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Arizona Project WET is excited to introduce TWO new Outreach Coordinators on the Water Festival team, Michael Spaeth and Tamara Wells! Although they dock at the Tucson and Phoenix hubs respectively, you can find them implementing meaningful, water-focused, experiential, environmental education throughout Arizona.

On July 1, 2024, WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal submitted comments to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in response to their call for input to help government decision-making.

On January 22, 2025, university, agency, and industry water experts gathered in Albuquerque, NM, to discuss groundwater and agriculture. The University of California-Davis Agricultural Water Center hosted its 3rd Annual USDA/UC-Davis Project Symposium, Southwest Groundwater and Sustainable Agricultural Systems, which reported on research carried out within the multi-university project.

On Thursday, January 30, 2025, the WRRC kicked off its Spring 2025 Water Webinar series with an energizing webinar, Women and Water — Networking and Leading Across the Globe.

The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT), representing four distinct Tribes — the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo — and located along the Colorado River in La Paz County, are a significant

In connection with its proposed Assured Water Supply Ag-to-Urban program, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has developed an online dashboard offering visualizations of data to illustrate the program’s projected impacts.

This month, Tucson officials and the US Bureau of Reclamation signed an agreement to turn more wastewater into high-quality drinking water. The advanced water purification (AWP) facility, to be completed by late 2031, will be capable of treating 2.5 million gallons per day.

In the arid landscape of Arizona, water is not just a resource, it's a lifeline. The desert’s sparse water sources, such as rivers, springs, and man-made reservoirs, are essential for the survival of both human and animal populations

Applications for the Rodney Blaine Lewis Scholars Award are being accepted through April 2, 2025. The scholarship’s establishment was announced at the WRRC 2021 Annual Conference: Tribal Water Resilience in a Changing Environment.