Ed Quilty

Edward Quilty

President and CEO

Edward Quilty is the founder of Aquatic Informatics and has worked in the water industry since 1992. He specialized in automated monitoring, data management and assessment, and environmental impact assessments.  Prior to founding Aquatics in 2003, Ed was principal of QA Environmental Consulting, a regional firm focused on designing and managing hydrometric networks. Mr. Quilty is a registered professional biologist with the British Columbia College of Applied Biology, is a Director of the Canadian Water Resource Association, is a member of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and the American Water and Wastewater Association.  Ed is also an active member of ACETECH and BCTIA, technology associations focused on rapidly growing British Columbia companies.
Hydrological methods, hydrology, Hydrology Blog, Hydrology Corner, Water Survey Canada, Water Data Management, Monitoring Software

Central Services – New software for the Water Survey of Canada

CENTRAL SERVICES – New software makes data collection and analysis easier and faster for the Water Survey of Canada. “Annual data doesn’t help Saskatchewan or Winnipeg when there’s a flood event happening— we need to provide data to our customers instantaneously.” —AJ Leitch Policies that protect our water are borne, in part, of good water monitoring. The process generally involves visiting a monitoring site once or twice a year, collecting the data from the sensors, and returning to the lab to analyze it, generate a report, and use the results to inform policy decisions. It’s hard to argue that good … Read More

Hydrology Corner, Hydrology Blog, Water Monitoring Software, Hydrometric Data

Geek Speak: Edward Quilty, CEO of Aquatic Informatics

September 23, 2011 – Article by Stephen Hui , web and technology editor for the Georgia Straight Edward Quilty is the founder, president, and CEO of Vancouver-based Aquatic Informatics. Edward Quilty says his Vancouver-based company is the “best in the world at determining how much water is in a river”. The 39-year-old West Vancouver resident is the founder, president, and CEO of Aquatic Informatics. Aquatic Informatics is the company behind the Aquarius water data management and analysis software. Aquarius is used by government agencies around the world to figure out how much water is in rivers and lakes, and to … Read More

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