New Collaboration Brings Real-Time Water Intelligence and Frontline Journalism to U.S. Communities

True Elements and Circle of Blue launch water intelligence collaboration, uniquely aligning data with front-line reporting and context for local-to-national insights

• Urgent moment to inform the most important water decisions
• Data-driven narratives will bring new insights to complex challenges
• New Water Savvy app delivers localized “water score” to users across U.S.

(November 11, 2025) — True Elements, a leader in digital water data intelligence, and Circle of Blue, which uniquely combines front-line journalism, data contextualization and collaborative convening solutions around water challenges, today announced a partnership to create a new level of data-driven insights, systems journalism and public participation focused on fresh water in the U.S.

Global water crises rank among the world’s greatest threats according to Eurasia Group and the World Economic Global Risks Report. In the U.S., groundwater depletion, threats to the Colorado and Mississippi rivers, and growing contamination concerns are increasing pressure on communities, ecosystems, and economies.

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Circle of Blue will use True Elements’ tools — led by TrueQI®, the “world’s first dynamic water intelligence system”— to provide deeper, localized context in its reporting and convenings on issues at the intersection of water, food, energy, health and infrastructure.

“The urgency and complexity of rapidly intensifying water crises demand a new, nimble, and systemic approach,” said J. Carl Ganter, Managing Director of Circle of Blue. “Bringing advanced water intelligence supercharges our ability to inform the most important decisions about water—and everything it touches.”

“The costs of inaction affect millions of lives and reach into the trillions of dollars — as do the opportunities for investment and impact,” said Kim Patrick Kobza, CEO of True Elements. “This is the moment when we can to combine the best tools with the most compelling storytelling to motivate investment and innovation in water and adjacent sectors.”

The partnership is part of Circle of Blue’s “Designing Water’s Future” initiative, which connects science, technology, journalism, and community insight to inform critical decisions at a moment of accelerating risk. “Our goal is to bring a shared compass and map to help guide institutions through the storms ahead,” Ganter said.

“This reflects exactly the kind of multi-stakeholder collaboration required to build resilient systems,” Kobza added. “Combining trusted journalism, advanced water intelligence, and scalable digital solutions can empower more informed choices for communities, companies, governments, and financial and insurance institutions. We are proud to support work that brings clarity, coherence, and urgency to one of the world’s most critical challenges.”

As an information technology company, True Elements® is the developer of True Qi®, the world’s foremost intelligence platform purpose-built for water and environmental data. True Elements creates the deep, clear water and climate intelligence leaders need to make more fully informed, effective decisions for the future of their companies, communities, organizations, and portfolios. The company applies sophisticated scientific analysis and patent-pending AI capabilities to multiple layers of disparate watershed data to produce deeper, clearer, and more holistic insights into watershed dynamics—turning these insights into intuitive visualizations and scores that enable more reliable analysis, forecasting, and fully informed decision-making.

Circle of Blue® is the U.S.-based nonprofit media, intelligence and convening organization reporting on fresh water worldwide as it intersects food, energy and climate security, economic and environmental stability, and social equity globally. Circle of Blue uniquely combines trusted front-line reportage, science, data analytics, systems design and convening toward solutions. Institutions including the World Bank, World Economic Forum, The Vatican and U.S. Department of State rely on Circle of Blue insights and convening, as do businesses, academic leaders, students, and the public. Circle of Blue’s original reportage is cited widely across news media and journals. It is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News and founding member of the Great Lakes News Collaborative. For creating a systemic approach to impact, Ganter received the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award.

Circle of Blue collaborates with a wide ecosystem of data, research, technology, and community partners. True Elements is a key contributor of water intelligence within this broader network. Editorial independence and partner networks remain foundational to Circle of Blue’s mission.

This week, Circle of Blue also launched its participation in the Newsmatch challenge, a national initiative that supports trusted reporting — contributions are matched 1:1 between November 1 and December 31. Learn more details about Newsmatch and support Circle of Blue here.

Contact Circle of Blue to learn more about ways to participate in “Designing Water’s Future” and other initiatives.

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