THE MOJAVE WATER AGENCY

Formed in 1960, the Mojave Water Agency is responsible for managing groundwater resources in the Mojave River Basin and Morongo Basin and providing alternate water sources to the region as needed. It is one of 29 State Water Project contractors permitted to deliver water from the California Aqueduct. The MWA is also the entity charged with implementing the adjudication, a court sanctioned groundwater management system designed to gradually bring water used in balance with the available supply.

In 1965 a portion of the Morongo Basin including Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Landers, and Johnson Valley was annexed into the Mojave Water Agency.  The Morongo Basin Pipeline is a 71-mile underground pipeline, completed in 1995, that delivers water from a five-million gallon reservoir in Landers to percolation ponds in the Yucca Valley area. The pipeline serves nearly 60,000 people and 455 square miles of the High Desert, including the communities of Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Landers and Johnson Valley.

http://www.mojavewater.org/projects/project02.htm

 Twentynine Palms is not part of the Mojave Water Agency.

The informative Mojave Water Agency Website, including a calendar of public meetings, may be viewed here: http://www.mojavewater.org

For more information on water issues in the Morongo Basin, see our Water Issues page.