We in the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative (AWII) are doing our part to develop innovative solutions to water challenges across the state with our five strategic priorities, as well as several cross-cutting…

In the first year of this multiyear, $40 million investment by the state of Arizona —alongside a $5 million gift from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust — the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative is strengthening…

This report from the Kyl Center for Water Policy and Arizona Water Innovation Initiative assesses the affordability of tap water rates of over 600 water providers – including publicly-owned systems, Tribal systems and…

At the end of each month, the weather for that month is summarized in a publication from the Arizona State Climatologist office at ASU. It includes a narrative of the weather events across the state, graphs and maps…

In 1995, the Arizona Legislature amended the state’s adjudication statutes and other statutes that underlie surface water rights in Arizona. What changes to Arizona’s adjudication and surface water statutes will survive…

Climate change is threatening water resources, increasing challenges to food and fiber production, and compromising human health in the Southwest through drought, wildfire, intense precipitation, sea level rise, and…

In September 2023, the Babbitt Center, with our partners at the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at ASU and Lincoln Institute’s Consortium for Scenario Planning, brought together farmers, ranchers, residents,…

Sustainable water management is essential in the Valley of the Sun, underpinning public health, economic vitality and quality of life in our desert cities. Underneath the Valley sits an enormous aquifer containing enough…

Access to safe, reliable, affordable drinking water is the foundation of public health, economic opportunity, and quality of life in any community.  Yet, significant challenges associated with providing and…

As Central Arizona Project water becomes less available, central Arizona will be forced to rely more and more on groundwater, increasing the urgency to better manage it as a savings account for a drier future. The goal of…

For nearly 40 years in its most urban areas, Arizona has prohibited the sale of subdivision lots that lack a 100- year assured water supply. But in 1993, the Legislature changed course and created a new path to show an…

This primer from the Kyl Center for Water Policy provides information regarding Colorado River shortage impacts to the provision of tap water.