Watershed-modeling-system Apr 2026

The history of WMS is a fascinating story of academic innovation intersecting with military and civil defense needs. 🎓 The Birth at BYU

In , WMS was put to the ultimate test in a real-world theater of operation. The Army Corps of Engineers used the software to model runoff and river behaviors in the Sava River basin in Bosnia to help stabilize infrastructure and predict flooding risks following regional conflict. 🏂 Defending the Olympics watershed-modeling-system

As the software became the gold standard for watershed analysis, the development team at BYU realized the system needed to grow beyond a university research lab. In , the core development team at EMRL officially spun off and incorporated as a private company called Aquaveo . To this day, Aquaveo continues to develop WMS in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, while paying royalties back to the engineering department at BYU. The history of WMS is a fascinating story

The software’s evolution took a major leap forward when it attracted the attention of the (COE). The COE funded the development heavily to create a standardized hydrologic modeling tool for defense and civil works. 🏂 Defending the Olympics As the software became