A new publication in Machine Learning: Earth (Wang et al., 2026) develops a method to classify the data quality and then extract snow depth readings automatically from thousands of time-lapse camera images. The demonstrate how vision foundation models allow snow depth monitoring in remote locations with minimal human input. Congratulations to the authors associated with…

The Center for Hydrologic Innovations and the Arizona Hydrological Society, Phoenix Chapter hosted the 4rd annual ASU Flow event at ASU SkySong in Scottsdale, Arizona, on October 14, 2026. A special thank you to our sponsors: Salt River Project, Central Arizona Project, Matrix New World Engineering, CDM Smith, Southwest Exploration Co, GHD, Ck Blueshift, HDR,…

The Center for Hydrologic Innovations presented the Arizona Water Observatory and the Arizona Hydroclimate Network as part of the Celebrating Arizona Water Innovation: Solutions in Action event with Gov. Katie Hobbs on October 14, 2026. This event highlighted the recent innovations in measuring and visualization water data in the State of Arizona, from local farms…

A new publication in Water Resources Research (Tiwari and Mascaro, 2026) provides a new national data set to help decision-makers identify areas most suitable for capturing and storing floodwater, supporting long-term water security. The authors estimated how often large floods occur throughout the United States and how much water they provide, including fro areas without…

The Center for Hydrologic Innovations is hosting the 4rd annual ASU Flow event at ASU SkySong in Scottsdale, Arizona, on October 14, 2026, in collaboration with the Phoenix Chapter of the Arizona Hydrological Society.

A new report stems from the Arizona Tri-University Recharge and Water Reliability Project, includes contributions from Prof. Giuseppe Mascaro and Prof. Tianfang Xu from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations. The project goal was to analyze and identify mechanisms to capture water that would otherwise evaporate across the state and establish region-specific guidance about how and where water…

A new publication in the journal Scientific Reports (Wang et al., 2026) describes an updated version of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model in the Colorado River basin. The revised model is compared to independent observations from GRACE and SMAP satellites. VIC supports short- and long-term streamflow forecasting and hydrologic investigations in the vital basin….

A new publication in the journal Environmental Modelling & Software (Srivastava et al., 2026) describes a new model, PSI-Cascade, to couple stormwater flooding and power outages for the analysis of cascading infrastructure failures, with an application to Phoenix, Arizona. Congratulations to the authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic Innovations! Abstract: Urban infrastructure is typically…

Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative! Center program manager Vivian Hobbins wrote ap update of the Arizona Water Observatory along with partners at the Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) at the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy.

Faculty, postdocs, and graduate students from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations were recognized as part of the winning team for the 2026 Crescordia Award from the Arizona Forward Environmental Excellence Awards. This award was in collaboration with the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at ASU and recognized:“Ensuring Water For the Future”. Congratulations to all awardees!