Water advocate, inventor, and Digital Waters founder Steve Mann joins Jason Spitkoski and Andrew Top to develop revolutionary AI-based mathematical transforms for building models that can track water quality.
Toronto, Ontario – August 20, 2025 – Digital Waters mission is to build AI-based models designed for our water monitoring devices to make real-time water quality data accessible worldwide. The founders Steve Mann, the father of wearable computing, IEEE Fellow, and water advocate, Jason Spitkoski, and Andrew Top created Digital Waters to better connect people to water and water quality data.
With water contamination events on the rise and traditional monitoring equipment costing many thousands of dollars, Digital Waters aims to work with communities to collect and publicly share critical water data and empower people to protect water before it’s too late.
“At best, water quality reports are snapshots. Dots on a graph that miss what happens in between,” said Jason Spitkoski. “We want to turn those snapshots into a continuous story people can see, feel, and act on.”
“We can’t always detect contaminants directly. But with AI, we can read the signs around them and respond faster,” said Andrew Top.
“By combining AI-embedded mathematical transforms with our hydraulophonic-sensing hardware and existing free-open source solutions, we can slash monitoring costs and make advanced water quality analytics available to communities everywhere,” said Steve Mann.
Digital Waters is building a global network of low-cost water monitoring devices equipped with custom sensors and innovative algorithms. This network will share water quality data in real time, helping citizens, scientists, and policymakers respond quickly to environmental threats.
About Digital Waters
Digital Waters is a Toronto-based organization that builds affordable, AI-powered water monitoring technology. Our free-open-source devices transform local waterways into networks of real-time environmental intelligence, creating data streams that have traditionally been too costly or fragmented to capture. By combining community involvement with cutting-edge innovation, we deliver insights that empower scientists, policymakers, and citizens alike to respond to threats faster and protect water resources at scale.
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