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Why Hydrata

Engineers spend roughly 68% of flood modeling project time on setup and data processing (mesh generation, boundary definition, friction mapping, DEM preprocessing). Only about 8% is spent actually running simulations. Hydrata addresses the 68%, not just the 8%.

The Problem

Flood model setup is the most time-consuming task in hydraulic engineering. It relies on repetitive manual work and subjective decision-making. If a mesh is regenerated, all hand editing is lost. Models live as files on individual machines with no version control, no collaboration, and no audit trail.

Meanwhile, ANUGA, one of the most capable 2D solvers available, has been locked behind a Python scripting interface for 20 years. Excellent physics, near-zero accessibility for practicing engineers.

What Hydrata Does Differently

Traditional Workflow Hydrata
Convert DEM in GIS, export, import to model Upload DEM directly, Hydrata handles projection and tiling
Define boundaries in separate tools Draw boundaries in the browser on your terrain data
Hand-edit mesh in desktop software Mesh generated from your DEM and region definitions
Run simulation on local hardware Submit to cloud compute, results in minutes
Post-process in GIS, format for reports Results published as OGC WMS layers, shareable via URL
Email model files to colleagues Team works on the same project, every change tracked

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