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We are excited to bring you the latest updates, insights, and news from the Arizona Water for All Network. Our goal is to strengthen our collective effort in Arizona through a network of water stewards, professionals, and enthusiasts. |
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Inside our Fall 2025 Newsletter Launching our network logo Water Leadership Institute Opening Water Innovation Exhibit Colorado Plateau Landscape Analysis Network community spotlights Upcoming events in Arizona
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| Submit your updates for next season’s newsletter! |
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Introducing our LogoWe’re excited to unveil the new logo for the Arizona Water for All Network! As our network expands, the coordination team wanted a bold, modern logo that represented our roots and growing statewide impact. The logo is more than a symbol but embodies our shared commitment to ensuring access to safe and reliable water for all Arizonans.
Thank you to all who helped make this happen! |
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Water Leadership InstituteThe Water Leadership Institute in Southern Arizona is hosting its second cohort of the next generation of water leaders to explore water challenges in their communities and reimagine collaborative solutions. Sessions started on September 13th and will meet every 3 weeks until December 6th. We believe the future of water is shaped through strengthening the knowledge existing in the communities of the respective cohorts. Partnerships through the AW4A Network, Environmental Defense Fund, Water For People, and local orgs like Reconciliación en el Rio Santa Cruz work together to build curriculum and recruit speakers and participants. |
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| Read about our 2024 Southern Arizona Water Leadership Institute Cohorts below! |
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Arizona Water Innovation ExhibitOpening November 6th, 2025 | On view at ASU through March 2026 Location: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University |
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Joshua Yazzie - Basket Weaver, Gila River Indian Community Member |
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Many Arizonans still do not have access to clean and readily accessible water. This isn’t simply a technological problem; water is, and always has been, deeply tied to community structures, cultural practices, and historical accessibility. Our new exhibit explores how past and present people alike have shaped, shared, and struggled over water. |
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O’odham Canals See how the Ot’odham people have engineered vast irrigation systems. Learn about how their continued stewardship shapes the desert landscape and sustains large communities for thousands of years. |
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| Water, People, Policy Watch our feature documentary of Arizonans experiences with water hardships and how they are navigating water insecurity. Learn how water rights, access, and legal battles are shaping Arizona today. |
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| Innovation in Action Discover how today’s engineers, anthropologists, economists, lawmakers, and communities are working together through initiatives like AW4A to design solutions for Arizona’s most water-insecure communities. |
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A series of monthly events is planned at the exhibit including gallery talks and a Story Slam! If you are interested in sharing a personal story on the theme of “water” on February 25, 2026, please contact Risa Aria Schnebly (rschnebl@asu.edu) by October 24th. A small gift of gratitude will be presented to our story tellers. |
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Colorado Plateau Landscape Analysis |
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Led by Dr. Lucero Radonic, this project aims to identify shared priorities for water security across Northern Arizona to foster collaboration. The team is documenting how different actors frame pathways for water security as well as local perceptions of the skills associated with effective water leaders. Preliminary findings will be shared with the Advisory Board for the Northern Arizona Water Leadership Institute as they work to shape this pilot program. The NAU team welcomes inquiries from those interested in learning more or participating. |
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Analysis Goals Examine how groups in Northern Arizona view and approach water security Identify shared priorities and collaboration opportunities across sectors and cultures Define local ideas of effective water leadership and key skills Highlight current opportunities for leadership development in water issues
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Call for Papers The journal Water has issued a call for papers for a special issue titled Working Across Borders to Address Water Scarcity. The special edition echoes the theme of the Water Resources Research Center 2025 Annual Conference titled Shared Borders, Shared Waters: Working Together in Times of Scarcity.
Manuscripts due January 31, 2026 |
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Addressing Water InsecurityASU professors say economically disadvantaged populations and some rural households are the most water insecure. |
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Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas WATA compiles information about responses to the changing water cycle in the Southwestern U.S., as well as Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). |
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Read Dani’s latest article on “Arizona’s Emerging Water Leaders: Looking toward the future” |
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Small Utility Consultant I (Job #339) (Remote – Arizona) Put your knowledge of community water and wastewater utility management to work as a member of the RCAC team, serving rural and Indigenous communities to have access to safe drinking water. |
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