Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle close to it. People move when there is too little of it. People move when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write, sing and dance about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it. -Mikhail Gorbachev, President of Green Cross International, quoted in Peter Swanson's Water: The Drop of Life, 2001

As desert residents, we must all face the reality that ...

The availability of water will always be the factor that most limits life in a desert.

The High Desert's water supply is being used faster then it is being replaced by nature.

The Southwestern United States may be in a prolonged drought that could last decades.

The demand on our native desert water resources is increasing.

There is time left to make sure future desert inhabitants have the water they need.

To be a part of a common solution, however, everyone across the Mojave must know...

The Facts

Understanding California's hydrogeography; what nature gave our state to work with.

The California history of water resource development .

California's Water: Facts on California's Water System.

How is water from the aqueduct used?

Why is the Mojave a land of little water?

Where is the Mojave's water?

How big is our "bucket"?

The Dilemma

Life across the Mojave depends upon its desert's water.

Demand for the Mojave's native water is more than it can sustainably supply.

California's Water: A Clear and Present Crisis We Can't Ignore.

The Solution

Who manages the Mojave's water?

There is more to having enough water then just paying the bill !

 

Helping a native Mojave River resident...

What is the aquarium all about?

Working with the Mohave tui chub.