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Aquatic Informatics Expands Municipal Digital Water Portfolio

Strategic Acquisition of Tokay Software Strengthens Aquatic Informatics’ Position as the World’s Largest Water Data Management Company

Vancouver, Canada – May 29, 2019 – Aquatic Informatics, the global leader in water data management and analytics, is pleased to announce the strategic acquisition of Tokay Software, based in Delray Beach, Florida. 

Aquatic Informatics offers solutions to streamline drinking water, wastewater, environmental data management, and regulatory compliance. The addition of Tokay to the company’s growing group of brands expands its solutions to include cross-connection control management and backflow prevention.

Tokay Software is a proven industry leader in preventing contaminants, such as sewage, pesticides, and heavy metals, from being introduced into community drinking water systems. Nearly 1,000 utilities across North America rely on Tokay’s software for backflow device inspection and compliance reporting.

“This acquisition furthers our company’s commitment to delivering trusted software solutions that help municipalities manage their water operations, ensure compliance, and improve efficiencies,” says Ed Quilty, CEO, Aquatic Informatics. “Tokay is a natural extension of our platform. We are thrilled that Tokay will join us in our purpose to protect life with open and timely water information.”

With support from Aquatic Informatics, Tokay will help more utilities streamline their compliance inspections, improve communication, and automate the process of entering test results, thereby driving operational efficiencies.

“Aquatic Informatics has a long history of innovation. We are excited to join this talented team, and we are looking forward to bringing these resources to our solutions,” says Jim McCoy, Founder and CEO, Tokay. “Our customers will benefit from Aquatic Informatics’ world-class solutions, services, and support. The culture and vision of the company is a great fit for our team.”

Quilty adds: “Together with Jim McCoy, Lora Peers, and the rest of the Tokay team, we will continue to drive technological advancement and deliver outstanding support to the Tokay customer base.”

Aquatic Informatics will continue to enhance and expand its product offerings, operating from headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, the primary U.S. office in Denver, and an Australian office in Hobart. The Tokay team remains based in Delray Beach, Florida.

About Aquatic Informatics

Aquatic Informatics is a mission-driven software company that organizes the world’s water data to make it accessible and useful. As the world’s largest water data management company, and with more than 1,000 customers in 60 countries, Aquatic Informatics is unique in that it provides information technology solutions for all water: source water, drinking water, municipal and industrial wastewater, and the receiving environment. Aquatic Informatics is guided by its “3P” core values which balance Planet, People, and Prosperity. These values run through the entire business and can be seen in decision making, employee support, software donations, volunteer work, and commitment to customers. aquaticinformatics.com/solutions/

About Tokay Software

Tokay Software has been a leader in providing software, solutions and training to the cross connection and backflow market since 1993. Its software applications are flexible and easily customized by the user with an array of useful tools. Together with its experienced support and product development team, and more than 25 years of program administration, it has become the software of choice for the cross connection and backflow industry. tokay.com