

Product overview

Waterlix is an award-winning software company specializing in remote sensing and water quality monitoring. Its product portfolio centers on Aguardian, a core satellite-based platform that detects and tracks pollution patterns in water bodies globally using AI and advanced algorithms. This platform is complemented by WaterAlert, a Great Lakes-specific screening and early-awareness tool launched in June 2026 that provides basin-scale maps, relative status bands, and multi-day drift-adjusted outlooks for beaches, drinking-water intakes, river mouths, and other priority sites. Aguardian focuses on broad-area pollution detection and comprehensive reporting, while WaterAlert targets operational decision-support for Great Lakes stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aguardian: Waterlix's main software platform that uses satellite data and advanced algorithms to detect pollution in water bodies anywhere in the world. It offers comprehensive reporting powered by high resolution scans displayed on a map view.
• WaterAlert

Products and services

• Aguardian

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Niagara Peninsula ConservationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 20254R Waters initiative partner for integrated water quality monitoring combining community science with satellite remote sensing and watershed stewardship. Joint effort to move beyond isolated sampling toward coordinated, data-informed strategy for freshwater protection.
• St. CatharinescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 20254R Waters initiative partner collaborating on integrated water quality monitoring approach for Niagara Region.
• Town of LincolncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 20254R Waters initiative partner for integrated water quality monitoring in Niagara Region.
• George Brown CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research and development in water quality monitoring technology.
• University of Waterloo Space (UWSPACE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research and development in water quality monitoring technology.
• University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research and development in water quality monitoring technology.
• Montclair State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research and development in water quality monitoring technology.
• RMIT UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research and development in water quality monitoring technology.
• Central Washington University (CWU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research and development in water quality monitoring technology.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Esri: Esri's ArcGIS platform is widely used by utilities and agencies for geospatial water-resource analysis and could host or compete with satellite-derived water-quality layers similar to Waterlix's offerings.

Direct peers

• Hydrosat: Hydrosat applies satellite thermal and multispectral imagery to deliver water and land monitoring analytics, overlapping with Waterlix's satellite-based anomaly detection and forecasting capabilities.
• EOMAP: EOMAP provides satellite-derived water quality and bathymetric data services for inland and coastal waters, using a remote-sensing-plus-analytics approach that directly competes with Waterlix's Aguardian platform.
• Sourcewater: Sourcewater applies satellite-based monitoring to oil & gas and water resources, sharing Waterlix's satellite-imagery-plus-AI approach but with a different primary customer vertical (upstream energy vs. utilities/municipalities).
• Aquaread: Aquaread builds portable multiparameter water quality instruments used for in-situ environmental monitoring, targeting the same field-sampling use cases that Waterlix's remote-sensing platform complements or competes with.

Broad incumbents

• Hach (Veralto): Hach supplies water quality analytical instruments, reagents, and data management solutions widely deployed at treatment plants and field sites, representing a broad incumbent alternative to Waterlix's screening platform.
• YSI (Xylem): YSI, a Xylem brand, is a leading manufacturer of water quality sondes and sensors used by utilities and environmental agencies — the dominant incumbent in the broader water-quality monitoring market that Waterlix serves with a satellite-first approach.

Emerging players

• CropX: CropX combines satellite, soil-sensor, and agronomic analytics for water and irrigation management; it overlaps with Waterlix in satellite-driven water intelligence but focuses on agricultural rather than municipal/utility use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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