Hydrique Engineers

What Hydrique Engineers does

Hydrique Engineers is a privately held Swiss engineering consultancy founded in 2006 by Philippe Heller and Frédéric Jordan, both holding PhDs in hydraulics, and headquartered in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne. The firm provides specialised modelling and forecasting services for water infrastructure across four product lines: hydropower forecasting, flood forecasting and early warning, wastewater digital twins, and bespoke hydraulic/sediment/lake engineering. Technology is built on a foundation of hydrological and hydraulic numerical modelling augmented with machine learning and artificial intelligence, real-time sensor and weather data integration, and digital-twin architectures; outputs are delivered through web platforms, mobile apps, and multi-channel alert systems (SMS, email).

Hydrique serves three primary customer segments: European hydropower operators and energy utilities (Alpiq, EDF, CNR, Wien Energie, Axpo, Salzburg AG, AET, Groupe E), cantonal and municipal government agencies responsible for flood risk management (Cantons of Bern, Nidwalden, Fribourg, Valais, Geneva, Vaud; Grand Chambéry; Haut Rhin), and urban wastewater utilities and municipalities (SIG, GVRZ, Lausanne, Veolia, Winterthur). Its scale claims include hydropower forecasts supporting roughly 2 million people, flood forecasts protecting about 5 million, and wastewater digital twins serving around 3 million.

The firm operates from four offices (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Winterthur, Biel/Bienne in Switzerland; Lyon in France) and generates revenue through a blend of recurring forecasting subscriptions and project-based engineering consultancy, with disclosed project values ranging from CHF 0.3 million for river restoration work to CHF 5 million for dam sedimentation studies. The Geneva harbour/beach project carries a total value of CHF 100 million, reflecting the broader project scale rather than Hydrique's fee. No external funding rounds, M&A, or public-market events are disclosed; the company remains founder-controlled.

Name

Hydrique Engineers

Legal name

Hydrique Ingénieurs sàrl

Website

https://hydrique.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hydropower Operations, Maintenance & Refurbishment (R&M/Life Extension) (EUACAEAG)

Keywords

• Hydrology consulting services
• Hydropower forecasting
• Flood early warning
• Wastewater digital twin
• Hydraulic engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Mont-sur-lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Specialized engineering consultancy for sediment management, lake hydraulics, harbor/beach design, flood hazard mapping, and river restoration. Revenue is project-based, with disclosed project amounts ranging from CHF 0.3 million to CHF 100 million.
2. Forecasting and Monitoring Subscriptions: Ongoing hydropower, flood, and wastewater forecasting services delivered through web platforms, mobile apps, and alert systems. Services include real-time monitoring, data access portals, and model refinement, suggesting recurring service contracts with clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Hydrique Engineers is a Swiss engineering consultancy that delivers specialised hydrology and hydraulics services, including hydropower inflow and production forecasting, flood forecasting and early warning systems, real-time wastewater digital twins, and bespoke hydraulic engineering consultancy (sediment management, lake hydraulics, harbour design, river restoration). Services are powered by numerical modelling combined with machine learning/AI and real-time sensor data integration, and are delivered to utilities, governments, and municipalities primarily across Switzerland and France.

Product overview

Hydrique Engineers operates as a unified services firm offering four core product lines: Hydropower Forecasts (covering Reservoir Inflow Prediction, Hydrological Forecasts for Hydropower, and Real-Time Hydropower Monitoring), Flood Forecasts (covering Flood Warning System, Real-Time and Flash-Flood Alerts, and Early Warning System), Wastewater Digital Twins (covering Wastewater Analytics, Wastewater Network Solutions, and Sewer System Optimisation), and Engineering: Sediment / Lakes / Hydraulics. All four services share a common technological foundation: real-time data integration, advanced numerical modelling, machine learning/artificial intelligence, and expert analysis. Forecasts are delivered through accessible platforms (mobile apps, web maps, SMS/email alerts). The portfolio is entirely service-based, not licensed as standalone software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hydropower Forecasts Advanced hydropower forecasting combining real-time hydrology, numerical modelling, machine learning/AI, and water resource management expertise to predict river flows, reservoir levels, and energy production potential. Delivers 15-day predictions refreshed hourly via web platforms, mobile apps, and SMS/email alerts. Serves hydropower operators and energy utilities.
• Flood Forecasts Flood forecasting integrating advanced technology, hydrological and hydraulic modelling, and machine learning to predict flood occurrence, magnitude, timing, and duration for risk management. Includes flood warning, real-time and flash-flood alerts, and early warning system components. Serves government agencies and municipalities.
• Wastewater Digital Twins Real-time numerical models of wastewater sewer systems connected to sensors, predicting sewer flows, treatment plant inflows, and storm overflow behaviour. Enables automated optimisation of urban water management with forecasts up to 10 days ahead refreshed every 10 minutes. Serves wastewater utilities and municipalities.
• Engineering: Sediment / Lakes / Hydraulics Specialised engineering consultancy for harbour and beach design (e.g. Geneva Port-Plage des Eaux-Vives), inundation maps, sediment management for dams, alluvial dynamics, river restoration, and flood hazard mapping. Includes 1D/2D/3D hydraulic simulations and sediment transport modelling. Project sizes range from CHF 0.3M to CHF 100M.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hydropower forecasts boost clean energy for 2 million people
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Ramboll: Ramboll is a global engineering consultancy with significant water, climate adaptation, and flood resilience practices serving municipal and utility clients across Europe.
• AFRY (formerly Pöyry): AFRY is a global engineering consultancy with a large hydropower and water-management practice, providing overlapping services to utilities and dam operators similar to Hydrique's customers.
• WSP: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with water and environment practices addressing flood management, hydropower, and water utilities, comparable to Hydrique at a much larger scale.
• Norconsult: Norconsult is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy covering water, hydropower, and flood risk management, comparable to Hydrique's consulting portfolio.
• Tractebel (Engie): Tractebel is a large engineering consultancy with deep hydropower and water expertise, serving many of the same European utility clients that Hydrique serves.

Others

• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia is both a customer and a potential competitor/partner in the wastewater and broader water infrastructure space, with significant digital water initiatives that intersect with Hydrique's wastewater digital twin offering.

Emerging players

• Hydrogrid: Hydrogrid is a software-first hydropower optimization company offering AI-driven forecasting and dispatch optimization, an emerging competitor to Hydrique's hydropower forecasting for similar utility customers.

Direct peers

• Stucky (Gruner): Stucky is a Swiss engineering consultancy specializing in hydropower, dams, hydraulics, and water resources, with a comparable client base and project portfolio to Hydrique's engineering and forecasting services.
• DHI Water & Environment: DHI is a global leader in hydrology, hydraulics, and water-environment modelling software (MIKE suite) and consulting, directly overlapping Hydrique's numerical modelling and forecasting offerings for utilities and governments.
• KISTERS: KISTERS provides hydrology, hydrometeorology, and water-forecasting software platforms for utilities and public agencies, directly comparable to Hydrique's hydropower and flood forecasting products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HydriqueCH
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hydrique

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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