Water Wasted | What happened to all the water from California's historic winter?

[@Steve69SS396]

The 3 wettest years on record were 1983, 2017 and 2023. So we had two of the wettest years just in the last 6 years. We missed a huge opportunity for storing water because the last reservoir built in California was finished in 1979. In '79 California had a population of 23 Million now we have 39 Million. That's a population increase of almost 70% but we have not increased our capacity to store water. That's absolutely ridiculous. Water is a vital necessity for life. The politicians in California have done a horrible job ensuring the supply of such a vital resource.

[@StephenGillie]

Crisis Engineering 101

[@timothyblazer1749]

It's almost as if they don't care about their population.

[@gartwilliams3347]

All based on the hoax of Climate Change!

[@gartwilliams3347]

All based on the hoax of Climate Change!

[@gartwilliams3347]

All based on the hoax of Climate Change!

[@TerreHauteRemoteGoat]

The best place to store water is in the ground/aquifer. The government spent a lot of money on huge centralized dams and ignored small decentralized water slowing structures that reduce flood damage, prevent silting up of the big reservoirs and put more water back in the aquifer. I guess some Senators were more interested in having their name on something.

[@davelindgren5245]

Newsom sat on projects for years to store more water. His approach was completely focused on conserving water. He finally approved the projects and then had to cut their budgets because of the budget shortfall. If you control the water, you control the behavior of people. That is what this is about.

[@lilblackduc7312]

Newsom also sat on the controlling board for Silicon Valley Bank.

[@chrisfrancis6101]

Exactly! Why not sue !!?? He is not following the state or federal constitution!! Not on any level!!!!

[@0Logan05]

The left is a societal cancer

[@anitablades6033]

And the growers say he let's precious fresh water drain into the Ocean. It's on line, if it hasn't been taken down.

[@jerrypeevey]

We do have 5 bazillion dollars for a speedy train from LA to SF, which by the way is only 1 1/2 hours faster than driving it. LOL Time for new government and reservoirs . Another thing that cracks me up is a valley that has an ancient lake being refilled and they are screaming about the poor farmers who decided to use water instead of saving it... I don't feel sorry for people who set up camp in a dry river bed only to awaken underwater. It's called natural selection.

[@susangarland6869]

Native Californian here. California hasn't built any new reservoirs in over 50 years because of completely made up environmental reasons. Despite having collected billions of dollars through Prop 1 (passed in 2014 for the purpose of funding the construction of more reservoirs), we're still stuck in a man-made drought. A more important question than where did all the water go is where did all the money go?

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Total nonsense. There is plenty of water in california, even in drought years. It's simply wasted on inefficient farms. 85% of all water is used by farmers, but they only generate 5% of GDP - it's an obscene wasteful system whereby farms suck up so much water but provide minuscule returns. California would be far better off raising prices to market rates to get rid of the inefficient farms, buy up the inefficient farms, and rewild most of the Central Valley. California taxpayers would save hundreds of billions because there would be no need for any more reservoirs for centuries.

[@Bestmepossible]

I don't understand how watering food is wasteful. I'd rather shower once a week and eat daily than shower daily and eat once a week.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

@@Bestmepossible It's wasteful because it's subsidized by taxpayer money to the tune of hundreds of billions. And how is growing cotton (let alone rice) in a desert in any way a sane idea? Farms are huge wasters of water - rather than invest in drip irrigation they simply flood the fields, because water is so cheap - ~90% simply evaporates away shows how insanely cheap their water is - zero incentive to efficiently use water, especially as taxpayers subsidize their water. And yet nitwits want us to build more water reservoirs at gargantuan expense rather than getting rid of these ridiculous water wasters? Few talk about this scam because it's always couched as wholesome, when in fact is large agribiz cynically making billions - it's corporate socialism - steal from the poor and give to the rich. It needs to stop asap.

[@Jimmyxsx]

@@ArthurDentZaphodBeebBS most water is discharged straight into the ocean.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Most of the water is discharged straight into the ocean to protect fish habitats, because democrats value the lives of fish more than their voters. Which is why you should stop voting for them.

[@patmcbride9853]

Tax revenues or water, the government knows how to waste in an epic fashion. BTW, voters were fooled into voting for several propositions that banned new reservoirs or made it more difficult to build them. Stop only reading the title and the ruling party's summary before voting on a proposition.

[@garthTurningCranks]

No one should read the title of a proposition, they should read the pro/cons & rebuttals in the voter guides. Titles are written to twist voters in knots.

[@oldschool8292]

Read the actual proposition.

[@MegaLokopo]

Or just read the entire thing, or just don't vote if you don't want to read what you are voting for or against.

[@simplethings3730]

Why did they do this?

[@MegaLokopo]

@@simplethings3730 You are the carbon they want to reduce. They wish you didn't exist, that is why they strive to make your day harder every day.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Every idea we have has to sit in court for years or decades so none of them get accomplished. Literally anything we do will require a scorched earth philosophy on our legal system.

