Join the Nebraska Water Center and Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District from November 2 – 7, 2025, as we experience urban water management, winter agriculture, and transboundary aquifer management. This tour has been rescheduled from the original dates of February 2-7, 2025.
Registration includes: Meals, hotels, commercial transportation, on-board refreshments, and activities from 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, through 12:00 pm on Friday, November 7. There will be one meal on your own during the tour. The tour will begin and end in Phoenix, Arizona.
You will need to book your own transportation to and from Phoenix as it is not included in the tour registration costs.
Tour check-in is on Sunday, November 2, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Hampton Inn in Gilbert, Arizona.
The full tour agenda will be available at watercenter.unl.edu.
Tour seats are limited, so act fast! Registrations are on a first-come, first served basis with payment required at the time of registration.
We’ll learn from experts in Phoenix, Maricopa, and Yuma and see first-hand how water and natural resources are managed in Arizona.
The tour will begin in Phoenix, Arizona, where we’ll spend a day and a half learning about urban water management, wastewater treatment, and natural resource management in desert cities.
We will then spend a day and a half in Maricopa, Arizona. Hosted by the USDA’s Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, we will visit tribal farming operations and meet with researchers to discuss new findings in desert water management.
We will wrap up the tour in Yuma, Arizona. Hosted by the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture and the Yuma County Agricultural Water Coalition, we will experience winter vegetable production and learn how Colorado River water management is crucial to our country’s food security.
