APW Sponsors
Arizona Project WET thrives due to the generous contributions of government agencies, private companies, corporations, foundations and nongovernmental organizations who share in the conviction that water is life and education empowers. The support of these sponsors boldly proclaims that APW equips teachers and students to protect, conserve, and manage water resources by providing programs, instruction, resources and teaching tools that impart best educational practices. Water stewardship is a community ethic built through strong relationships and sustained partnerships.
City of Scottsdale
In 1888, U.S. Army Chaplain Winfield Scott visited the Salt River Valley, was impressed with its potential, and subsequently made a down payment on 640 acres to start a farming operation. Scott's purchase, near the heart of present-day downtown Scottsdale, would be the impetus for the development of the city that bears his name. Scottsdale "The West's Most Western Town" was incorporated in 1951 with a population of only 2,000 and is now called home to more than 223,000 people. The Water Conservation division of Scottsdale's Water Resources Department helps ensure that they will be able to maintain the quality of life their citizens have come to enjoy in the great Sonoran Desert through best water management practices. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: School Water Audit Program
City of Buckeye
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR)
In 1980, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) was created to secure long-term dependable water supplies for Arizona's communities. The Department: - administers and enforces Arizona’s groundwater code, and surface water rights laws (except those related to water quality); - negotiates with external political entities to protect Arizona's Colorado River water supply; - oversees the use of surface and groundwater resources under state jurisdiction, and - represents Arizona in discussions of water rights with the federal government. With support from ADWR since 2001, Arizona Project Wet has been able to create an Arizona-specific curriculum guide, conduct work-shops for educators, offer Arizona Water Festivals, coordinate school water audits, and provide classroom-ready, water-education materials for students and teachers around the state. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Water Scene Investigation, Arizona Water Festival, Aqua STEM Program
USGS
Science for a changing world Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Nissan
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
City of Peoria
The City of Peoria's mission statement is to provide excellent municipal services by anticipating community needs, creating partnerships, promoting sustainability and embracing diversity. Founded by settlers from Illinois in 1886, this onetime farming community was one of the nation’s fastest growing cities during the recent growth boom. Officially incorporated in 1954, the city has grown from the original one square mile in Oldtown Peoria to more than 176 square miles of beautiful Sonoran desert in both Maricopa and Yavapai counties. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Arizona Water Festival
Town of Marana
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Salt River Project
As one of Arizona's largest utilities, Salt River Project has delivered low-cost, reliable power and water for more than 100 years. The Salt River Project has partnered closely with Arizona Project WET for over a decade. As early as 2001, they have sponsored Arizona Water Festivals and provided talented employees to be trained to facilitate lessons. SRP has played a pivotal role in sustaining the Maricopa County Program and helping APW to diversify funding for the program. They've also assisted in building and sustaining the Pinal County Arizona Project WET program. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Water Scene Investigation, School Water Audit Program, Aqua STEM Program
Central Arizona Project
Central Arizona Project (CAP) is the steward of central Arizona's Colorado River water entitlement and a collaborative leader in Arizona's water community. The CAP aqueduct system was engineered to deliver an average of 1.5 million acre-feet of water per year to central and southern Arizona, including the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. The canal system stretches 336 miles across the state, lifts the water more than 2,900 vertical feet, and incorporates control structures and pumping plants to regulate the flow of water. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies
Arizona Department of Corrections
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Global Water
Global Water was founded to aggregate and consolidate small to medium-sized water and wastewater utilities in the southwestern United States. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Global Water has assembled a board of directors and investors with specific and relevant experience in utility consolidation, finance, and operations management. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
City of Tempe
The City of Tempe seeks to support our excellent schools and teachers with high-quality science education focused on Arizona’s precious water resources and how to manage them. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
The Santa Fe Ranch Foundation
The Santa Fe Ranch Foundation is dedicated to: the conservation and preservation of the land and its non-renewable resources; to agriculture and its role in our daily lives; and to science, social studies, physical and health education. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Resolution Copper Mining
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
EPCOR WATER
Our mission is to make life better in our communities by providing clean water and safe, reliable electricity. Our vision is to be a premier North American essential services company, providing great tasting drinking water, clean wastewater and safe, reliable electricity in an environmentally responsible manner. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Arizona Water Festival
PepsiCo Recycling
PepsiCo Recycling is working to help increase the U.S. beverage container recycling rate to 50% by 2018. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
City of Yuma