[@anitablades6033]

Then, vote out the people that put in the road blocks. Or rum for office yourself, then you'll know how the vote will go !!!

[@MegaLokopo]

But you are obviously a racist if you don't vote for democrats, so good luck convincing all of the idiots to change how they vote.

[@stephenmiller5023]

As a native Of California for over 63 years now I’m convinced this state is just Never gonna learn . Not as long as Current politicians are in office & in charge , PERIOD.. CAN’T FIX STUPID. 😡🤬

[@denniscrane9753]

@@stephenmiller5023trust me they know what they are doing!

[@shaunkelly9053]

This is intentional. They want it so bad here people will leave and not move here. Problem is a lot of people coming here are from countries that are so bad that it still looks like paradise here no matter how bad it gets.

[@ronwatkins5775]

If you are releasing water to the ocean, then your reservoir system is not big enough. It shouldn't be designed for 3 years, but should be designed for a much longer drought period like we saw in the runup to 2023.

[@SDRLG]

Sounds great for the environment!

[@scottprather5645]

A lot easier said than done I think groundwater storage is the right solution

[@ronwatkins5775]

@veryslyfox Last year when we had the drought, it was not enough at all. It's sized for a 3-year drought but should be size for a 10-20 year drought. California was trying to take away water from other states which need it when they should have invested better to start with. Keep up with the required releases but building and slowly filling new reservoirs is the correct thing to do. Not foist off their problems on other states.

[@multivariateperspective5137]

@@ronwatkins5775 exactly

[@dennisg4053]

The Sacramento river is the largest in California. Yet all the dams on the Sacramento combined... Only store about 9 months "Average Flow" ... Other dams like New Melones, Shasta can store multi year flows

[@mrbaab5932]

Yes, the Federal government needs to limit the water California gets from Colorado River to force California to be more efficient like Arizona and Nevada.

[@bassman87]

the amount of water California gets from the Colorado River is so small, only 4.4million acre feet per year, cutting Colorado river water rights is only going to affect Imperial Valley farmers and no one else. I doubt it would have the affect you think it would on California.

[@angelmendez2211]

No California for decades been decreasing their Colorado river use way longer than Nevada and Arizona. The reason why you hear about Nevada and Arizona making huge decreasing is because they recently barely started acting on the crisis, and didn't had no prior plan. So to correctly fix your statement Arizona and Nevada need to catch up to California. California does it decrease gradually slower because of how long they been decreasing that's what it seems like cities like las Vegas are making the big decrease when reality their decades late to reality. Arizona on the other hand giving unlimited water to Saudi Arabia cows food due to their past laws which the democrats are trying to stop.

[@johng4093]

@@angelmendez2211 NV is only allocated 4% of Colorado River lower basin water, while CA is allocated 58.7%, so kind of difficult to blame NV for any shortage.

[@sumsara9255]

The title says it all "Wasted Water." That's the preconceived notion - water is wasted when it flows in a stream channel to the ocean. Thank God I am not a fish in CA.

[@eleanormattice3598]

Water is supposed to flow to the ocean. Humans can NEVER get enough.

[@mannymo8364]

CA is just keeping water profitable for certain companies.

[@jessicahayes9788]

Bingo! And to continue their climate narrative again for taxation and profit.

[@lilblackduc7312]

That's right!

[@jum5238]

Yes. Dry up farmers so they sell land on the cheap to mega corporations or China. Makes the most sense when years of water storage was released in a single winter and then farmers told they couldn't access much/any water over the subsequent years.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@jum5238 Then allow the mega corporations from china to use the land and additional water to make food that can be shipped back to china.

[@levmoses742]

You mean like when Wilson gave Nestle unlimited access to water! I was shocked that could even be legal. It’s up to people to look beyond the Plutocracy for answers. We might begin with the indigenous voices that have been silenced; farmers, environmentalists, engineers; everyone should be at the table.

[@TruthLivesNow]

They need to build reservoirs in Southern California. California will always have a problem, and will get worse since Southern California relies on lake Mead 400 miles away. I think this is one of the worst problems of California, and it will not change, they are NOT doing enough period!

[@shy3805]

Blame Governor Newsom

[@TruthLivesNow]

@@shy3805 It is all of those CLOWNS! The last major reservoir built in California, (over 2,000 TAF), was Melones Reservoir in 1979 when the population was 1/2 of what it is now. They are Irresponsible! ...and yes, Governor Gruesome Newsom is the worst!

[@BoydGilbreath]

" They" know more than we do. Could be there will be much fewer people soon. Much fewer.

[@stevewest6133]

Not wrong, but there is other low hanging fruit. Shasta, Folsom, and Oroville could be raised just another 3-5 feet and it would pay huge dividends on a modest investment.

