Welcome

Who We Are

Our mission is to strengthen water-level monitoring across the Chesapeake Bay region by deploying a cost-effective, scalable sensor network. By expanding real-time data coverage, we aim to improve coastal resilience and enhance flood-risk alert capabilities for communities that need it most. The project incorporates input from community, county, and regional stakeholders, prioritizing high flood-risk areas that currently lack sufficient monitoring infrastructure.

Support for this work comes from the University of Maryland’s Grand Challenges program, which unites the Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Geography, and Geology; the Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program; and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center as part of the Maryland Climate Resilience Network. In addition, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) has committed support to help expand Hydronet throughout the region, including coastal bays and river systems within the broader Chesapeake Bay watershed.

If you’d like to learn more about the Hydronet, please reach out to Tim Canty
(tcanty@umd.edu).