Photography offers a compelling way to express human connections with water and its beauty, power, and essential role in sustaining life. This theme was reflected at Planet Women’s 3rd Annual Women and Water Convening, which was held in Tuba City, Arizona, earlier this month and was attended by WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal and WRRC Associate Director Jamie McEvoy. The WRRC invites you to share your own visual interpretations of water by entering the WRRC 2025 Photo Contest: A World of Water.

The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) recently launched the Agriculture, Soil Health, and Water Efficiency Innovation Pilot Program, which will provide a source of funding for farmers and agricultural producers to collect data and implement water-focused soil health innovations in agriculture. The AZDA hopes this program will help bring novel technologies to Arizona that improve soil health and increase water efficiency in agriculture.

Planet Women’s 3rd Annual "Women and Water Convening" was held November 5–7, 2025, in Tuba City, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. This event brought together about 100 Indigenous women and allies committed to protecting and stewarding water across the Southwest. The convening provided a supportive and collaborative space for Indigenous women working in water to share experiences and strengthen partnerships.

A Water History Timeline and StoryMap of the Upper Verde River Watershed is now accessible on the WRRC website. The Timeline and StoryMap highlight how the Upper Verde River watershed, including its landscapes and communities, has changed from ancient times to the present. The project is part of the WRRC’s Water Research and Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems (Water RAPIDS) program. Since 2014, the Water RAPIDS program has been actively working with local, state, nonprofit, and federal partners on various projects.

On October 30, 2025, WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal participated as a panelist at the Patagonia-Sonoita-Elgin Rural Groundwater Resilience Workshop, which was held in Patagonia, Arizona.

While November generally brings cooler temperatures to Southern Arizona, U of A calendars have been heating up with events that highlight water.

The October 7, 2025, Irrigation Leader “Arizona Edition” featured an interview with U of A Professor Greg Barron-Gafford, who also serves as the Associate Director of the School Garden Workshop and Director of Food, Energy, and Water Resilience Solutions for Biosphere 2.

The November 2025 infrastructure issue of TREND Report focuses on water issues, with one section dedicated to “Water: Scarcity, Stability, Shaping Policy.”

With Halloween upon us, we thought our readers might enjoy learning about some spooky water stories that have been circulating on social media this month. While the bodies of water on this planet bring life and joy to many communities, they can also evoke fear.