[@kingjsolomon]

⁠@@shy3805 you’re stupid, it’s been this way for many years before newsom…

[@coondogsoutdooradventures2484]

Downstate NY has manipulated upstate NY for decades. It's not surprising that Southern California doesn't respect Northern California's concerns. Needful respect goes a long way.

[@Horwitz86]

If you want to understand how even Northern California doesn't respect Northern California's concerns you should google Hetch Hetchy.

[@freddymarti]

California environmentalists has been wasting its water not allowing farmers to receive water protecting fish.

[@jacksheet1032]

this problem has been obvious and communicated to our leaders (obvious, to those who dig) since the late 1800s - and no one listened, one fact you seem to have skimmed over - the ground water/aquafer in the San Juaquin valley took damage from over pumping, in other words it started to collapse or compress - i also noticed you don't explain all the places we steal water and the effect on those areas, and the most important fact - California government, so concerned in saving "the planet" THEY COMPLETELY LACK THE COMPASSION, TO ADDRESS PEOPLES NEEDS AS A PRIORITY - have put it off for so long THEYD would have to at least, double what we already have to put a dent in this storage issue - ya need to do more research to impress anyone ABC!! handful of reservoirs ain't gonna do it! this why i don't watch ABC, not really the whole truth, just tidbits... good luck with that!!

[@johndoh5182]

The stupid part of this is right in the title, and the word is "historic" NO govt. can make plans based on a historic event. You can't make infrastructure fast enough to capture most that water, it can't happen anywhere in the world. It takes YEARS to design systems to capture and store water. And this is CA. The majority of the state is either arid or semi-arid. The PROBLEM is not the people in the state, which use about 10% of the water, it's the 90% usage from agriculture. But most systems that you could build would benefit the population, but it won't be more reservoirs because it's doubtful you'd ever fill it up. The data from NOAA shows the last two decades, the West is drying and getting hotter, and the East is getting wetter and is either getting a little cooler or the temps have stayed about the same. The Fed backed off restrictions this year because of this historic rain/snow events, but they'll put them back in place and this WILL force the reduction in agriculture because you're not going to get the population to reduce water enough for their 10% of consumption to make much difference. Part of the agriculture HAS to go, it's only a matter of if the farmers realize it when they're bankrupt or were smart enough to move out of the West for the states fighting over the CO river water and to an environment where water isn't such an issue.

[@markcampbell7577]

The maintenance of river flow is essential to management of the entire system without an objective zero of water quality at the Carquinez Straits the entire system is crippled into corruption.

[@gregurata8689]

You should investigate how San Diego County and it’s comprehensive water management system is implemented.

[@nowistime8070]

maybe turning that lake into farm land was a bad idea

[@anitablades6033]

Profit !! The rule of the game in California.

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

What communist state do you live in? Nevada or Arizona? 😂

[@anitablades6033]

@ericmaclaurin8525 Oklahoma heavy snow every 10 years and 200 lake's small and very large. A State that everyone pretty much gets along. Latest fun thing being built, is an amusement park with RV park next to Grand Lake. Just finished a world famous park on Riverside drive. Named the Gathering Place. Look it up. Cains Ballroom were Bob Wills and Jimmy Hendrix played. If your a coder our Mayor here in Tulsa may help you money wise to get here and get set up. Ck. On-line to see what the offer might be. Oh ! We're Red. 😌

[@jp13119]

Oh for FS! Neither one is a communist state. Dramatic much? And you know what? The entire world is run by the 'profit' rule, jeez. Profit is the name of the game worldwide but especially in the US because it's all stolen from the rightful owners so no, not communist, only corporate christo-fascism! Educate yourself! Vote Blue💙@@ericmaclaurin8525

[@lloydgilham6153]

Newsome didn't take advantage of the gift of floods and screwed up a once in a lifetime opportunity. Please keep him in California and don't release him on the country.

[@eligebrown8998]

The governor of California and half the local politicians should be in jail.

[@ikani1]

What charges are they facing? What charges should they be facing? Can you list what laws they've broken? I'm a fan of any politician, from any party, facing justice if they break laws.

[@jrperes2021]

@@ikani1 Total incompetence and evil intentions... This is a coordinated effort to control. No one is this incompetent without a purpose. Look at CA's homelessness, crime, drug use etc. It is an embarrassment.

[@cramfive3205]

The last 10 years California has removed about 4500 viable dams, most were agricultural in use.

[@blackrocks8413]

but it made a handfull of Trout Unlimited people happy

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

That's because most farmers don't vote Democrat...

[@blanksender7808]

This exactly and the problem isn't just limited to CA. OR / WA / CO / UT / ID have been doing it too. It's happening all over the west

[@Jorge-mg7or]

That's too bad. We kind of need the farmers.

