AQUELIA JOURNAL
Water quality.
Evidence worth understanding.
People, ideas and evidence behind Aquelia’s water technology and growth across the Americas.
Water quality.
WATER IN OUR FUTURE MARKETS
Understand the water.
Start with the evidence.
Identified public sources. Original articles about our markets and the wider water context: what the data says, when it was collected and how far its conclusions can reach.
25 articles
Miami · Florida
Miami water quality: reading the 2025 Miami-Dade report.
Reading the 2025 Miami-Dade report starts with identifying the supply system, the measurement and the period behind each number.
2025 monitoring
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Orlando · Florida
Orlando water quality and hardness: what OUC reports.
OUC’s information separates water characteristics from measured contaminants. Both are useful, and each answers a different question.
2025 report + current utility FAQ
2 official sourcesRead article
Ohio
Ohio water quality: service lines and local records.
An inventory of service-line materials and a laboratory result provide different evidence. Ohio’s public records help put both in the right place.
October 2024 inventory, reported in SFY 2025
3 official sourcesRead article
Colombia
Colombia water quality: understanding the 2024 IRCA.
The official water-quality risk index helps describe monitored supplies. Its period, reporting coverage and urban–rural breakdown are essential to interpretation.
2024 national report
2 official sourcesRead article
Venezuela
Venezuela: what water access data can tell us.
UNICEF’s data and programme reports document important parts of the picture. Understanding what they measure is as important as reading the figures.
2022 indicator + 2024 programme results
3 official sourcesRead article
Miami · South Florida
Miami’s Biscayne Aquifer: what the saltwater map shows.
A USGS map makes an invisible boundary easier to understand. Its measurements describe groundwater changes over time and require a different reading from a tap-water report.
USGS map ·
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Miami · South Florida
Miami water protection starts before the treatment plant.
The land around a drinking-water well is part of the water story. Miami-Dade’s wellfield programme explains why source protection also concerns businesses and property owners.
Modelling report ·
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Miami · South Florida
After Miami’s water-shortage warning: why conservation still matters.
An April 2026 County update records improved aquifer conditions. It is a useful example of how water availability can change without answering every question about water quality.
County update ·
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Miami · South Florida
Miami’s 2025 fluoride change: compare the treatment date with the sample date.
A change in treatment can make older descriptions confusing. Miami-Dade’s official account provides a clear date for one change and a reason to read reports chronologically.
Treatment change ·
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Orlando · Central Florida
How Orlando uses ozone in its water-treatment process.
OUC’s treatment description explains why the word ozone tells only part of the story. Source water, treatment stages and distribution each have a separate role.
Report year ·
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Orlando · Central Florida
Orlando’s Lake Nona plan: reverse osmosis at municipal scale.
An OUC project announcement shows how reverse osmosis can form part of water-supply planning. The important distinction is between an approved proposal and an operating plant.
Project announcement ·
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Orlando · Central Florida
Orlando smart water meters: a clearer view of consumption.
Hourly water-use records can reveal patterns hidden by a monthly total. OUC’s meter programme offers a practical example of using information before deciding what action is needed.
Rollout began in summer ·
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Ohio · Lake Erie
Lake Erie’s 2024 bloom: what NOAA’s severity index measures.
A number describing a lake-wide bloom is easy to mistake for a drinking-water result. NOAA’s retrospective provides a clear opportunity to separate those measures.
NOAA assessment ·
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Ohio · Private wells
Ohio private wells: what a drought-and-arsenic model can tell us.
A USGS study connects simulated drought with changing probabilities in private wells. Its Ohio estimates are useful for understanding uncertainty, provided they remain clearly labelled as modelling.
USGS research update ·
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Ohio · Eastern watersheds
Eastern Ohio streams: why a water-quality baseline matters.
A USGS study shows how repeated observations create a reference for future comparisons. Understanding that purpose prevents a stream survey from being mistaken for a household drinking-water assessment.
USGS report ·
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Colombia
Colombia: a water test needs more than a pH reading.
Resolution 2115 provides a useful starting point for understanding why a drinking-water report contains several different measurements.
Resolution issued ·
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Colombia
Colombia: water efficiency starts with a plan.
The PUEAA framework places water saving within a programme of actions. That perspective is useful when discussing consumption and maintenance.
Decree issued ·
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Colombia
Colombia: the water study behind a local project.
The National Water Study offers a way to connect a location with its wider water context, provided each annex keeps its own scope and period.
Report published ·
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Colombia
Colombia: what a groundwater point on a map can tell you.
A new SGC inventory makes thousands of records easier to explore. The important distinction is between locating a record and validating a water supply.
SGC announcement ·
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Bolívar · Venezuela
Bolívar: a water network designed around the neighbourhood.
A documented community project shows why the route between a public network and a household matters as much as the presence of a source.
ICRC article published ·
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Zulia & Bolívar · Venezuela
Venezuela: water, energy and maintenance belong in one conversation.
ICRC reports from Zulia and Bolívar show why water infrastructure must be read together with its operating conditions and the people who maintain it.
ICRC article published ·
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Venezuela · Schools
Venezuela: school water is also about usable facilities.
UNICEF’s 2022 reporting connects water access with handwashing and hygiene support. It is a useful reminder to look beyond the presence of a tap.
Programme reporting year ·
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Venezuela
Venezuela: a water target is not a completed result.
Reading UNICEF’s 2025 appeal alongside its year-end reporting shows why plans, funding and achievements need different labels.
Year-end report issued ·
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Global
Groundwater: a global resource, a local set of questions.
The UN’s 2022 water report puts groundwater in the spotlight. Its global figures are a starting point for learning, not an answer about a particular well.
UN report launched ·
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Global
Small water supplies: planning for everyday operation.
WHO’s 2024 guidance treats small supplies as systems with their own operating realities. It offers a framework for asking practical questions before choosing equipment.
WHO guidance published ·
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Editorial review: September 15, 2026. Each article gives the period of its data; these are not live measurements.
AQUELIA EDITORIAL
How we work with the evidence.
We use identified public documents, retain the original reporting period and explain the scope of each figure. Our articles distinguish infrastructure, service access and water measurements. They do not establish the performance of Aquelia equipment.
Each analysis includes its sources and review date. Illustrations are conceptual, and the founders’ conversation is identified as an editorial recreation.
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