b'FROM DATA DELAY TO GLOBAL PRECISIONHow the Panama Canal Authority Balances Water Security and International Trade with AquariusMoving the World Shouldnt MeanThe Turning Point: Turning Disconnected Draining a Nation Inputs into Strategic InsightEvery ship that transits the Panama Canal uses over 52 millionPCA deployed Aquarius to centralize over 55 monitoring stations gallons of freshwater. Thats not just engineering. Its a massive watertracking parameters from wind and water temperature to rainfall transaction. And with 36 vessels moving through each day, the Canaland inflows. Data is now streamed, modeled, quality-assured, and must carefully share that water with the 2.5 million Panamanians whoshared in real time across all operational teams.rely on the same system for drinking water, electricity, and sanitation.Meteorologists use it to compare live observations with historical But until recently, the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) managedpatterns. Operations teams use it to calibrate lock schedules and this delicate balance using siloed systems, manual workflows, andeven adjust transit fees dynamically based on lake levels.lagging insights. The cost of delay? Risk to public health, trade flow, and water security.Aquarius allows meteorologists to compare The Challenge: One River, Two Lakes, 36current data and numerical models with Ships, and Zero Room for Error historical and analog data, which has The Chagres River powers the entire Panama Canal lock system viaelevated the accuracy of their forecasts.Gatun and Alajuela Lakes. As weather patterns shift and demand grows, PCA had to answer a single, high-stakes question each day: PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY OPERATIONS TEAMHow do we protect national water supply while maintaining global trade?But the data needed to answer itrainfall, runoff, lake levelslived in disconnected spreadsheets and standalone files. Without timely intelligence, decisions came late and with limited confidence.'