LabWare Introduces LabWare WATER: A Comprehensive Compliance Solution for Municipal Water Utilities
On September 28, 2026, LabWare®, a prominent player in laboratory informatics, announced the launch of its latest innovation, LabWare WATER. This modern cloud-based compliance management solution is specifically designed for municipal water utilities, aimed at simplifying the complexities associated with water quality compliance.
Addressing Compliance Challenges in Water Utilities
Municipal water utilities face increasing regulatory demands amid limited resources. With LabWare WATER, these utilities can streamline their sampling, testing, compliance documentation, and regulatory reporting processes all through one SaaS platform. Chris Drillenburg, the Solution Owner for LabWare WATER, stated, "Water utilities face increasing regulatory demands while working with limited resources. LabWare WATER gives utilities an affordable, purpose-built solution that helps teams spend less time managing paperwork and more time protecting the communities they serve."
By integrating various crucial components into a single platform, LabWare WATER enhances visibility across the compliance lifecycle for environmental laboratories and regulatory testing organizations. This reduces the administrative burdens typically associated with using spreadsheets, paper records, and disconnected systems.
Features of LabWare WATER
LabWare WATER is designed to support various compliance workflows tailored to the needs of utilities that conduct in-house tests, outsource samples to contract laboratories, or employ a hybrid testing approach. Its features include:
- - Sampling Schedule Planning: Utilities can plan sampling schedules according to monthly, quarterly, annual, and event-triggered needs.
- - Chain-of-Custody Documentation: When collecting samples, users can ensure complete chain-of-custody documentation, labeling, and field instructions are followed.
- - Sample Tracking: The solution allows for the tracking of samples through in-house or contract laboratory testing workflows.
- - Result Review and Management: Users can review test results and promptly identify exceedances, missing results, overdue samples, and upcoming deadlines.
- - Centralized Reporting: Rather than manually consolidating spreadsheets and files, utilities can generate reports using centralized information.
- - Easy Access to Historical Data: LabWare WATER provides rapid access to historical records, laboratory results, chain-of-custody documentation, and audit-ready reports, enabling utilities to demonstrate compliance more efficiently.
Benefits for Utilities
By consolidating all aspects of compliance management into one system, LabWare WATER helps eliminate duplicate data entry, reduce reliance on spreadsheets, enhance traceability, and offer greater visibility into compliance programs. Furthermore, it expands LabWare’s growing portfolio of SaaS solutions that are designed to accelerate deployment, mitigate implementation risks, and lower barriers to entry while still maintaining the flexibility and scalability expected from LabWare’s technology.
"Many small and mid-sized utilities recognize the need to modernize compliance processes but struggle to justify the complexity and cost of traditional enterprise systems," Drillenburg added. LabWare WATER presents a practical solution that allows these utilities to become audit-ready, reduce administrative workloads, and redirect their resources toward ensuring safe and reliable water service for their communities.
Industry Debut at WEFTEC 2026
LabWare WATER will make its official debut at the WEFTEC 2026 event in New Orleans, where attendees can engage with live demonstrations at Booth #8612. LabWare experts will walk participants through how the solution can modernize compliance workflows, enhance operational efficiency, and adeptly handle evolving regulatory frameworks.
For more information about LabWare WATER, visit
www.labware.com/WATER.
About LabWare
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, LabWare provides laboratory informatics solutions that aid organizations in improving quality, maintaining compliance, increasing productivity, and accelerating digital transformation. With solutions employed in over 125 countries, LabWare's commitment to innovation, integration, and customer success continues to drive its growth in laboratory and compliance operations worldwide.