A pre-film liquid fuel cartridge, comprising: a main body; a liquid fuel passage defined within the main body; a compressed air passage defined within the main body; a pre-film tip disposed at a downstream end portion of the pre-film liquid fuel cartridge, the pre-film tip having a forward end portion axially separated from an aft end portion and an inner side that extends therebetween, the inner side defining a pre-filming surface, wherein the pre-filming surface terminates at an emulsion atomizing shear edge; wherein the pre-film tip comprises: a plurality of liquid fuel injection ports in fluid communication with the liquid fuel passage; and a plurality of atomizing air injection ports in fluid communication with the compressed air passage; characterized in that the pre-film liquid fuel cartridge further comprises a water passage defined within the main body; the pre-film tip further comprises a plurality of water injection ports oriented tangentially through the pre-filming surface proximate to the forward end portion and in fluid communication with the water passage and an atomizing air shear edge defined radially outwardly from the atomizing air injection ports downstream from the emulsion atomizing shear edge, and in that the plurality of liquid fuel injection ports are oriented tangentially through the pre-filming surface 126) between the water injection ports and the emulsion atomizing shear edge and the plurality of atomizing air injection ports are axially oriented around the emulsion atomizing shear edge. a main body; a liquid fuel passage defined within the main body; a compressed air passage defined within the main body; a pre-film tip disposed at a downstream end portion of the pre-film liquid fuel cartridge, the pre-film tip having a forward end portion axially separated from an aft end portion and an inner side that extends therebetween, the inner side defining a pre-filming surface, wherein the pre-filming surface terminates at an emulsion atomizing shear edge; wherein the pre-film tip comprises: a plurality of liquid fuel injection ports in fluid communication with the liquid fuel passage; and a plurality of atomizing air injection ports in fluid communication with the compressed air passage; characterized in that the pre-film liquid fuel cartridge further comprises a water passage defined within the main body; the pre-film tip further comprises a plurality of water injection ports oriented tangentially through the pre-filming surface proximate to the forward end portion and in fluid communication with the water passage and an atomizing air shear edge defined radially outwardly from the atomizing air injection ports downstream from the emulsion atomizing shear edge, and in that the plurality of liquid fuel injection ports are oriented tangentially through the pre-filming surface 126) between the water injection ports and the emulsion atomizing shear edge and the plurality of atomizing air injection ports are axially oriented around the emulsion atomizing shear edge. a plurality of liquid fuel injection ports in fluid communication with the liquid fuel passage; and a plurality of atomizing air injection ports in fluid communication with the compressed air passage; characterized in that the pre-film liquid fuel cartridge further comprises a water passage defined within the main body; the pre-film tip further comprises a plurality of water injection ports oriented tangentially through the pre-filming surface proximate to the forward end portion and in fluid communication with the water passage and an atomizing air shear edge defined radially outwardly from the atomizing air injection ports downstream from the emulsion atomizing shear edge, and in that the plurality of liquid fuel injection ports are oriented tangentially through the pre-filming surface 126) between the water injection ports and the emulsion atomizing shear edge and the plurality of atomizing air injection ports are axially oriented around the emulsion atomizing shear edge.