Water Tours

Overview

Water Tours

The Water Education Foundation’s tours offer participants a firsthand look at the water facilities, rivers and regions critical in the debate about the future of water resources. Issues of water supply, water quality, environmental restoration, flood management, groundwater and water conservation are addressed by a wide range of speakers representing different viewpoints.

The tours are praised for being balanced, thorough and fun. Time for socializing and networking is included in the action-packed itineraries.

You can see a full schedule of our 2023 tours here, and more details on the remaining tours will be available soon! Be the first to hear about them by signing up for Foundation announcements.

Announcement

Save the Dates for 2023 Tours
Read about tours slated for the fall

Mark your calendars now for our full slate of popular water tours in 2023 that will give you a firsthand look at the water facilities, rivers and regions critical in the debate about the future of water resources, including our first-ever water tour of the Eastern Sierra! Foundation tours are praised for being balanced, thorough and engaging with opportunities for socializing and networking included in the action-packed itineraries. 

Tour Nick Gray

Headwaters Tour 2023
Field Trip - June 21-22 (optional whitewater rafting June 20)

NEARLY SOLD OUT - Click here to register!

On average, more than 60 percent of California’s developed water supply originates in the Sierra Nevada and the southern spur of the Cascade Range. Our water supply is largely dependent on the health of our Sierra forests, which are suffering from ecosystem degradation, drought, wildfires and widespread tree mortality. 

Join us as we head into the Sierra to examine water issues that happen upstream but have dramatic impacts downstream and throughout the state.