Qingdao Headwaters Technology Co.,Ltd
A Dedicated Practitioner in Online Water Flow Monitoring Technology
Founded in 1999, Qingdao Headwaters Technology Co.,Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Headwaters) has been engaged in the R&D and application of online water flow monitoring technology for 27 years. It is a National High Tech Enterprise, Shandong Gazelle Enterprise, Shandong Specialized, Refined, Differential and Innovative Enterprise, Key Enterprise of Shandong Water Saving Industry, and Manufacturer of Shandong First Set Technical Equipment. It also holds titles including Qingdao Industrial Leading Talent Team, Qingdao “One Enterprise, One Technology” R&D Center, and Key Technology Research Enterprise for Qingdao International Science and Technology Cooperation Projects. Its self developed flow measuring equipment has been listed in the Catalogue of Key Promoted Advanced and Practical Water Conservancy Technologies for 2021 and 2024 respectively.
Headwaters serves as a council member of the 4th Council of the China Agricultural Water Saving Association, Chairman unit of Qingdao Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Chamber of Commerce, and committee member of the Hydraulic Measurement Technical Committee under the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society.
Headwaters is a principal drafter of multiple national and association standards, such as the national standard GB/T 35717 2024 Measurement of Flow in Hydraulic Turbines, Storage Pumps and Pump Turbines — Ultrasonic Time of Flight Method, and the association standard Specification for Acoustic Time Difference Flow Measurement issued by the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society.
The company has won numerous awards: the Third Prize of the 2025 China Agricultural Water Saving Science and Technology Award, the First Prize of Science and Technology Innovation (provincial ministerial level) issued by the China Council for the Promotion of Science and Technology Industrialization in 2024, and the First Prize of Science and Technology Award (provincial ministerial level) of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission in 2023.
Headwaters provides advanced and reliable measurement technologies and services for drought resistance and disaster prevention projects, covering pipe culvert metering, plain river networks, open channel water conveyance and mountain flood measurement. Its products are deployed nationwide and exported overseas. Representative projects range from the Nandujiang Water Diversion Project in Hainan Province in southern China and the Jixi Qitaihe Water Supply Project in northern China, to the Qingcaosha Raw Water Project in Shanghai in eastern China and the Chongbayongcuo Reservoir in Xizang in western China. Major landmark projects include the East Middle Route of the South to North Water Diversion Project, the Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project, the Three Gorges Power Station, and the Jiaxing South Drainage Main River Flow Measurement Project. Overseas references include Vietnam’s Son La Hydropower Station and Türkiye’s Kzbuku Hydropower Station.
Headwaters holds 16 Chinese invention patents and one United States patent. It has independently developed the QWSonic 1317 Ultrasonic Imaging Ultrasonic Flowmeter, which pioneers three dimensional flow field monitoring technology; the QWSonic 4317 Integrated Acoustic Time Difference Current Meter, a world first innovation; and the QWSonic 5317 Wave Recognition Ultrasonic Flowmeter, applied for online flow measurement in natural river channels up to 1000 meters wide. Its remote online maintenance technology cuts operation and maintenance costs while simplifying equipment installation and operation.
Headwaters has built and commissioned a world class large pipe dynamic water and large open channel flow laboratory in the Qingdao Lingang Economic Demonstration Zone. Covering a total area of 33,125 m², this experimental center integrates calibration, inspection, testing, R&D and office functions. It houses world class facilities for online dynamic water flow inspection and calibration: the test facility is 85.2 m long and 36.2 m wide, occupying 3084 m². Its open channel test section reaches a maximum width of 7 m, and its pipe test section accommodates a maximum pipe diameter of DN3000.
Headwaters — Measuring All Waters. We strive for China’s water quantity measurement industry and advance global water measurement technologies.
