About HydroMap LLC
A Utah-based engineering consultancy for the water sector.
HydroMap LLC is a specialized engineering and software consultancy working at the intersection of GIS, hydrology, and software development. For more than twenty years, HydroMap has delivered technical tools, research infrastructure, and expert consulting for federal agencies, international programs, utilities, research groups, and private industry.
HydroMap was founded in 2002 and incorporated as HydroMap LLC in the State of Utah in 2026. The firm maintains long-standing collaborations with leading water-resources research groups and partners with an established network of engineering, academic, and legal specialists on a project-by-project basis.
HydroMap LLC
Lehi, Utah · United States
Est. 2002
Who runs HydroMap
Daniel P. Ames, PhD
Owner/Operator · Civil & Environmental Engineering
HydroMap LLC is owned and operated by Daniel P. Ames, who holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and has spent more than two decades building water-data software — hydrologic information systems, open-source GIS, and operational data services used by federal agencies, utilities, and research groups on four continents.
He writes the code as well as the proposals. Every Data Watch in the HydroMap Network — the live dashboards for the Great Salt Lake, Lake Powell, Lake Mead, the Dead Sea, and the rest — is his own work, built directly on public agency data feeds and published with the sources visible on the page.
Dr. Ames is also a professor of Civil and Construction Engineering at Brigham Young University, where he leads research in hydroinformatics and open-source water modeling. HydroMap LLC is an independent private practice: it is not affiliated with, funded by, or endorsed by Brigham Young University.
Our Story
Two decades of water-sector engineering.
HydroMap founded
Daniel P. Ames founded HydroMap in Utah as a specialized consulting practice focused on GIS, hydrology, and engineering software.
Federal & academic partnerships
Built long-running collaborations with the U.S. EPA Office of Research & Development, RTI International, Dewberry, and CUAHSI on open-source GIS and hydrologic information systems.
Hydroinformatics at scale
Expanded into operational water data services, National Water Model integration, and international water resources work including UN-FAO groundwater programs.
Software expert witness practice
Formalized an expert witness practice in software patent and GIS/hydrology technology litigation.
Incorporated as HydroMap LLC
Formally incorporated in the State of Utah as HydroMap LLC to support continued growth in software development and water-resources consulting.
Selective engagements
We take on a limited number of projects each year so that every engagement gets the depth of attention it deserves.
Research-grade rigor
Our work is grounded in the open literature and in decades of applied experience delivering tools that agencies use in production.
Open by default
Wherever possible we deliver open-source software and open data products so the broader water community benefits from the work.