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

@@Jorge-mg7or Kind of. More than a third of the nation's vegetables are grown in California. Buy local, in season and screw them. See how happy everyone will be with Gruesome Newsome when they can't get their head lettuce... And all those temporary/illegal field workers out of work will be a stabilizing factor in it's society. Right? 🙄

[@imzjustplayin]

We should be pumping excess water into underground basins and or into the San Joaquin Valley which has loss 30FT+ of elevation over 100 years due to pumping.

[@FlameofDemocracy]

Plant forests, improve soil pH, go with natural lawns, allow line drying at home, line streets with canopy, increase both elevated high speed rail and elevated commuter rail networks, cover reservoirs with floating solar panels, and flood orchards and fields annually to allow more water to percolate to groundwater depths.

[@dropshot1967]

Building extra reservoirs should definitely be considered and done. They will not however be the single solution. The agricultural sector should consider farming less water-intensive crops and stop wasting water with cotton and almonds. Homeowners can also deliver a significant contribution to reducing water use by reducing the number and size of all the lawns around their homes. These use a significant part of the water. No single solution will be the golden bullet and all parties will have to do their part.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

It's going to take ages to re-establish the almond orchards elsewhere. They need to get on that like a decade ago

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

But you're right, there's no single golden bullet, per se, it's going to take coordination and cooperation across many sectors of business to make it happen.

[@jdollar5852]

Farmers grow crops that are profitable. Limiting household water usage would go 100x farther than telling a farmer what to grow. According to the EPA, Americans use 82 gallons of water per person, per day.

[@denverbasshead]

It's nice to never have to water our lawn in ky

[@bearcubdaycare]

​@@jdollar5852In California, household usage is a small fraction of agricultural use, based on government stats.

[@brekinla]

They talked about water but not the core problem, our growing population. You can build more reservoirs, use water more efficiently etc, and a growing population will outstrip it all. It is politically incorrect to state the truth, a growing population is our problem and there is NO political will to stop it. IN spite of not just our water infrastructure pushed to the max so is our transportation infrastructure. California burns 40 million gallons of gasoline daily and 8 million of those are wasted in traffic. Gavin Newsom and Biden 100% believe more people is the solution to our shortages. Biden is delivering with 7 million more people as of July 2023. Math says different, math says we cannot do what we are doing. "you cannot have continued growth in pop and you can't have continued growth in the consumption of resources." We as a society seem intent on growing our pop until nature says NO more, so much for history, math and human intelligence.

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

Such a clueless opinion. The ocean is full of water and most people live on the coast. This idea that we have to reduce populations or that living in the country is better for people or the environment is mind bogglingly ignorant.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

Just dumb. Humans consume "potable" water, and per the USGS, potable water usage currently sits at 12% of available water-AND GOING DOW, even as populations grow. Conservation, reclamation & recycling efforts the last 40 years have dramatically cut potable water usage.

[@brekinla]

@@ericmaclaurin8525 Ok, the ocean is full of water, useless water, literally a desert. Yes most people do live on the coast and live off rain water indirectly. How about the idea we can't continually grow our population? Is that mind bogglingly ignorant? Math an exact science says, "You cannot have continued growth in pop and you can't have continued growth in the consumption of resources."

[@bujmoose3992]

The Central Valley communities of California for the last Decade or so, wanted to build a water storage project above Millerton Lake at Temperance Flats, but because of Democrats it was never built.

[@freddymarti]

If winters are unpredictable you build reservoirs for the dry years.

[@markcampbell7577]

Claiming that the Delta is a saltwater marsh is disingenuous establishment of water quality. Martinez and Benicia used to pump fresh water directly into their water systems. The Carquinez Straits is the geographic end of saltwater intrusion and salt marsh. If we don't have this clear established zero then we don't have a realistic idea of water management for the water shed of the San Juaquin and Sacramento rivers and the aquifers.

[@joellenrhodes456]

Tell me what you think would happen if you started pumping massive amounts of water out of the river into reservoirs? You think the reduction in flow wouldn't start salt water flow up into the river? Once California portioned off large sections of land to harvest salt, causing a change to the bay biology. These salt ponds are being returned to the bay, they are bring removing and restoring the natural marsh. Point, man never knows the result of his choices till they become evident.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

The water isn’t wasted it just does what nature intended and not what California’s farmers want.

[@scottprather5645]

We need a groundwater capture system to replenish the aquifers. Another good idea is to put solar panels over aqueducts greatly reduce evaporation and produce green energy that's a win-win you don't have to use up new land

[@cali626909]

That’s something the state is already looking to do, I believe they are already testing that out.

[@paulaarchuleta8684]

Love you ideas!