The City of Yuma Public Works Department is responsible for water delivery and prides itself on the fact that their water quality is high. Every year they conduct more than 4,000 tests for 240 different contaminants at source water locations and throughout their water system. For the past 7 years, the City of Yuma Public works staff led by Suzanna Hitchcock has worked with APW to organize, coordinate and implement the Yuma Water Festival. The City also provides all the monetary and in-kind funding for the Yuma Water Festival. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Arizona Water Festival
City of Avondale
Avondale: a city of variety, vitality, and values, whose citizens pursue an active role in molding a great place to live, work,and play, in a manner respectful of the city’s rich history, growing culture, and invaluable natural resources. With its focus on the quality of life of residents and visitors, Avondale offers nearly 200 acres of parks and 7.5 miles of lakeside trails for active and passive activities. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Arizona Water Festival
Town of Payson Water Department
The Town of Payson Water Department is a public water utility that supplies drinking water to approximately 16,000 people within a 19.5 square mile area. The water system includes 42 active production wells, over 8 million gallons of storage capacity, over 180 miles of distribution lines, booster-pumping stations, a groundwater recharge project, and water treatment facilities. The Town of Payson Water Department has funded and organized the Arizona Water Festival for the past five years. Two staff members, Brenda Hoff and Viki Holmes, expertly organize the logistics of the Festival. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
City of Chandler
Careful management of water has allowed the City to prosper in a desert setting. Even though Chandler has an adequate supply of water, we need to use our most precious resource wisely. Our practices today will have profound effects on the future. The City of Chandler is an avid Sponsor and Collaborator with APW bringing exciting and effective water education to Chandler schools. The city is currently sponsoring Teacher Development Academies that will transform middle school education and meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards and the rising need for STEM education. Chandler also coordinates the Arizona Water Festival for 4th Grade teachers and students, with 2013 bringing the city's sixth water festival to Chandler in March of this year. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Water Scene Investigation, Arizona Water Festival
Liberty Utilities
Liberty Utilities, whose parent company is Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., is a values-driven company. Our brand values shape our corporate culture and unite our national, collective efforts to deliver quality water, gas and water distribution services to small and mid-sized communities across the United States. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Arizona Water Festival
Madison School District
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Town of Gilbert
Gilbert, the "Golden Rule Town," is home to approximately 208,453 people. Three school districts serve the children of Gilbert: Gilbert Public Schools District, Chandler School District, and Higley School District. Two utilities serve Gilbert residents and businesses: Arizona Public Service, which serves a four square mile area of central Gilbert, and the Salt River Project, which provides electricity to the rest of Gilbert and several industrial parks. Wastewater is treated by the Gilbert Utilities Department. The Town of Gilbert has been the primary sponsor of the Arizona Water Festival program for Gilbert students since the 2012-2013 Water Festival. Organized through the Gilbert Public Schools District, the Arizona Water Festival program has served 1,684 Gilbert students and 56 Gilbert teachers over the course of two school years: the 2011-2012 and the 2012-2013 school years. GPS Science Coordinator Amy Gingell and Town of Gilbert Wastewater Development Manager Jeff Lee are responsible for local leadership and coordination of the Gilbert Arizona Water Festival. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Water Scene Investigation, Arizona Water Festival
Maricopa Agricultural Center
The goal of the Maricopa Agricultural Center is to develop and deliver the best integrated agricultural technologies for problems faced by Arizona consumers and producers. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
City of Lake Havasu
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The mission of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre museum and zoo founded in 1952 and is one of the most visited attractions in Tucson. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum was the NASA grant recipient for a partnership between them, the Planetary Science Institute and Arizona Project WET at the University of Arizona. Earth Camp for Educators Academies have engaged teachers in year-long learning for the last 3 years. The grant also supports summer Earth Camps: 1) Middle School students travel around the Tucson region staying nights at home and 2) high school students embark on a 10 day adventure away from home. All programs investigate earth change through multiple perspectives including the use of satellite images. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
The Nature Conservancy
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. In Arizona, the Conservancy works to protext the lands and waters that make Arizona the place we love. The Nature Conservancy embarked on a three year partnership with APW in January of 2011, largely focused on launching and building capacity for the Water Investigations Program. They have provided generous funding for the program since 2011 as well as provided program support in the form of volunteers, use of the Hassayampa River Preserve, and assistance in program coordination. Together, we have saved millions of gallons of water and brought thousands of students to our state's beautiful rivers. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Arizona Water Company
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
City of Apache Junction
“Our top priority is to provide the best possible customer service to our citizens. Citizens will now have extra hours in the morning and evening to conduct business with the City. Queen Creek, Gilbert, Mesa, Avondale, Surprise, Peoria, and Buckeye have offered expanded hours and their citizens responded positively. This six-month pilot program will allow us to see if our citizens perceive the same benefit,” said George Hoffman, Apache Junction City Manager. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
