Coasts, rivers and farmland,

adapted and measured

8 sites · 4 countries

Since 2019

8 sites · 4 countries

Since 2019

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A stone town hall facing a small harbour at blue hour in the rain

( Public sector

Bought like infrastructure,

reported like a public service.

Cities, water agencies and county councils buy our work through frameworks, tenders or monitoring lots. Every contract names the number we answer to.

A stone town hall facing a small harbour at blue hour in the rain

( Public sector

Bought like infrastructure,

reported like a public service.

Cities, water agencies and county councils buy our work through frameworks, tenders or monitoring lots. Every contract names the number we answer to.

( How we are bought

Three routes,
the same reporting at the end.

01

Framework agreement

Call us site by site for four years, with prices fixed at signature.

4 years · from €250k per call-off

02

Open tender

One project, one tender, works and ten years of monitoring in separate lots.

From €1.5 M · 3 lots

03

Monitoring-only lot

Keep your own works contractor and hire us to measure the result.

10 years · from €38k a year

( Agreements

Four public partners,
four signed indicators.

AGREEMENT PA-2021-033

2021–2031

City of Port-Aven

Coastal works and ten-year monitoring, Port-Aven harbour front

Contract indicator

Peak flood depth at the quay under 0.80 m for a 1-in-100 event.

Last reading 0.71 m · within

“They gave us one number to hold them to, and they publish it every month.”

Anne-Laure Kervella

AGREEMENT LV-2022-114

2022–2032

Lône-Vire Water Agency

Flood storage, headwater works and catchment monitoring

Contract indicator

Peak flow at gauge V-07 at least 20 % below the 2001 rating for the same rainfall.

Last flood −27 % · within

“We bought storage we can measure, not a promise about the next flood.”

Marc Delorme

AGREEMENT KH-2023-008

2023–2033

Kesterhaven Water Board

Managed realignment and saltmarsh behind the outer dike

Contract indicator

Wave height at the dike toe reduced by at least 30 % in a 1-in-10 storm.

Last storm −38 % · within

“The marsh does the work the dike used to do alone. We can see it in the wave readings.”

Pieter Hoekstra

AGREEMENT BC-2024-051

2024–2034

Ballycarrow County Council

Estuary setback levee and quay monitoring

Contract indicator

Peak water level at the quay at least 0.40 m below the 2019 reference event.

Last reading −0.62 m · within

“The town stopped sandbagging the quay. That is the number people here care about.”

Siobhán Rourke

( In every contract

Five clauses
we sign every time.

01

A named indicator

One number, with its threshold, written into the contract.

02

A monthly public report

Raw readings and method, published on your site and ours.

03

An annual outside review

A reviewer the buyer can choose, paid by us.

04

An open data licence

The readings belong to the buyer and stay open.

05

Ten years of sensors

Maintenance, calibration and replacement included.

( Questions

From procurement teams.

How can a public body buy from Breakwater?

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What indicator does the contract name?

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Who owns the sensor data?

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What happens after the ten years of monitoring?

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A new estuary levee set back behind a breached old levee and young saltmarsh at Ballycarrow

( Public team

Talk to our public team,

before the tender is written.

We help you write an indicator you can hold us to.

A new estuary levee set back behind a breached old levee and young saltmarsh at Ballycarrow

( Public team

Talk to our public team,

before the tender is written.

We help you write an indicator you can hold us to.

The water is already on its way.

We decide where it stops.

Contact

Quai de la Fosse, Nantes

Maaskade, Rotterdam

Breakwater

© 2026 Breakwater (demo company). Illustrative figures.

Port-Aven tide gauge

+2.31 m NGF · rising · 18:42 UTC

The water is already on its way.

We decide where it stops.

Contact

Quai de la Fosse, Nantes

Maaskade, Rotterdam

Breakwater

© 2026 Breakwater (demo company). Illustrative figures.

Port-Aven tide gauge

+2.31 m NGF · rising · 18:42 UTC

The water is already on its way.

We decide where it stops.

Contact

Quai de la Fosse, Nantes

Maaskade, Rotterdam

Breakwater

© 2026 Breakwater (demo company). Illustrative figures.

Port-Aven tide gauge

+2.31 m NGF · rising · 18:42 UTC

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