Our Center Director was recently awarded the 2025 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for “his pioneering work on the integration of land surface models, sensor networks, and remote sensing to study coupled processes during the North American monsoon in the arid southwest.”. Congratulations Prof. Vivoni!

A new publication in Journal of Hydrology (Alonso Vicario et al., 2025) describes the impact of human modifications on the propagation of streamflow drought across the United States. Congratulations to authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic Innovations!

Rafael Bras, the K. Harrison Brown Family Chair and Regents Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, will deliver a lecture titled “The Protection of Venice from Tidal Flooding: the Story of the Venice Gates” as part of the Fulton Schools Dean’s…

The 2025 Darcy Lecture from the National Ground Water Association will be hosted at Arizona State University on Monday, February 3, 2025, 6:00-7:00 pm. Prof. Grant Ferguson from University of Saskatchewan will speak on “Deep Groundwater and Deep Time”. This event is co-hosted by the Arizona Hydrological Society Phoenix Chapter and the ASU Center for…

A new publication in Frontiers in Water (Lawless et al., 2024) examines how water management strategies have evolved in the Colorado River basin by incorporating institutional, temporal, and network structure analysis methods over the period of 1922 to 2022. Congratulations to authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic Innovations! Abstract: The 1922 Colorado River Compact…

Prof. Enrique Vivoni, Director of the Center for Hydrologic Innovations, was featured in a video from American Institute of Architects (AIA) – Arizona chapter discussing the importance of water in the design professions. See video at the link below:

The Arizona Hydrological Society, Phoenix Chapter, and ASU’s Center for Hydrologic Innovations have partnered to bring the water community together to celebrate the start of the new water year. This annual event, held at the Salt River Project’s PERA Club this year, is an exciting opportunity for students and researchers to engage with practitioners from the private sector, government…

Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by ASU News! Center director Enrique Vivoni described the effort as: “Applied innovation projects, such as this effort in forest health and water resilience, translate research into actions for the benefit of our renewable water supplies. Not only does our work…

Prof. Margaret Garcia, a faculty member in the Center for Hydrologic Innovations, has been recently promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. Her research is focused on studying the impacts of design and policy choices on the performance of water infrastructure systems…

The Arizona Water Innovation Initiative (AWII) featured our efforts during the 2024 Year in Review, including our partnerships with Salt River Project, Central Arizona Project, and Arizona Hydrological Society. See additional information at the link below