your board asks for a “water security plan.”
your team shows a slide: more wells, more storage tanks, a bigger treatment plant.
then the drought hits. the aquifer drops. the river turns into a schedule.
that’s the mistake: treating water like a product you deliver, instead of a system you maintain.
what “water abundance” actually is
water abundance isn’t rainfall. it’s storage + slow release.
it’s the capacity of landscapes to hold water in:
- wetlands and floodplains
- soils (especially living, organic soils)
- aquifers
- headwater forests and riparian corridors
when those stores are healthy, water arrives gradually. baseflows last longer. wells recover. treatment plants work with cleaner inputs.
why engineered water security fails under stress
pipes move water. they don’t create it.
the hard failure mode is simple: when storage is degraded, every drought becomes an emergency procurement event.
you can buy rights. drill deeper. build bigger. but if the landscape can’t store water, costs compound:
| what breaks | what you pay for |
|---|---|
| groundwater declines | deeper wells, new sources, legal fights |
| flashy runoff | flood damage + lost recharge |
| degraded headwaters | higher treatment costs + more variability |
| dry soils | crop losses + wildfire risk |
water abundance is the upstream asset that makes the rest of the system affordable.
the investable lever: recharge and retention
this is where nature-based infrastructure wins.
restoring wetlands, protecting floodplains, repairing peat hydrology, rebuilding soil carbon, and maintaining riparian buffers all do the same core job: keep water in the system longer.
it’s not charity. it’s capex.
ensuring water abundance
the water abundance coin is a funding mechanism for the real assets that create water security—and the people who steward them.
initial supply and ongoing trading fees fund the water-abundance.ensurance pool:
- water-abundance.ensurance pool
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trading generates ensurance proceeds—ongoing flows that can support long-horizon protection and restoration of water storage systems.
participate
if you want your capital pointed at water security where it starts—storage—begin here: