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 Agricultural Water Management (Sharma et al., 2026) uses CubeSat imagery and OpenET data to track changes in crop types and water use in two irrigation districts with contrasting priority for deliveries. The authors quantified the changes in cropping type and water use, including estimates of groundwater reliance. Congratulations to the authors…

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 Arizona Hydrological Society will host speakers from the ASU Center for Hydrologic Innovations during their annual symposium in Flagstaff who will present a workshop: Distributed Watershed Modeling for Flood Simulation: Bringing Research Tools to Practice. This workshop introduces participants to a new generation of watershed modeling tools by comparing HEC-HMS with tRIBS (TIN-based Real-time…

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.

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…