From Data Points to Global Impact: The mWater Network Effect

Petri Autio 2025

As the costs and challenges of creating software tend toward zero, the real differentiator isn’t great code, it’s trust and network effects.

At mWater, we’ve built a platform that grows stronger with every new user. It’s a digital public good: free to use, open to all, and designed so that data remains owned by the people and organizations who collect it.

Each year, this shared infrastructure becomes more powerful. That’s not because of new algorithms, but because of the expanding network of governments, NGOs, utilities, and communities using it to map, monitor, and manage water systems around the world.

🌍 2025 at a Glance - Overall stats

  • Nearly 350,000 registered users

  • Over 7,000 organizations

  • 197 countries and territories represented

  • 40 million surveys completed 6 million water sites mapped



📈 Sustained Growth, Proven Scale

Our network continues to grow at around 25% year-over-year, with:

  • 40,000 images uploaded daily

  • 1 million survey responses per month

  • 80,000 sites added monthly

  • 1,000 new water systems mapped each month

 

🔁 The mWater Network Effect

Every new user of mWater boosts the WASH sector, and everyone in it.



Here’s how:

More Users
Each organization adds data, context, and capacity.

More Data
Data density creates clarity, helping identify what works and where support is needed.

Better Insights
Shared analytics help partners act faster and plan better.

More Adoption
Results attract new users, strengthening trust and collaboration.

More Investment
Donors and governments fund what they see scaling effectively.

Stronger Platform
Investment fuels better tools and infrastructure for all users.

Then the cycle repeats, faster and stronger each time.

💧 A Digital Public Good for the Real World

Unlike commercial software, mWater’s model aligns with public purpose.

  • We don’t monetize user data

  • We don’t impose top-down systems

  • We build what’s needed, funded by real-world use cases ensuring the platform evolves with the sector itself

That’s why every new feature, every update, every integration is driven by real demand from people working in the field.

As AI continues to make software development easier, our advantage is the trusted, global network that AI can’t replicate: verified data, real users, and shared purpose.

Explore the full 2025 stats deck: go.mwater.co/2025stats

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