Whitewater (formerly White Water) is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California.

[4] Whitewater, still a populated place on the west bank of the Whitewater River, is located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Palm Springs.33°54′52″N 116°42′38″W / 33.91444°N 116.71056°W / 33.91444; -116.71056[5] It began as rest and watering place for travelers on the Bradshaw Trail between San Bernardino and La Paz Arizona Territory in 1862.

With the start of the Colorado River Gold Rush the trail was created to ship goods and allow people to cross the desert to the new boom towns on the Colorado River and the interior of Arizona Territory.

[6] The settlement at White Water remained as a stop on the road into the Coachella Valley and to other desert regions to the east as it does today.

The area has nearly constant wind due to the venturi effect created by the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south, resulting in perfect conditions for the wind farm.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km2), all of it land.

There were 405 housing units at an average density of 41.0 per square mile (15.8/km2), of which 235 (75%) were owner-occupied, and 77 (25%) were occupied by renters.