Palo Verde Valley

The region is the ancestral home of several Native American tribes: the Quechan, the Chemehuevi and Matxalycadom or Halchidhoma,[4][5] some who have Indian reservations in California and Arizona along the Colorado and Gila Rivers today.

Dating back to Thomas Henry Blythe's filing in 1877, the PVID has the most senior Colorado River water rights of any California agency.

[8] In a 2005 agreement, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) negotiated with PVID in Blythe to fallow, or idle, farm land for 35 years.

The deal will transfer water that would have been used for farming in the area of Blythe, Ripley and Palo Verde to MWD.

The MWD provided $6 million in a development fund to reimburse the community for losses caused by shifting water to urban areas.

FlixBus and Greyhound Lines also serve the community of Blythe on their routes between Los Angeles and Phoenix.

Aerial view looking north along the Palo Verde Valley and into the Parker Valley , where the Colorado River defines the border between California (left) and Arizona (right). A portion of the city of Blythe, California , and Ehrenberg, Arizona , and Interstate Highway 10 are visible at the bottom.