City of Glendale Parks, Recreation & Library Services
The City of Glendale Parks, Recreation & Library Services provides a variety of recreation, educational and social activities for Glendale citizens from toddler to senior adult through special interest classes, the Adult Center, sports, aquatics and after school programs. They are responsible for park maintenance, park planning and the scheduling of 44 facilities including meeting rooms, ramadas, swimming pools, recreation centers and lighted and unlighted sports fields. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
City of Flagstaff Utilities
The City of Flagstaff Utility's mission is to professionally and cost-effectively provide water, wastewater and stormwater services that meet the present and future environmental, health, and safety needs of the community. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
UA Cooperative Extension Gila County
To engage with people through applied research and education to improve lives, families, communities, environment, and economies in Arizona and beyond. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, District 3
The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors is responsible for the financing and administration of County government, has final approval over County department budgets, governs tax rates and calculates all other tax rates. For the past 6 years, the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, District 3 staff organizing the logistics and providing all the monetary and in-kind funding for the Verde Valley Water Festival with the help of a committee that Chris Moran and Deshannan Young recruited. In the year 2012, the Verde Valley Planning Committee received an award from Arizona Project WET for Exemplary Water Festival Coordination. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Carollo Engineers
"Dedicated to creative, responsive, quality solutions to those we serve." Carollo Engineers is an environmental engineering firm that specializes in the planning, design, and construction of water and wastewater facilities. The firm was founded in Phoenix, AZ in 1933, and counts the City of Phoenix among one of the original clients—a working relationship more than 80 years old! From that single office with three engineers, Carollo has grown to more than 600 people in 34 offices throughout the United States. Cities, utilities and special districts of all sizes count on Carollo to help them navigate through the increasingly complex challenges of cost-effectively and sustainably protecting public health; meeting local, state, and federal regulatory requirements; protecting the water environment; and addressing public expectations. Carollo Engineers are a key sponsor for the Yuma Water Festival program. They also send numerous staff to teach groundwater flow and watershed management at the Water Festival's community event day. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Carlota Copper
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
City of Phoenix
Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Tucson Water
Tucson Water is a public water utility committed to ensuring that customers receive high quality water and excellent service in a safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner. Tucson Water and Arizona Project WET established their first Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) in 2006. Since then, APW has engaged 1,600 teachers who reach 100,000 students in professional development. APW provided direct instruction to 105,000 students, and reached an additional 20,000 adults in public outreach events. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Water Scene Investigation, School Water Audit Program, Arizona Water Festival
The Abbott Fund
"A Promise for Life" is our commitment-what we believe in and what we value-reminding us of why our work matters to the people we serve. Abbott is the founding sponsor of the Pinal County Community Program. For over five years, Abbott has been creating a water conservation ethic in the community. They promote multi-generational water education and conservation, including Arizona Water Festivals, School Water Audit Program, Water Wednesdays, and more. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Arizona Water Festival
Arizona Hydrological Society
Formed in 1985, AHS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing hydrology and water resource research, planning, and development. We not only provide an open forum for professionals to exchange information, but we also support public understanding, education, and training in the science and technology of hydrology and water resources. An important part of AHS’ mission is promoting the responsible use, management, and preservation of water resources in the arid southwest. AHS is also dedicated to helping establish standards for the practice of hydrology as a profession. To support these goals, AHS funds meetings, scholarships, grants, symposia, and other outreach and educational activities. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies
Pima County Natural Resorces, Parks and Recreation
From caring for stately saguaros in Tucson Mountain Park to overseeing after-school recreation programs, we add a vital dimension to the lives of our residents and visitors. We invite you to hike and play in our parks or take one of the many classes we offer. Our mission: leading community efforts to conserve the Sonoran Desert and enhance the urban environment while providing quality recreational, educational, and leisure activities. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
Phoenix College
Phoenix College delivers teaching and learning experiences that inspire the lifelong pursuit of educational, professional, and personal goals for our diverse urban community. The college first hosted the Symposium in 2012. Use of their auditorium, classrooms, and technology make the Symposium possible. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona:
Freeport McMoRan
RESOURCES THAT FUEL GLOBAL GROWTH Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold is a premier U.S.-based natural resource company with an industry leading global portfolio of mineral assets, significant oil and gas resources and a growing production profile. Freeport McMoRan has supported Arizona Water Festivals by providing funding to Arizona Project WET. Thanks to this sponsor, the following APW Programs are successfully improving education and water stewardship in Arizona: Teacher Academies, Arizona Water Festival