[@xtv007]

There is a large landowner in the valley who grows almonds. When he bought the land, he bought the mineral rights too and it just so happens that his land consists of the majority of underground aquifers in the area. As a fee simple deeded property, he uses his water at will to water his almonds with no regard for the rest of the state and the state is powerless to make him conserve. It was estimated that he used up 75% of the aquifers reserve years ago and that when rain water and runoff come through, it fills his aquifer first before trickling downstream for the rest of the state to ration whatever is left. I saw a video on this a few years ago here on youtube and so don't quote me on figures but the essence of the story is accurate. Good luck!

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

@@xtv007 Everyone is evil but you...I get it.

[@SS-yj2le]

We already have ground water and LA even put blackballs in one of theirs to reduce it years ago. Though yet, not that much help as mountajn areas like Tahoe have low evapotranspiration rates.

[@brockreynolds870]

"WE're gonna have to let that water go, so we have room for potential floods next winter"....... how about you wait and see if the flood actually ARRIVES before you let the water go?

[@blanksender7808]

what we really need to be asking is why we've been removing dams all across teh west coast for the past 60 years

[@hellomynameisname4270]

If they admit it's not a drought but a mismanagement of resources akin to national sabotage, someone would need to be held accountable.

[@johndoh5182]

Except it has been a drought. The data shows it. No one makes up the data that NWS and NOAA collect. For the last 2 decades the West of the US has been hotter and drier. The East has been wetter and either the temps have been about the same or even gone down. Funny thing about global warming is it affects places differently. And NO state in the US can spend millions of dollars in an INSTANT to build infrastructure needed to capture all that water that fell or even the historic snow fall, to collect water from an event that is what? Historic. I mean build lot of infrastructure for a historic event, which means that may never happen again. The question itself is stupid.

[@DaveFury]

🎯🎯🎯

[@hellomynameisname4270]

@@DaveFury 80% of our nation's produce is grown with the water coming out of Northern California

[@simplethings3730]

Well... there IS a drought.

[@hellomynameisname4270]

@@simplethings3730 no, California is 85 percent arrid coastal plain, desert or high desert. It is not supposed to rain in a desert. If you asked a Saudi person when the drought in Arabia might be over, they would laugh at your silly inquiry. It not supposed to rain in a desert. No drought. Yes desert.

[@Vinegaroon]

Maybe they would have water if they didn’t drain tulare lake

[@kylesmith2604]

“Rely on every single drop” get we can’t even collect our own rain water… what an absolute joke of a gov

[@eleanormattice3598]

Rain water recharges aquifers and is essential for rivers. Humans take too much.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

This program talks about the issues with "meteorological" drought all the way back to the 1920's, yet at the same time, state... "things are changing"... the weather is less predictable. It seems like so many subjects today, people talk out of both sides of their mouth.

[@Cptn.Viridian]

They should just actually do Nawapa. We are so afraid to do mega infrastructure in today's day and age, even though the America of today is impossible without them.

[@ComancheWarrior63]

It all boils down to 3 problems: 1. Too many politicians 2. Too many scientists 3. Not enough engineers and actual construction

[@bsgnerd]

Thank you for an in-depth report!

[@spiritanimal7516]

I would have thought that we would have mastered storing and transporting water by now

[@Sbow406]

Storing water at the base of the mountains is a good idea. They do same thing in ID and MT.

[@markcampbell7577]

You can't use water that you haven't stored from the winter. They think we should just divert water until the river is dry instead storing enough water to use and keep the river flowing.

[@DJBillionator]

We need to look to desert regions for open space to build reservoirs! We need to pump the water from flooded areas to dry areas. Like, Egypt is currently building a mega project for desert farming. These people have their heads so far up their...... come on man!

[@DJBillionator]

There's plenty of dried up lakes we can use also. Stop being dumb!

[@DJBillionator]

Or, am i just that smart?

[@DJBillionator]

If accidents happen with regard to flooding. Only deserts will be watered....

[@JL-cc2pt]

Farmers are the biggest crybabies while planting Tree nuts like almonds, pistachios, walnuts, and cashews are actually some of the most water-intensive crops grown today

[@susangarland6869]

So the only crops that farmers grow are nuts?

[@markdavis8888]

@@susangarland6869 Rice is also water intensive and California grows a lot of rice.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

@@markdavis8888 Feeding a lot of people.

[@rickbruceroche2038]

They allowed TRILLIONS of gallons to run to the ocean. They haven't built a new reservoir since 1976 ... and their population has DOUBLED since then.

[@liaisonguy]

Excellent video. The "environmentalists" don't seem to want any solutions to mitigating California droughts. Their concern about air pollution during the delta tunnel construction is laughable. They're throwing excuses and objections like monkeys hoping something will stick.

[@BongRipBing]

My main concern with the tunnels is the change in salinity that will cause in the Delta downstream from the pumps. Barnacles suck and it would really change the fishing and marshlands. There are better ways for LA to get water.

[@WolfHeathen]

If California becomes a lush green forest because people stepped in, the environmentalists will no longer be able to point to California and say "look how much global warming there is because drought!"

