With the Arizona Water Observatory (AWO), ASU’s Center for Hydrologic Innovations and the Center for Geospatial Solutions at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy have teamed up to develop a new open-source clearinghouse, visualization and analysis platform for Arizona’s water data. Through a series of quick start blogs, you can also learn how to use…

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 Water Resources Research (Ghimire et al., 2026) examined the roles of fall soil moisture and spring weather on modulating snow-streamflow dynamics in the Colorado River Basin using the Variable Infiltration Capacity model. These findings indicate that in the Upper Basin, soil moisture can help predict how much water will…

A new publication in the journal Water Resources Research (Tiwari and Mascaro, 2026) provides a statistical characterization of high flow volumes across the United States for an assessment of managed aquifer recharge projects. The approach provide a consistent foundation for screening and siting locations where floodwaters are used to recharge aquifers. Congratulations to the authors…

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….

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!

Repeat airborne snow surveys over the Upper Black River found that due to a dry and warm winter, most of the snow water measured in January and February had melted by mid-March, offering water managers a view of how quickly the season changed. The first flight in January measured about 9.1 thousand acre-feet (TAF) of snow…

The Phoenix Chapter of the Arizona Hydrological Society hosted speakers from the ASU Center for Hydrologic Innovations during their seminar series. Dr. Vivian Hobbins and Callahan Stormer presented on: The Arizona Water Observatory: Open-Source Infrastructure for Water Data Analytics. This activity helped disseminate the process and outcomes of the development of the Arizona Water Observatory…

A new publication in the journal Water Resources Research (Kimsal et al., 2026) describes the flooding characteristics (depth, duration, frequency) and their geological controls for a large set of ephemeral playas in the Chihuahuan Desert as part of the Jornada Long Term Ecological Research program. Congratulations to the authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic…