About

Shoalwater exists because we overlook the most obvious water resource we have: rain.

Stormwater is often treated as a problem to move away as quickly as possible—piped, buried, and forgotten. Yet rain is also the first signal of a healthy watershed. When managed with care, it slows, filters, recharges, and sustains life. When ignored, it floods streets, pollutes waterways, and erodes trust between communities and the systems meant to protect them.

The name Shoalwater comes from the shallow places where water slows down—where rivers meet land, where ecosystems thrive, and where small changes have outsized impact. Shoals are not deep or dramatic, but they are essential. They are where nutrients settle, habitats form, and resilience is built quietly over time.

We believe stormwater deserves the same respect. Not as waste, and not as an abstract metric, but as a shared, local resource hiding in plain sight.

Shoalwater builds the infrastructure that helps communities, cities, and companies care for rain where it falls—by measuring it honestly, stewarding it over time, and ensuring its benefits endure. Because when we pay attention to the water we already have, we discover that resilience is not something we import. It is something we maintain.