HydroSphereAI Selected as Finalist for New Tech Award - Water Canada Awards
Aquanty is proud to announce that our latest innovation — HydroSphereAI — has been selected as a finalist for the New Tech Award at the 2025 Water Canada Awards.
HydroSphereAI (HSAI) continues to push the boundaries of innovation in the Canadian water sector. Built to address the challenges of a changing climate, HSAI leverages artificial intelligence to improve streamflow forecasting, especially in data-poor and ungauged watersheds where traditional methods fall short. With climate change altering snowmelt timing, increasing rainfall-dominant runoff, and rendering historical rainfall-runoff patterns less reliable, HSAI offers a forward-looking solution.
HydroSphereAI seeks to fill the resource gap for streamflow forecasting technology and techniques, which are currently only available with a patchwork of programs across the country mainly servicing urban centers. Trained on a comprehensive database with a wide range of watershed attributes, HydroSphereAI is readily deployable in watersheds of all types around Canada and the world. And since HSAI is easily scalable, it represents a low-cost solution that can provide a baseline for hydrologic forecasting in communities across all regions of Canada including small, remote, Northern and Indigenous communities where traditional streamflow forecasting technology has been too difficult to deploy.
Currently in active beta testing with Conservation Ontario, HydroSphereAI is already being used to enhance decision-making across Ontario. With more than 460 forecast stations already online in Ontario and thousands more under review and ready to be deployed across Canada, we’re continuously expanding the platform’s reach and capabilities.
This year’s nomination reflects the continued evolution of HydroSphereAI and its potential to transform water forecasting for the better. By combining real-time data processing with artificial intelligence, we’re unlocking more resilient, more responsive, and more equitable water resource tools for all Canadians.
HydroSphereAI is just one part of Aquanty’s broader effort to support Canadian leadership in integrated water resource management. As we expand our platform across the country, we remain committed to delivering technologies that make a real impact in the face of climate uncertainty.
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Interested in learning more?
Watch the recording of our recent webinar, "HydroSphereAI: Next-Generation Hydrological Forecasting & AI-Driven Insights for a Changing Climate", in this session we dive into how cutting-edge machine learning approaches are transforming streamflow prediction and hydrological forecasting across Canada.
Or review our latest case study evaluating HydroSphereAI performance during the spring freshet: “HydroSphereAI Case Study: Sauble River at Allenford — Spring Melt 2025“