NHDS Pilot Funding Recipients
Seven companies have been successful in receiving funding for Phase 2 of the NHDS.
| Company | Description | Funding Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Aquamonix (Vortex) | Vortex Micro Station - Your Tailored Flash Flooding Water Level Monitoring System The Vortex Micro Station is a cost-effective, low-maintenance, and reliable non-contact water level monitoring system tailored for flash flooding. This system delivers real-time data on multiple watercourse parameters, such as water surface height, surface velocity, surface temperature, and contextual day and night imagery and video. | $163,210 |
| Aquamonix (Waterview) | FloodCAM – Visual AI for Camera-Based Flood Monitoring FloodCAM uses advanced visual AI software providing real-time flood level monitoring. FloodCAM identifies and evaluates water levels against safety thresholds and instantly alerts users by delivering notifications with video clips or images of the detected conditions and can also independently trigger local speakers, flashing lights or signs. | $133,181 |
| Kablamo | Building a Trusted Citizen Intelligence Workflow The Hazards Near Me app will be enhanced to allow users to securely submit still images of hazards via intuitive, guided forms. Submissions will be ingested through a secure integration layer within agency software that turns publicly submitted images into validated, actionable emergency intelligence. | $350,000 |
| Kallipr | Spectra Water Level Sensors Spectra sensors are robust, cost-effective, radar-based water level sensors using low-profile vandal-resistant housings and battery system, allowing them to be powered for over a year. The units use multiple and redundant communication methods to send data in remote and regional areas to ensure reliable and accurate data collection. | $350,000 |
| NGIS | Virtual River Gauge Project This AI-powered flood intelligence pilot is combining cameras, gauges, rainfall, satellite and terrain data to deliver near real-time river heights, predictions and flood volumes to strengthen resilience during extreme events. | $350,000 |
| Silicon Vandals (Floodmate) | FloodMate: Building a Scalable, Self-Managed Flood Detection Network for Local Governments FloodMate is a low-cost flood detection system that provides real-time water level and water-over-road data at flood-prone road crossings. FloodMate units are self-installable in minutes on existing roadside infrastructure, enabling wide coverage across high-risk and remote locations to support safer road closure decisions, improved situational awareness, and emergency response. | $313,599 |
| Silicon Vandals (Samara) | Samara: Rapid Deployment of Real-Time Fuel Moisture Monitoring for Bushfire Resilience Samara is a low-cost sensor network that provides real-time fine fuel moisture and early bushfire detection data. Samara units can be deployed quickly by hand or aerially, enabling wide coverage across bushfire-prone and hard-to-access areas. Sensors record bushfire fuel moisture, temperature, humidity and early fire indicators, reporting the data live to agencies. | $310,841 |