[@christiankruse1970]

@@BongRipBing Can you name one please? If salinity was the issue then could you not only use it during excess wet periods? I understood that was what it was for.

[@BongRipBing]

@@christiankruse1970 Here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3azdqt4oq2meJo&pp=ygUZd2F2ZSBiYXNlZCBkZXNhbGluaXphdGlvbg%3D%3D If the Tunnels are built, then the diversion of water would eventually become constant due to political pressure.

[@myoung48281]

They would tell you not letting the water flow free to the ocean would salinate farm water and kill the plants. They'd also tell you that, according to the SouthWest Drought study, 42% of calif. recent drought, the worst drought in 1200 years, was caused by anthropogenic activity. So blame anyone you like to suit your political perspective. Also, the huge amounts of water required for alfalfa to feed the cows so you can eat your fast food burgers.

[@Jeff250lbc]

I was betting California was going to dump the water.

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

Bad farmers abusing legacy water rights and blocking solutions is why farmers get blamed. Lake Tulare is another. It's a perfect natural reservoir that dwarfs man made storage but instead of expanding it we keep building entire new ones.

[@Snapper314]

The average Consumers and Households only make up a TINY percentage of the total water used in California. 90% of the water used in California is used by the Agricultural Industry. 6-7% of the water used in California is used by Non-Agricultural Industries (manufacturing & production). 3-4% of the water used in California is used by Average Consumers & Households. Regular people could TOTALLY STOP using water & it would only amount to a 3 or 4 percent saving! So ANY effort that targets regular Consumers is nothing but a money grab or guilty trip.

[@jaymacpherson8167]

As a water professional, the unwavering adherence to respective agendas is what impedes progress. Each interest group should strive to understand the contextual perspective of those who appear to stand in their way. Solutions come from innovative thinking, open mindedness, and willingness to compromise.

[@simonbowman6206]

yes i totally agree but the best way is not the business way is it ? And i have been doing this invention since 2014 and the common thread is ,,good idea , yes we see it has legs, BUT the market (their the market) makes more from wind and solar. And as long as they can call it green tech then that's where the dollars flow

[@oliverrojas3185]

Yes, l agree. I personally have to work on hearing an objection to what l prefer to hear and then not impulsively dismiss or marginalize an opposing view. Being able to tolerate the discomfort of opposition is the challenge.

[@jaymacpherson8167]

@@oliverrojas3185 Tolerate the discomfort of opposition…I like that phrase.

[@jaymacpherson8167]

@@jaunt3603 To what waste do you refer? An inefficient problem resolution, or runoff to the ocean, or other?

[@jaymacpherson8167]

@@jaunt3603 Good point. The process is slow, and sadly seems to only gain speed when troubles intensify past a threshold, which also seems to rise over time. My biggest concern is the prior appropriation basis of western US water rights. I believe that has to change to law of the commons (along with compensation to those with existing water rights) to achieve faster decision making in all water matters. As you may know, no one in the west is doing the ground work for such a change.

[@JimBrave-ri1oc]

Democrat politicians never allow anyone to build ponds and they don't allow cities to build lakes. Building Lakes and Ponds is the ANSWER To Helping the Environment.

[@peterofoz]

How about routing the release water to the lower central valley farmers so it seeps into the ground to replenish the aquafirs? Those farmers can activate lands for falll crops.

[@barryhessel6078]

They shouldn't let water out of those lakes now. Not yet. Because what if they have a dry winter this year?

[@shootermcgavin4999]

This was really well done. Not a huge fan of any mainstream media today. Keep putting out videos like this to keep viewers.

[@Antposse]

I'm betting there's something political involved with this video.

[@shootermcgavin4999]

@@Antposse lol probably

[@trivialinsignific]

the problem with california's water is in the state capital building in sacramento,ca.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

It happened the same thing like everywhere else in the world where it snow. It melted. It's surprising. I thought it was special snow because it fell in california but no, it was just normal snow.

[@jordanabendroth6458]

Thank you for a little snark in what is a way too serious discussion

[@jessed9299]

Keep setting the guy on the left to look like he has cat eats too!! 😸😸

[@pavlitoboombito]

About time someone investigate

[@shy3805]

Need to investigate Newsom for never spending a dime on reservoirs while we had a surplus budget but some how California is now broke now a deficit budget. Where did all that money go???

[@benmcreynolds8581]

As all this excessive rain and snow was building up i was thinking "are they really going to let all that freshwater resource they've needed so much, just flush out to the ocean and waste it all. Which keeps them all in a state of water instability in the local ecosystem and environment" I don't understand why we aren't utilizing our creativity and motivation more? We could do so much to improve our quality's of life's but we here in America just keep on Not Doing anything...

[@drugmoney4996]

It's an AGENDA

[@johnl5316]

Winters are not becoming more unpredictable

[@TL-wy1nk]

They don't seem to be able to do anything right.

