Nature-based solutions

“If you do only one thing, collect rain water.”
— Bill Mollison

how it works

Bridging Corporate Water Stewardship to Local Impact with Shoalwater

As urban development intensifies, stormwater runoff increasingly threatens local water habitats—overwhelming aging infrastructure, degrading water quality, and disrupting ecosystems. Traditional approaches to corporate water stewardship often focus on internal efficiency or distant watershed restoration, leaving a critical gap in addressing urban water impacts where operations, customers, and communities intersect.

Shoalwater closes this gap. By turning rainwater harvesting and green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) into verifiable, traceable environmental credits—Storm Water Credits (SWCs)—Shoalwater empowers companies to directly offset their water footprint while impacting local water habitats.

the approach

  • Rain as a Resource: Shoalwater enables decentralized rainwater harvesting systems across urban and suburban sites, reducing runoff at the source.

  • Verified Impact: Each system’s performance is monitored and verified using smart sensors and volumetric accounting to quantify real-world water benefits.

  • Corporate Integration: Companies can purchase SWCs to meet sustainability goals, align with ESG frameworks, and demonstrate leadership in water stewardship.

  • Local Outcomes: Reducing peak flows into combined sewers and recharging groundwater helps prevent combined sewer overflows (CSOs), reduce pollution, and support healthier aquatic habitats near urban centers.

Value Proposition:

  • Regenerative, not extractive: Unlike traditional water markets, Shoalwater’s model doesn’t privatize freshwater—it regenerates local ecosystems through nature-based solutions.

  • Tangible local impact: SWCs tie water stewardship to real-world benefits in the communities where businesses operate.

  • Compliance-ready transparency: Data-driven and aligned with global frameworks like Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA), Shoalwater makes impact reporting simple and credible.

Conclusion:

Shoalwater bridges the gap between corporate water stewardship and on-the-ground impact. Reducing urban runoff, prevents waterway pollution, and restores balance to developed hydrologic systems—building a decentralized, regenerative water economy one drop at a time.