ASU’s new Global Center for Water Technology will focus on strategies for ensuring sustainable water and energy sources seen as critical to  Arizona’s future. Paul Westerhoff, deputy director of the National Science Foundation’s Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment, will lead the new ASU center, which will be part of ASU’s ongoing work with the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative. Westerhoff is also an ASU Regents Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools, and the Fulton Chair of Environmental Engineering. Westerhoff says he is optimistic about the water and energy sector’s next five years and stressed that these partnerships will play a significant role in adequately maintaining those vital resources.