[@jamestucker8088]

We have two huge reservoirs Lake Powell and Lake Mead that will never fill up. We don't need more reservoirs, we need more canals to send the water to LA. During a wet year Southern CA should get all its water from the Sierras and not from the Colorado. We can bank the water in Lake Mead for dry years when we really need it.

[@kameljoe21]

If the snow pack is a vital part of state then why are they not making more snow. The bigger the snow pack the longer it lasts over spring and summer. The deeper you can make it the longer it will last. In Norway or some place like that there is a snow dump site that still holds snow even into late late summer and some even sticks around till the winter comes again. In theory if you build a massive snow pack and keep adding more feet the longer the water would last. The other thing is CA once tried to pass a bill for many billions of dollars to build a pipe line from one area to another to bring in water. At the time the largest desalinization plant ever built could have got 4 of them built for the price of that tunnel system. Flood control is key. When the floods come you pump that water and divert it via a pipe line to areas that are short of water. All of those fires that CA has is because of poor forest management and lack of water. CA is going to have to pass a 1 trillion dollar budget bill which will put all of these project in the works to be finished in just a few years and they will effectively fix a lot of the problems. Also all of those reservoirs should be hydro dams and produce energy to the grid. All of the excess energy produced from solar and wind should be used to pump water back up in to the reservoirs to keep them topped off at all time. There should be no reason to dump a bunch of water. Everything should have a steady stream coming out. Reservoirs have a capacity limit and a max limit. If the reservoirs is at max then you release water. You should only release enough water to keep it full. Not to empty it just in cause. If rains come and it starts getting to the max level fast then you bleed off just enough to slow it down, not dumping it all.

[@jonathanjones3126]

California's government is a 1 party system that is owned by environmental terrorists

[@timpinkos5352]

Quit tearing dams down!! Also, time to re-look at the court ruling to send water into the delta. This practice has been done for enough years now to determine if it is a worthwhile endeavor.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Problem is, the system was designed for a 5 year drought cycle, not 3. More people means you need more storage.

[@xPablo1376]

the reall problem is agriculture if u wanna grow food in a dessert valley then u need hella water , people dont use much ?( on aperhousehold basis)

[@JETZcorp]

The drought was a great advertisement for climate crisis. This is the way government works. The military make a point to always run out of ammo so they can ask for more next year. School districts always make sure classroom supplies and other high-visibility items are in permanent shortage. The homeless crisis can never be solved because it is so profitable to those tasked with solving it. And California must always, always be out of water. If that means draining it out to sea, watering crops only during the heat of the day, and putting restrictions only where they are ineffective and annoying to as many people as possible, they'll do all of it.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

I lived in Woodland, CA in the 90s as a kid. All our city parks had wells in them basically. I was back in 2016 but didnt go through the parks. Interesting to know those wells were being phased out. I live elsewhere now and dont really miss it.

[@DeluxeWithCheese69]

My hometown, go Wolves.

[@elevatormechanic7120]

We pump petroleum across continents, why can’t we pump the water to Lake Powell, and Lake mead for storage, both lakes are still low.

[@MegaLokopo]

Because then the problems would be solved and politicians on both sides would no longer be able to promise to solve our problems, because they would already be solved. The great salt lake could easily be used to add more water to the water cycle in utah, and you wouldn't have to desalinate it because nature would.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

Because the environmental lobby is against any water diversion, which would increase Ag production, thus increase the carbon footprint the transportation of all that Ag would have on the planet. I was at a symposium up at Lake Powell more than a decade ago, and a speaker stated what I just said.

[@stevewest6133]

Raising existing dams is the low hanging fruit.

[@kimm6589]

This has a production quality of a college freshmen group project.

[@salsalero1277]

Growing population? People are leaving California!

[@jlopez8719]

If CA built their water storage system to the level of what is in Nevada and Arizona, CA would be much more resistant to drought. CA politics make it almost impossible to execute needed projects.

[@GuberShep]

if you want water to spare simply make having lawns illegal

[@jerrykahn6894]

California should be cut off from the Colorado River Supply completely for it's lack of foresight in building proper water retention reservoirs when they had the chance. Perhaps then they would learn that fish are not as important as humans.

[@swatisharma9006]

Department of Water resources should also make efforts to: (1) Educate and enable farmers on rain water harvesting. It will also help in ground water recharging. (2) DWR should also make efforts to convert residential and commercial outdoor spaces to water efficient lawns. Most of them are still water intensive with grass esp. Applying permaculture principles and bringing public upto speed with current reality and limited time to act is necessary. (3) Why does a water pipeline has to be an emission intensive operation. Are there alternatives to the current design of water pipelines that are not as harmful to the environment? Note that (1) and (2) - by shear volumes- will add up to great benefit in water conservation.

