The Verde River is a crucial water source for Yavapai County and the Phoenix area. For over 50 years, the Yavapai-Apache Nation (the Nation) has been engaged in legal and political battles to secure its water rights. Watch this webinar from the Kyl Center for Water Policy and the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative.
Resources - Videos and Webinars
Water and the West
Some 40 million people in the American West rely on water from the Colorado River. But the river’s flow has diminished, and those decreases will likely continue. Grady Gammage Jr. and Sarah Porter of Arizona State…
Water Law in the Colorado River Basin: Past, Present, and Future
This panel discussed the legal history of the Colorado River Basin, how that history shows both failures and successes in advancing water equity, the relationship between that history and the present shortage, and what…
Understanding the Complex Fight Over Arizona's Water
Arizona recently announced new constraints on housing development in the areas around Phoenix. At issue is water scarcity, which has always been a challenge for the US Southwest. On this episode of Odd Lots from…
What About Water? podcast
"What About Water? with Jay Famiglietti" connects water science with the stories that bring about solutions, adaptation, and action for the world's water realities. Presented by Arizona State University and the University…
Water Talk podcast
Water Talk brings together communities to explore water issues, including climate change, scarcity, and access. Hosted by Faith Kearns, Mallika Nocco, and Samuel Sandoval.
About the Arizona Water Blueprint webinar
The Arizona Water Blueprint is a data-rich, interactive map of Arizona’s water resources and infrastructure. Offering data visualizations and in-depth multimedia content on important water-related topics, the Water…
Arizona Water Blueprint webinar
Susan Craig and Sarah Porter from Arizona State University discuss water issues in Arizona and the Arizona Blueprint, which allows users to visualize water information across the state.
Where does my water come from?
We talked with ASU expert Sarah Porter to get a better understanding of the various sources of water Arizonans draw from and how that water makes it to your home.
Arizona Tribal Water Rights: How did we get here?
Arizona is home to twenty-two Native American Tribes, each with historic and unique water rights and legal considerations shaped by federal policies, treaties, court decisions and legislative actions. Learn more with this…
Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement Webinar
For over 60 years, the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe have been engaged in legal battles to secure their water rights. In May, these Tribes and other parties announced a landmark settlement. Watch this webinar from the Kyl…
Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement
The Verde River is a crucial water source for Yavapai County and the Phoenix area. For over 50 years, the Yavapai-Apache Nation (the Nation) has been engaged in legal and political battles to secure its water rights.…
ASU celebrates Arizona Water Innovative Initiative
The state invested $40 million into the initiative in an effort to generate new ideas that will address the state's ongoing water challenges. From 12 News.
Arizona Water Innovation Initiative Kick-Off Event
Join us in commemorating the kickoff of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, a groundbreaking effort to tackle Arizona's water challenges head-on. ASU is rallying a diverse team of water experts from within and…
Arizona Water Innovation Initiative Launch
Please join us as we celebrate the launching of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, created to generate pioneering ideas that address Arizona’s water challenges.
Panel: AWII at ASU World Water Day 2024
This event, held on March 22, 2024, celebrated the launch of the Water Institute at the ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.
ASU FLOW 2024
ASU Flow 2024 was held in October at the SRP PERA Club in Tempe. This is the second time the Arizona Hydrological Society and ASU’s Center for Hydrologic Innovations, a pillar of the Arizona Water Innovation…
Agriculture & Water in the West
In September 2023, the Babbitt Center, with our partners at Arizona State University’s Water Innovation Initiative and Lincoln Institute’s Consortium for Scenario Planning, brought together farmers, ranchers, residents,…
The state invested $40 million into the initiative in an effort to generate new ideas that will address the state's ongoing water challenges. From 12 News.
Join us in commemorating the kickoff of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, a groundbreaking effort to tackle Arizona's water challenges head-on. ASU is rallying a diverse team of water experts from within and outside the state to craft immediate, evidence-based solutions, ensuring a secure and resilient water supply for Arizona.
Please join us as we celebrate the launching of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, created to generate pioneering ideas that address Arizona’s water challenges.
This event, held on March 22, 2024, celebrated the launch of the Water Institute at the ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.
ASU Flow 2024 was held in October at the SRP PERA Club in Tempe. This is the second time the Arizona Hydrological Society and ASU’s Center for Hydrologic Innovations, a pillar of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, have partnered to bring the water community together to celebrate the start of the water year.
In September 2023, the Babbitt Center, with our partners at Arizona State University’s Water Innovation Initiative and Lincoln Institute’s Consortium for Scenario Planning, brought together farmers, ranchers, residents, city and county officials, and business leaders from the Sulphur Springs Valley in Cochise County, AZ, to find common ground for their groundwater-dependent future.