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Arizona Water Innovation Initiative blog
From engagement to action: How teachers are shaping the future of water literacy in Arizona
On February 8, 2025, in collaboration with ASU Walton Sustainability Teachers Academy, we brought together 26 skilled educators from across…
Researchers develop alternatives to Arizona’s water-hungry industrial cooling systems
In Phoenix and other hot and arid areas, industrial manufacturing facilities face a growing dilemma: how to keep their operations cool while using less water. Evaporative cooling, the dominant method used in desert large-scale…
Community partner profile: La Paz County resident DeVona Saiter discusses rural groundwater issues
DeVona Saiter is a resident of Wenden, in La Paz County, Arizona, where her family has deep roots. Saiter is a local leader, community builder and …
Activating South Phoenix communities’ connections to water
The project Agua es Vida: Interactive Exhibit is currently being shown at the …
Measuring how water and heat move in a desert city
Every day, we live with the growing severity of climate change impacts, triggered by human-induced warming. Urban environments are no exception. As cities expand, new challenges arise, such as traffic congestion, air quality exceedances…
An Arizona community comes together to bolster rural groundwater resilience
It has been a decade since investigative journalists began sounding the alarm about groundwater overpumping in rural Arizona. In 2015,…