Buyer's Guide: Water Management Software (2025)

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EHS Specialist Software
Katia Makshanova
Katia Makshanova
Nathan Goldstein
Nathan Goldstein
19 Dec, 2025

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Executive Summary

This Buyers’ Guide delivers a comprehensive analysis of 18 water management software vendors. The report leverages data collected via the 2025 Verdantix EHS software Green Quadrant (see Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2025), as well as information from the 2024 Verdantix Smart Innovators report on water management software (see Verdantix Smart Innovators: Water & Wastewater Management Software). The analysis also leverages questionnaires, briefings and publicly available information, to provide a rounded view of each vendor. EHS and ESG professionals, and other decision-makers in industries with specific water management requirements, should use this report to identify the best-fit software solutions for their needs. 

Summary for decision-makers
The Verdantix Buyer’s Guide to water management software
Defining water management software
The importance of understanding future water needs
Applications of water management software solutions
Water management software provides a range of capabilities, to support compliance and industry-specific use cases
Selection criteria for the 2025 Buyer’s Guide to water management software
Aquatic Informatics offers tools for emergency response to environmental events
Benchmark Gensuite leverages agentic and generative AI to enhance essential water management capabilities
Bentley Systems’s WaterSight digital twin promotes proactive maintenance
Cority streamlines water operations management with Cortex AI
EcoOnline provides optimal regulatory coverage and wastewater management through Biome
Evotix eliminates silos, integrating data from multiple water assets and platforms
Hatch’s Mantis.AI enables wastewater forecasting based on weather conditions and network performance
Intelex offers centralized water quality management and global compliance capabilities
Quentic (an AMCS company) provides industry-specific solutions through Quentic Water Stewardship
SAP offers water permits, inspections and reporting in a centralized solution
Sphera automates deviation tracking and corrective actions within the SpheraCloud Water Management platform
UL Solutions, a pioneer in compliance, sustainability and EHS, provides facility-focused performance tracking
VelocityEHS delivers out-of-the-box permit and compliance management
Veolia’s Hubgrade reduces downtime by forecasting water system failures
Waterplan offers a specialized platform for water risk management
WINT Water Intelligence provides an AI solution to identify inefficiencies in water systems
Wolters Kluwer Enablon delivers integrated water management and compliance capabilities within its Environmental Application
Xylem Vue captures data from IoT sensors and SCADA systems to provide comprehensive analytics


Figure 1. Regulatory frameworks by region
Figure 2. Water management software capabilities
Figure 3. List of water management software providers by type
Figure 4. Aquatic Informatics overview
Figure 5. Benchmark Gensuite overview
Figure 6. Bentley Systems overview
Figure 7. Cority overview
Figure 8. EcoOnline overview
Figure 9. Evotix overview
Figure 10. Hatch overview
Figure 11. Intelex overview
Figure 12. Quentic overview
Figure 13. SAP overview
Figure 14. Sphera overview
Figure 15. UL Solutions overview
Figure 16. VelocityEHS overview
Figure 17. Veolia overview
Figure 18. Waterplan overview
Figure 19. WINT Water Intelligence overview
Figure 20. Wolters Kluwer Enablon overview
Figure 21. Xylem overview
Quentic, AECOM, Aegea, Alliant Energy, Amazon, AMCS, American Commercial Barge Line, Anthropic, Aquatech, Aquatic Informatics, AVEVA, Banyan Water, Barreleye, Base10 Partners, Benchmark Gensuite, Bentley Systems, Biome, Blackstone, CDP, Cisco, City of Hot Springs (Arkansas, US), CNH Industrial, COMET, Conservation Labs, Cority, D4H, Danaher, DC Water, Deloitte, Ecometrica, EcoOnline, ehsAI, Enhesa, Enviance, ERM, Esri, Essential Energy, evides, Evotix, Ferguson Enterprises, Fortive Corporation, GE Appliances, GHD, Giant Ventures, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Google, Greenstone, Haskoning, Hatch, Hilton, Hitachi Vantara, HSB, HydroPoint, Ideagen, Iluka Resources, Industrial Scientific, Inseer, Intelex, Intenseye, International Energy Agency (IEA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), Itron, J.S. Held, KETOS, LeverX, LexisNexis, Locus Technologies, Mace, MARCOM Group, MCJ, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Meta, Mistral, Montrose Environmental Group, Munich Re, Neuberger Berman, Newcrest Mining, Niagara Bottling, NVIDIA, NWI Wichita, OpenAI, Oracle, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Penn Yan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pentaho, Polygon Group, ProtexAI, RegScan, Ricardo, Rockwell Automation, SAP, Scans.ai, Smart Rain, Sphera, STP, Trane Technologies, Transition Global, Trinity Consultants, UK Environment Agency (EA), UL Solutions, United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USGS (US Geological Survey), Valero, Valley Irrigation Scheduling, VelocityEHS, Veolia, Veralto, Vista Equity Partners, VROC, Waltero, Waterplan, WeSustain, WINT Water Intelligence, Wolters Kluwer Enablon, WSP, Xylem, Y Combinator, YASH Technologies

About the Authors

Katia Makshanova

Katia Makshanova

Senior Analyst

Katia is a Senior Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in EHSQ software and digital strategy. She helps corporate leaders and technology vendors navigate the evolving software l...

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Nathan Goldstein

Nathan Goldstein

Senior Manager

Nathan is a Senior Manager at Verdantix, specializing in EHS software and the convergence of sustainability, EHS and operational risk. He leads research that helps corporate d...

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