The WQA was established by the California State Legislature (SB1679) on February 11, 1993 to develop, finance and implement groundwater treatment programs in the San Gabriel Basin. The WQA is under the direction and leadership of a 7-member board. The board is comprised of one member from each of the overlying municipal water districts, one from a with with prescriptive pumping rights and one from a city without prescriptive pumping rights, and two members representing water producers in the San Gabriel Basin. WQA's Mission: "Coordinate, Plan, and Impement groundwater quality management programs to efficiently remediate groundwater contamination and assist in preventing future contamination." WQA Goals: 1) Coordinate groundwater cleanup 2) Inform the public 3) Characterize groundwater contamination 4) Assist PRP's and RP's 5) Prevent or minimize migration of contamination 6) Remove contamination quickly and effeciently 7) Protect groundwater resources 8) Fund WQA projects and programs with outside money. Regular board meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 9:30 A.M. in the WQA conference room.