Speaker Series: Arizona Water Blueprint

Poll after poll shows that Arizonans are concerned about the state’s water future and eager to learn how water resources are managed; yet water issues can be difficult to understand. The Arizona Water Blueprint addresses Arizonans’ need for comprehensible, accurate, non-partisan and detailed information about Arizona water resources and policy, empowering inclusive and informed decision-making about the state’s water future.

The heart of the Blueprint is an interactive map comprising 56 discrete data layers. With just a few clicks, a user can explore Arizona’s water resources and infrastructure, download data specific to a particular geography and visualize how different features and datasets are related. The Blueprint also offers a growing collection of “story maps” – features on specific water topics that integrate maps and other media, and an app that shows how groundwater levels have changed over time in basins throughout the state.