Our 2025 Annual Report is Now Available!
See how we worked to carry out our mission of deepening water knowledge and catalyzing critical conversations to build bridges and inform collaborative decision-making
The Water Education Foundation’s
2025 Annual
Report is now available in an interactive,
digital format and recaps how we accomplished a lot of
“firsts” last year.
A standout moment was our first-ever Klamath Basin River Tour, where we brought 45 participants into the heart of the watershed that underwent the nation’s largest dam removal project.
The Foundation, taking a steady pulse of the water world, offers educational materials, tours of key watersheds, water news, water leadership training and conferences that bring together diverse voices. By providing tools and platforms for engagement, our team aims to help build sound and collective solutions to water challenges.
Our Mission: To inspire understanding of water and catalyze critical conversations to build bridges and inform collaborative decision-making
Our Vision: A society that has the ability to resolve its water challenges to benefit all
In 2025, the Foundation also:
- Elected the first graduate of our California Water Leaders program as Board President – Alfred E. Smith II.
- Assigned water rights as a Water Leaders topic for the first time since 1997, and developed a first-ever custom tour for the cohort.
- Gave our annual journalism award to a broadcast journalist for the first time for exceptional coverage of the Colorado River Basin.
- Broke new ground on coverage of emerging water management technologies in our Western Water articles.
Other highlights from last year include:
- Coordinating 37 Project WET workshops across California for K-12 educators to bring lessons on water into the classroom. In all, 623 educators participated and planned to use the activities to engage more than 127,000 students.
- Conducting six tours to key watersheds across the West, bringing 254 participants across 2,997 miles.
- Shepherding a statewide leadership program for 21 rising stars in California.
Check out our 2025 Annual Report to learn more about our accomplishments and to find which journalist received the Rita Schmidt Sudman Award for Excellence in Water Journalism!
