Introduction


For background and information on AWI (including our mission, accomplishments, and more), please see our About page and additional content listed in the menus above.


The Arizona Water Institute is now closed due to state and university budget shortfalls. A few projects begun by AWI remain active, including the AHIS and EWSR efforts as listed above. If needed, contact information is still available.


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Photo Credit: Kathy Jacobs

 

ASU Water Centers

  • Central Arizona - Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research CAPLTER
  • Decision Center for a Desert City DCDC
  • Global Institute of Sustainability GIOS
  • ASU NSF Water Quality Center ASU WQC
  • Morrison Institute for Public Policy Morrison Institute

NAU Water Centers

  • Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research MPCER
  • Watershed Research and Education Program WREP
  • Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals ITEP
  • Center for Sustainable Environments CSE
  • DOE National Institute for Climate Change Research - Western Region DOE

UA Water Centers

  • Arizona Laboratoy for Emerging Contaminants ALEC
  • NSF/SRC Engineering Research Center for Environmental Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing ERC
  • Office of Arid Lands Studies OALS
  • Institute for the Study of Planet Earth ISPE
  • NSF Science and Technology Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SaHRA) SAHRA
  • NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program: The Southwest Hazardous Waste Program SBRP
  • Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Udall
  • NSF UA Water Quality Center NSF UA WQC
  • Water Resources Research Center WRRC
  • Water Sustainability Program WSP

What's New

  • The EWSR project receives "Partners in Conservation Award" from the U.S. Department of the Interior. MORE...
  • Kathy Jacobs Testifies in Senate MORE...
  • Arizona Water Institute Loses Funding

  • AWI is now hosting the Enhancing Water Supply Reliability website. Click here to browse it.

  • New Federal interagency report: Managing water
    resources in a changing climate. Click here for more information.
  • The Arizona Hydrologic Information System official website is now open to the public. To access it visit www.azh2o.org.
  • Two University of Arizona professors, including AWI's Executive Director Kathy Jacobs, whose research examines a range of issues on water, environment and sustainability have been named by the National Academies to head panels for a study on the nation's response to climate change. Click here for full article.
  • The Executive Summary of Pasqualetti's "The Water Costs of Electricity in Arizona" is now available. Please click here to view it.
  • A draft version of the website for the Western Landscape Conservation Series is live. Please click here to view it.
  • A new article on AWI's Verde River Project can be viewed here.
  • ADWR Launches new Web Application for Hydrologic Data and Wells.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Visit the sponsors page for a complete list of our sponsors