Editor's Summary: In 2003, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) of California agreed to transfer water from rural Imperial County to urban southern California cities as part of a quantitative settlement agreement (QSA). The Colorado River water that the IID transferred to the wealthy coastal cities was held in trust for the residents of the Imperial Valley, the poorest county in the state. In this Article, Shannon Baker-Branstetter asserts that the IID Board of Directors breached its trust to the residents and farmers of Imperial County when it sold water rights to municipal districts in southern California. The IID leased the water for less-than-market price for an unreasonable length of time, and the IID Board of Directors did not insist on adequate compensation and a formalized plan to mitigate damage to the public health that will result when the reduced runoff from agriculture exposes the Salton Sea lakebed. Thus, the IID exacerbated the poor economic conditions of residents of the county.