Sponsors

Investing in effective water education is in the best interest of every Arizonan, young or old. Arizona Project WET assesses K-12 needs and develops programming that speaks the language of teachers and the Arizona Science Standards bridging water management, supply, and conservation messaging.

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Platinum

Contributions above $50k

Platinum Sponsors provide funding to develop the Arizona Project WET team, the on-the-ground specialists that deliver the programs.

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides leadership and funding for programs that advance agriculture-related sciences. NIFA applies an integrated approach to ensure that groundbreaking discoveries in agriculture-related sciences and technologies reach the people who can put them into practice, such as APW's Food Safety Academy, a collaboration with Dr. Jean McClain's Food Safety Laboratory.
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Funds these AWP programs:

Teacher Education
Tucson Water

Tucson Water (TW) is Arizona Project WET’s longest running sponsor, having provided funding for the very first water festival program. Arizona Project WET’s (APW) partnership with TW and Tucson, Sunnyside and Flowing Wells Unified School Districts established curriculum units and opportunities for all age groups to learn at Tucson’s Sweetwater Wetland. Water festivals expanded to Marana USD. And now, the partnership inspires students to act for their communities; installing water efficient technology to save water and rainwater harvesting systems to infiltrate the rain, grow the trees and produce cooler spaces.
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Funds these AWP programs:

Arizona Water Festival

Tucson Education
Salt River Project

Salt River Project (SRP) first sent waves of invested employees to learn to engage students through inquiry and exploration at Arizona Water Festivals in 2001. Since then SRP’s been a partner helping Arizona Project WET (APW) develop and deliver effective programs that assist teachers and school districts in meeting learning benchmarks. APW and SRP also team up each year to deliver a 5-day teacher professional development academy, Water Solutions: Past Present and Future. Teachers wonder at gravity-driven system and inevitably exclaim that everyone should take this academy!
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Maricopa Education

Pinal Education

Teacher Education
Arizona Department of Water Resources

Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) has been a sponsor and partner for over a decade. Through their support, Arizona Project WET (APW) developed, tested, and scaled up the Arizona Water Festival Program which now helps 26 Arizona communities meet 2 of the 11 4th grade science standards. Now ADWR is helping APW provide instruction on the groundwater system where 42% of Arizona’s water comes from. Finally, students act to save precious water resources through APW programs thanks to their funding.
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Aqua STEM

Arizona Water Festival

Groundwater Education
Abbott Fund

Abbott became the founding sponsor of Arizona Project WET’s Pinal County Program in 2009. Through this funding Arizona Project WET (APW) has established four Arizona Water Festival Programs partnering with Casa Grande, Florence, Maricopa and Apache Junction school districts. Working to instill a community water conservation ethic in Casa Grande, APW delivers water audit programs that have students installing water efficient technology to save water. Pinal County students have acted to save a projected 11,721,901 gallons of water. Abbott funding has enabled APW to develop tens of thousands from other county sponsors.
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Funds these AWP programs:

Arizona Water Festival

Pinal Education