M&A is dedicated to helping future water professionals and engaging with the communities in which we work and live. Our efforts to support education, our profession, and our communities include funding university scholarships and awards and contributing to non-profit organizations. M&A employees get involved by participating in professional organizations, serving on boards and committees, and volunteering their time.

Supporting Education & Our Profession

  • M&A is proud to be a longtime sponsor of the University of Arizona’s annual El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera and GeoDaze events by providing the Montgomery Prize for best oral presentation to students in the Departments of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences and Geosciences. M&A also offers the Montgomery Prize each year for effective science communication at Northern Arizona University‘s School of Earth and Sustainability Graduate Research Symposium.

    For a list of all past Montgomery Prize winners, click here.

 

From left: Brady Nock of M&A and Peter Troch of the University of Arizona present the first and second place Montgomery Prizes at the 2025 El Dia del Agua y la Atmósfera to Omid Zandi and Nathan Strom, respectively. Megan Zivic of M&A presents Madison Tuohy with the Montgomery Prize at the 2025 GeoDaze Symposium. The winner of the 2025 Montgomery Prize at Northern Arizona University was María José Uribe Pérez.

  • Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024-2025 M&A scholarship, offered to University of Arizona students pursuing degrees in the Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences (HAS) or Geosciences department. Read about it here.

    Read about the 2023-2024 inaugural scholarship recipients here.

From left: 2024-2025 M&A scholarship recipients Jack Flanigan, Min Ma, and Alma Reasoner

  • M&A is a longtime supporter of the Arizona Hydrological Society Foundation, which provides scholarships to hydrology students. We are proud to support this organization that helps future hydrologists.

  • In California, our support for the Groundwater Resources Association (GRA) includes annual sponsorship, event participation, and serving in leadership roles throughout the state. GRA aims to protect and improve groundwater supply and quality through education and technical leadership, and we are proud to support their mission.

Supporting Our Communities

Georgina King volunteers with Thirst Project in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

  • M&A contributes to the following non-profit organizations located in the cities where we work and live:

    • Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
    • Youth On Their Own
    • Phoenix Children’s Hospital
    • Sacramento Food Bank
    • Food Link Tulare
    • Food Bank for Monterey County
    • SPCA of Northern Nevada
    • Hogar San Rafael Arcángel
    • Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago

  • Each December since 1993, M&A Tucson has provided families of our neighboring elementary school food items and gift cards to enjoy for the holidays. Read more about our tradition here.

  • Employees from our Tucson office volunteered with the Watershed Management Group to remove Arundo donax from Tanque Verde Creek. Read about it here.

  • Georgina King, P.G., C.Hg., principal hydrogeologist, traveled to the Kingdom of Eswatini on a volunteer assignment with Thirst Project. Read about it here.