About this site

Our mission

stopevaporation.com exists to be the most accurate, complete and fairly presented reference on water evaporation from open water bodies — the science, how to calculate it, its real-world impacts, and every practical method to reduce it. Our editorial promise is simple: you should be able to learn everything about evaporation here, including options that have nothing to do with our sponsor, and trust that it is accurate and fairly presented.

We hold ourselves to a clear order of priorities: accuracy → neutrality → user value → technical excellence. That means attributing every quantitative claim to a manufacturer or a cited study, distinguishing laboratory results from field results, presenting competing and natural methods on equal terms, and never overstating what any option can do.

How we keep it trustworthy

Attribution everywhere. Performance figures carry their source — "(AWTT)" for manufacturer data, the study name for field or lab data.
Fair coverage. Natural, low-cost and competing commercial methods are covered honestly, including their real advantages over modular floating covers.
Named authorship & review. Articles carry an author and, once reviewed, a named reviewer. Automated drafts are clearly marked and never publish without human review.
Open disclosure. Our commercial relationship is stated plainly, below and in the footer of every page.

Disclosure

stopevaporation.com is sponsored by AWTT (Advanced Water Treatment Technologies, Inc.) and features its Hexprotect® AQUA and Rhombo Hexoshield® covers where relevant. We are editorially independent: sponsorship funds the site but does not dictate our conclusions, we do our own research and product comparisons, and we'd welcome sponsors from across the field. Performance figures attributed to AWTT are the manufacturer's own, and we cover competing and natural methods on the same neutral, cited terms.

This site is sponsored by AWTT (Advanced Water Treatment Technologies, Inc.). We disclose that openly because trust — not concealment — is what makes a commercially-supported resource useful.

Sponsorship is not editorial control. We do our own research and our own product comparisons, we rely on independent field studies and peer-reviewed sources, and we would accept sponsorship from any company in the field on the same terms. AWTT does not approve our conclusions, and we cover competing and natural methods — including their genuine advantages over modular floating covers — on equal footing.

Our editorial promise is that you can learn everything about evaporation here, including methods that have nothing to do with AWTT, and trust that it is accurately and fairly presented. Product specifications come from manufacturers; where independent field or peer-reviewed data exists, we present it alongside and attribute every figure to its source.

AWTT's commercial and product information lives at awtti.com ; we link out to it rather than duplicating it here.

Our sponsor is Advanced Water Treatment Technologies, Inc. (AWTT) of Harlingen, TX. AWTT's commercial and product information lives at awtti.com; we link out to it rather than duplicating it here. We feature AWTT's Hexprotect® AQUA and Rhombo Hexoshield® covers where genuinely relevant — primarily within the modular-floating-cover category and on the evidence page — always alongside alternatives and always with manufacturer figures labelled as such.

Sponsorship is not editorial control. We do our own research and our own product comparisons, we rely on independent field studies and peer-reviewed sources, and AWTT does not approve our conclusions. The site is open to sponsorship from any company in the field on the same terms — being sponsored by AWTT today does not change how we cover anyone else.

We believe transparency is what makes a commercially-supported resource trustworthy. Concealing the relationship, fabricating "independent" reviews, or disparaging competitors would undermine the very thing that makes this site useful. So we don't.

Sponsor this site

Sponsorship funds the research, writing and upkeep behind this knowledge base. If your organisation works in water conservation, evaporation control or a related field and would like to support a neutral, cited reference — on the same editorially-independent terms described above — please get in touch.

Authorship note

Content currently carries placeholder authorship ("Editorial Team") pending assignment of named subject-matter experts and reviewers for full E-E-A-T. If you are a hydrologist, water engineer or researcher interested in contributing or reviewing, we'd like to hear from you — contact us.