Omar
Co-Founder & CEO
An engineer and manufacturing leader whose long interest in marine life drives a commitment to practical conservation.
FLOW FOR TOMORROW
Healthier waters. A better tomorrow.
Bringing engineering, technology, business, and community together to protect rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Our purpose
Clean water connects us.
Healthy rivers, lakes and oceans support wildlife, livelihoods and the communities that live beside them. When water is polluted, the effects travel: downstream, along the coast and into daily life.
Flow for Tomorrow is a clean-water conservation initiative. We aim to support locally grounded conservation, especially where resources are limited, and to contribute toward clean-water access for communities that need it.
Read our missionThree connected environments
One water cycle, three places to care for it.
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Where water meets the city
Rivers program
Rivers gather everything that happens on the land around them. We want to help communities understand and care for their rivers, from headwaters to mouth.
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Still waters, long memories
Lakes & Wetlands program
Lakes and wetlands hold water, wildlife and livelihoods in place, and they respond slowly to what flows in. Careful monitoring and stewardship matter most here.
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Where every river ends
Oceans & Coasts program
Coasts receive what rivers carry and what ocean currents bring. Understanding both is the first step toward cleaner shores.
Where we may focus
Four regions where we want to learn first.
These are proposed focus regions. Each one begins with research, listening and the expertise of people who already know these waters.
- South AsiaA river that runs through one of the world's largest cities, and the people working to protect it.
- East and Southern AfricaCity rivers, a great lake and a rich island coast, from the Indian Ocean to the African highlands.
- West AfricaRivers that cross fast-growing cities on their way to the Gulf of Guinea.
- Atlantic IslandsVolcanic islands in the open Atlantic, where ocean-borne litter reaches even uninhabited shores.
Proposed focus regions
The founders
Four co-founders, one shared aim.
Engineering, business, development and technology experience from the United States and India, brought together around healthier waters.
Evan Rosborough
Co-Founder & CPO
A business and healthcare professional rooted in Lake County, Ohio, and a decorated wrestler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor.
Vikas Bhatti
Co-Founder & Chief Environmental Officer
A technology and business leader with more than twenty years of international experience, based in India.
How we intend to work
Understand. Collaborate. Act. Measure.
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Understand
Start with needs assessment: what water and sanitation challenges exist, who is already working on them and what evidence is available.
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Collaborate
Local expertise leads. We offer skills and support to local organizations, researchers and communities, and we follow their direction.
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Act
Where invited, offer practical help such as monitoring tools, surveys, equipment and organization.
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Measure
Report openly on what we do and what we learn, including what does not work.
Impact
Our First-Year Goals
Goals, not results
These are the goals we have set for our first year of ocean monitoring. They are not results, and no testing has started. As measurements are verified, they will appear here with their methods and limits.
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6Goal
Coastal monitoring stations to establish local water-quality baselines.
Completed station visits divided by scheduled visits
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72Goal
Scheduled monitoring visits to track conditions throughout the year.
Six stations sampled monthly
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12Goal
Coral survey plots documented quarterly to measure reef condition.
Fixed plots photographed with consistent methods
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95%Goal
Monitoring uptime targeted through preventive maintenance and equipment checks.
Valid recording hours divided by scheduled hours
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30Goal
Trained volunteers supporting consistent field sampling and documentation.
Volunteers completing practical sampling training
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4Goal
Public progress reports sharing findings, improvements and lessons learned.
Reports published with methods and limitations
Illustrative stock media. Not a Flow for Tomorrow project.
Working alongside others
Building meaningful collaborations.
Many organizations are already protecting water and habitat. We intend to work alongside locally active organizations, learn from their experience and support what they ask for.
Our directory lists organizations to explore. It is informational and does not claim any partnership.
Organizations to explore
Bring your expertise to the next chapter.
If you work on water, habitat, engineering, technology, business or community development, we would like to hear from you.
Get in touch