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Disclaimer: submissions must be received by 5 pm (MST) on Wednesday for inclusion in that Friday’s newsletter. Please note that in the summer months, the newsletter transitions to a bi-weekly schedule. Additionally, due to space limitations, submission of a water news item / calendar announcement / water job or opportunity does not guarantee it will be included in the Weekly Wave. We will do our best to include all suitable submissions.
- Jan 25: U of A Campus Sustainability Fund Annual Grant – Application Deadline
- Jan 26: Water Education Foundation’s 2026 Colorado River Water Leaders Program – Application Deadline
- Jan 28: Darcy Lecture feat. Steven Loheide (in person)
- Jan 29: The Water Below: A Community Dialogue
- Jan 30: “Water” Journal Special Issue: Working Across Borders to Address Water Scarcity – Submission Deadline
- Feb 4: Darcy Lecture Hosted by AHS Phoenix: Groundwater Recharge Regimes Are in Flux (Steven Loheide)
- Feb 5: ADEQ Virtual Stakeholder Meeting – Yuma PM10 Draft AgBMP Rule Amendments
- Feb 6: AWRA 2026 Geospatial Water Technology Conference: Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies – Abstract Submission Deadline
- Feb 10: WRRC Water Webinar Featuring Charles R. Stack, Vice-President, CTO, NeoChloris, Inc. – Save the Date!
- Feb 10: Running on Empty: Facing Water Scarcity Across the Southwest – Session 2: Featuring Michael Crimmins, Climate Scientist, University of AZ
- Feb 10: Public Hearing and Arizona Water Protection Fund Grant Application Guidelines Request for Comments
- Feb 10: AHS Tucson Chapter Meeting: Continuous Monitoring of an Earth Fissure in Chino, California—A Management Tool
- Feb 11: The Cyborg Watershed of the American West: A Jones Studio Grand Challenges Lecture feat. Lauren Bon
- Feb 12: WRRC 22nd Annual Chocolate Fest
- Feb 15: Native Voices in Film Screening: The Return of Navajo Boy, an Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival and PBS
- Feb 16: AAWWA Wine, Women & Water Welcome Reception
- Feb 17–18: AAWWA Annual Meeting + Yuma Tour: Experience Arizona Agriculture & Water in Real Life
- Feb 19: Issues and Opportunities at Bartlett Dam: Exploring Impacts (Featuring Haley Paul, Senior Director for Policy, Audubon Southwest) – WRRC Co-sponsored Event
- Feb 19: Women Advancing River Research Webinar – “Troubled waters: Hidden challenges for water quality”
- Feb 26: Santa Cruz River Research Days: A Watershed of Protection – Call for Abstracts!
- Mar 3–5: RiversEdge West 2026 Biennial Riparian Restoration Conference
- Mar 6: Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture feat. Michael Sukop (in person)
- Mar 10: Running on Empty: Facing Water Scarcity Across the Southwest – Session 3: Featuring Chairman Austin Nuñez, San Xavier District, Tohono O’odham Nation
- Mar 16: U of A ENVS Colloquium/Seminar on PFAS Featuring Sharon Udasin (3:00 pm MST) – Save the Date!
- Mar 26: Water Education Foundation’s Water 101 Workshop: The Basics & Beyond
- Mar 26: ENViSion 2026: Shaping Science Through Leadership: Policy Pathways for Environmental Innovation (Keynote Speaker: WRRC Director Sharon B Megdal)
- Mar 31–Apr 2: BSMAR 19 Symposium – Building Resiliency with MAR: Convey, Store and Deliver – Save the Date!
- Apr 3: David R. Maidment Award for Exemplary Contributions to Water Resources Data and Information Systems — Nomination Deadline
- Apr 14–15: WRRC 2026 Annual Conference: Water for Tech, Mining & Energy: Pathways to Arizona's Future – Save the Date!
- Apr 24: Call for Contributions: The Water We Want 2026 – Youth Prize Contest for Water Artwork – Submission Deadline
- Apr 28–30: Santa Cruz River Research Days: A Watershed of Protection – Save the Date!
- May 18–20: AWRA 2026 Geospatial Water Technology Conference: Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies
- Jun 1: Central Arizona Project Award for Water Research Call for Student Papers – Submission Deadline
- Jun 8–10: UCOWR/NIWR 2026 Annual Water Resources Conference
- Jun 22–25: A Meeting of Sacred Waters 2026: Remembering the Past into the Present – Save the Date!
- Sep 9–11: 2026 AHS Symposium – Save the Date!
- Oct 29: Water Education Foundation’s 42ⁿᵈ Annual Water Summit – Save the Date!
- Nov 9–11: AWRA 2026 Annual Water Resources Conference – Save the Date!
- Dec 2–4: 2026 United Nations Water Conference – Save the Date!