Hohonu, a flood intelligence company transforming how communities monitor flooding, has been awarded a contract through the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) for Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) Technology Solution Products and Related Services. The contract makes Hohonu’s technology available through the Cooperative Contracts Program to eligible state agencies, local governments, higher education institutions, school districts, and other public entities across and outside of Texas.
The award marks another milestone for a company whose technology was born from partnerships with local communities and has grown into a nationally deployed FEWS supporting cities and counties across the country, including Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
“Hohonu began by solving local flooding challenges,” said Brian Glazer, CEO and Co-Founder of Hohonu. “Today, we’re proud to see innovation supporting communities nationwide. Texas faces some of the country’s greatest flood risks, and we’re excited to make it easier for agencies across the state to deploy FEWS that provide the real-time information needed to protect people, infrastructure, and local economies.”
Flooding remains the most common and costly natural disaster in the United States, yet many communities still lack local water-level observations and, in some cases, rely on tide predictions generated from gauges located dozens of miles away. Hohonu is addressing that gap by building “the nation’s flood observation network”—a distributed system of affordable, rapidly deployable water-level sensors providing data that can be integrated with any forecasting model on the market. The resulting data supports road closure decisions, emergency response, evacuation planning, infrastructure investments, public communications, and long-term resilience planning.
Unlike traditional monitoring networks that can leave large gaps in coverage, Hohonu’s rapidly deployable sensors can be installed where communities need them most—creating a scalable network of flood observations that improves situational awareness and strengthens local decision-making. As severe weather becomes more frequent and communities invest in resilience, these FEWS provide the real-time environmental intelligence needed to better protect lives, infrastructure, and economic activity.
“We’re building the information infrastructure communities need to become more resilient,” said Kevin Mukai, COO of Hohonu. “Every new community that joins the network strengthens our collective understanding of flooding and brings us closer to a nationwide Flood Early Warning System that helps communities prepare for the next storm instead of simply reacting to it.”
The contract with DIR represents an important step toward making Hohonu’s Flood Early Warning Systems more accessible to public agencies across one of America’s most flood-prone states. By streamlining procurement through the DIR Cooperative Contracts Program, eligible public entities can more easily deploy the technology needed to improve flood preparedness, emergency response, and long-term resilience.
