Hydroinnova LLC

Hydroinnova LLC is a woman-owned small business registered to receive federal awards since October 2010. The company specializes in developing and supplying advanced soil moisture and snow water equivalent measurement technologies for environmental monitoring applications. Hydroinnova LLC provides innovative sensors and equipment to federal agencies, primarily focusing on soil moisture probes, snow water equivalent sensors, and related accessories. These technologies support critical research and operational needs in agriculture, water resource management, and climate monitoring.

Through federal contracts, Hydroinnova LLC has supplied specialized environmental monitoring equipment to various civilian agencies. In July 2023, the company was awarded a $52,300 firm fixed price purchase order by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to provide Hydroinnova CRS2000 soil moisture probes and accessories for use at the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. This contract was designated as a total small business set-aside. Additionally, in July 2022, Hydroinnova LLC received a $36,000 purchase order from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to supply three SnowFox snow water equivalent sensors with cables for the National Water & Climate Center in Portland, Oregon. These contract awards demonstrate Hydroinnova LLC's capability to provide cutting-edge environmental monitoring equipment to support federal research and operational needs in soil moisture and snow water measurements.

Hydroinnova LLC has also engaged in federally funded research and development through grant awards. In February 2024, the company was awarded a $623,849.55 cooperative agreement grant by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting program. This 2.5-year project aims to demonstrate and deploy improved methods for measuring snow water equivalent, a challenging environmental parameter to measure accurately. Hydroinnova LLC will develop, test, and validate two novel snow water equivalent sensors: a cosmic ray muon detector and a cosmic ray neutron detector. These sensors offer advantages such as small-footprint estimates, easy installation and maintenance, and low environmental impact compared to conventional methods. The project also involves developing algorithms to convert sensor responses into snow water equivalent measurements and comparing them to alternative monitoring techniques. This grant award highlights Hydroinnova LLC's role in advancing environmental monitoring technologies through federally funded research and development initiatives.