California Aqueduct East Branch, California

The California Aqueduct is one of three major aqueducts running through the desert of California. It is part of the State Water Project, which brings water to the south from the Sacramento River in the north. The aqueduct primarily serves the agricultural industry of the Central Valley, but is a major source for water for the Los Angeles region as well. The aqueduct bifurcates in southern Kern County, at the Tehachapi Afterbay, with one branch leading to Castaic Lake, and the other, the East Branch, heading through Antelope Valley and south to Lake Perris in Riverside County. Objects which have been pulled out of the aqueduct in the Antelope Valley include hundreds of junked and stolen cars, and several human bodies. The California Aqueduct East Branch distributes water to more remote desert areas through several pipelines, like the Morongo Valley Pipeline, and the Mojave River Pipeline, which injects water into the ground under the course of the Mojave River, where the aquifer is nearly depleted.