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Arizona Water Innovation Initiative blog

Water careers are diverse. Photos by ThisIsEngineering (left, center) and Daniel Llargues (right).

ASU’s Water Management Certificate builds real-world skills for a new water workforce

As water systems across the Southwest face mounting pressures ranging from aging infrastructure to water supply challenges, the need for a prepared, adaptable workforce has never been more urgent. Arizona State University’s …

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A field comes of age at the 2026 International Atmospheric Water Harvesting Summit

When researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, corporate water users and other leaders gathered at Arizona State University for the Third International Atmospheric Water…

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Revitalizing community: A new STEAM Park brings community together through water education

Situated in the historic heart of the Verde Valley, the Town of Clarkdale brings together community, science and recreation with its Selna-Mongini…

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The Willcox area is a high desert grassland valley with agricultural fields surrounded by mountains. Local residents and leaders gathered to plan for groundwater action. Photos by Faith Kearns.

From conversation to action: Advancing groundwater solutions in southeastern Arizona

Community leaders, farmers and ranchers, homesteaders, agency staff and nonprofit partners…

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Scenes from the LABrary launch event in Patagonia, Arizona. Photo credits from left to right: Taylor Fareri/ADEQ, Dayanara Avilez, Marlene Rivas

Empowering communities to conduct water monitoring with LABraries

Groundwater is the quiet workhorse of Arizona. It moves unseen beneath the desert floor, sustaining households, farms, ecosystems, and entire rural communities. But because it’s hidden, groundwater is often misunderstood and, more…

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A man stands looking at a sign in a exhibition room with various Arizona water themes.

Arizona Water Innovation exhibit highlights a thousand years of ingenuity and connection

In Arizona, water and innovation are inseparable.

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