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2026-04-30
aquaBio, Adasa’s advanced system for continuous and automatic water quality monitoring, is now operational in Uruguay to strengthen microbiological monitoring of bathing waters and help Montevideo City Council improve water quality at its beaches.
In this way, aquaBio addresses an increasingly pressing need in Montevideo: to have more frequent, operational and useful microbiological data for decision-making regarding water quality at urban beaches.
Adasa’s solution for measuring microbiological water quality will at least double the estimated average number of analyses, rising from around 200 per season to around 600, whilst improving the timeliness of data availability for decision-making and public communication.
In an environment such as that of urban beaches, where public confidence depends on clear and up-to-date information, this technical improvement has a direct impact on public health, prevention and transparency.
From now on, Montevideo has advanced technology that provides continuous, automatic and autonomous information on bathing water quality, enhances its response capacity and minimises the health risks to users.
The ultimate aim of the public administration of the Uruguayan capital is to ensure that the water quality is safe for the intended uses and consumption.
aquaBio in the municipal water quality strategyThe deployment and commissioning of aquaBio forms part of the Montevideo Water Care Plan, one of the pillars of the Strategic Environmental Agenda 2025–2030. The plan positions water as a “strategic environmental infrastructure” for health, resilience and quality of life, and sets out a comprehensive strategy focused on the protection and restoration of the department’s water systems.
At the same time, it aims to strengthen public capacity in monitoring, urban drainage, waste management and ecosystem protection, as well as improving the availability of environmental information and promoting active citizen participation.
aquaBio and Montevideo’s water problemThe assessment by public officials in the country’s capital acknowledges the complexity of its water system — comprising urban catchments, rural watercourses, wetlands, lakes, groundwater and an extensive coastal strip — and highlights the pressures currently affecting water quality: urban growth, waste, polluting discharges and the effects of climate change.
aquaBio will help monitor the microbiological quality of water at beaches in a context marked by high levels of pollution and regulations requiring more frequent testing. This need ties in directly with Montevideo’s priorities regarding automated online monitoring, advanced coastal monitoring and the development of early warning systems.
Furthermore, the Montevideo City Council itself has announced progress in strengthening the system for assessing the suitability of bathing water and providing the public with more timely, robust and transparent environmental information, including the incorporation of data extracted from the information provided by aquaBio.
With this installation, Adasa is contributing to more robust, agile and transparent management of water quality in the coastal environment of the Uruguayan capital.
