Building consensus on sound water stewardship

The Kyl Center for Water Policy at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank that promotes research, analysis, collaboration and open dialogue to ensure sound water stewardship for Arizona and the West. 

The Kyl Center’s work advances innovative and cooperative solutions to Arizona’s crucial water management challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective. To help the public and policymakers better understand Arizona water resources and policy, the Kyl Center creates and maintains accessible, user-friendly information and tools, such as the award-winning Arizona Water Blueprint. 

Innovation and impact 

The Kyl Center contributes critical policy context across the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative to help ensure that ASU’s work is impactful and relevant to the state.  

Arizona Water Blueprint

The Arizona Water Blueprint is a data-rich, interactive and evergreen hub of information about Arizona water resources and policy. The Blueprint is a tool for holistic thinking to inform policy decisions and foster public understanding. In developing the Arizona Water Blueprint, the Kyl Center held design workshops to take input from over 200 experts throughout the state. 

CuRVE

The goal of the ASU Colorado River Visualization Enterprise (the "CuRVE Project") is to model the impacts to Arizona of Colorado River climate, hydrologic and management scenarios on individual community water systems, agricultural districts, tribal communities and industries across multiple decades.