[@dennisg4053]

Farmers are using a small fraction of what they did 20 years ago. Back when Arnold was Governor ... He wanted to spend $4 Billion on adding water storage and conservation projects.... The Dem Perma- majority in the Legislature said " That it was not needed and too expensive".

[@Antposse]

@@dennisg4053 That's what U get for listening to a (d)!!

[@28ebdh3udnav]

If we can ship gas and fuel nationwide, how come we can't with water

[@davemoritz2174]

From time to time I wonder if the state needs for us to remain in a drought as crazy as it sounds. It basically goes with the global warming naritive and how we are on the verge of things getting really bad. There has been to many times where for crazy reasons they have released insane amounts of water during the drought and with low rain fall. I would hate to think this is actually going on. But another thing is population in California is not going up it is going down as there are more people and businesses leaving than coming to California. In the above video they claim we have all these people coming to California but the truth is there has been record number of people leaving the state!

[@PsycoMantis79]

Bruh, California has recently allowed water districts to sell at "market rate" so of course they have to dump the water.... This is about California government giving license to big buisness to rape California's pocketbooks while also limiting their liability

[@kingfx7890]

Idk what parts your from but Sacramento keeps growing and growing, to buy or rent a home you get 10 bids per home and are they keep constructing new homes, they want to build 2 million more homes here and I'm pretty sure we don't have the water for that so they've start brains washing us early so they can keep building

[@redjohnson4859]

I'm not seeing any beavers being interviewed in this video. Perhaps they would have some ideas on water retention.

[@johnfilce9236]

The entire premise of this is that rivers don't need water to stay healthy. Rivers and fisheries are important.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

Nobody is saying that.

[@MrMarkOlson]

EXACTLY! The title "Water Wasted" sends the message that letting some water flow for the health of streams, rivers, and the delta is somehow a waste. It is a very stupid notion.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

@@MrMarkOlson The title doesn't imply that, and nowhere in the body of text does it state that.

[@MrMarkOlson]

@@Bouncer-id1rh The title is LITERALLY "Water Wasted | What happened to all the water from California's historic winter? ". Just scroll up. 🙂

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

@@MrMarkOlson Wasted what... some, all, the title doesn't mean anything, it doesn't state all the water is wasted. Nobody knows what the title means until you read the text, and nowhere in the text does it say rivers "shouldn't" flow or that fisheries aren't important. So what are you talking about?

[@johnhessom-lx1nt]

California wasted a lot of water, all that snow, people could have made their own reservoirs

[@oliverrojas3185]

I think there's merit in trying to restore the water ways of Colorado and Utah's Great Salt Lake as well as other tributaries like the Powell Resevoir before figuiing out how to serve Californian's more water. How about focusing on Smart Growth? How about creating a more efficient water mangement sewage system? How about seeing how to create individual water management built into each home?

[@freonpeon472]

Can only surmise you don't appreciate cheap affordable food. Ya really shouldn't snivel about restoring water ways and advocate destroying water storage dams with your mouth & belly full of California's vegetables & fruit.

[@Zae_Maybe_here]

​@freonpeon472 we can live without almonds and most of your other major produce can be gown pretty much anywhere. We as a society began to demand out of season food, out of season.

[@freonpeon472]

@@Zae_Maybe_here Obviously you have no clue where nor what is required to keep your mouth & belly stuffed. Typical unicorn-ia climate cultist "thinking". Stop yer whining when you belly is full of California's cheap vegetables, nuts & fruits.

[@skiterzzz4474]

@@Zae_Maybe_hereu live in Cali nd honestly we shouldn’t need to take water from Colorado because we have open land waiting to b lakes or storage but we elect English teachers for the head or department or water

[@firebirdlover4460]

I think there's merit in saying you're clueless. California voters literally approved BILLIONS for new reservoirs here in California, having nothing to do with the Colorado River. Newsom sat on it and nothing has been done.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

Nice of farmers willing to risk the lives of people who live down stream of California’s reservoir damns. Just so they can have more free water. Start charging farmers the real value of the water they get. Immediately there will be plenary of extra water.

[@woodymoto2326]

As long as we leave the southern ports and border wide open, our water supply will never be enough.

[@danielcarroll3358]

How so? Our population is falling and projected to be flat over the next several decades.

[@davydawgdawg]

farms use significantly more water than households. almonds and pistachios are the real reason california can never have enough water.

[@VulcanLogic]

As long as racists complain about things that aren't actually the causes of the problems, we'll never have nice things.

[@shy3805]

​@@VulcanLogicWho's being racist. The comment are actual facts. Our surplus budget has become a deficit because of funding for illegals instead of fixing California and building reservoirs.

[@woodymoto2326]

​@@VulcanLogicProject much?

[@freddymarti]

There wasn’t a drought in California in the 1930s, the “Dustbowl” was in the Mid-West from North Dakota to Kansas and Texas. The newspaper shown is BISMARCK, ND.

[@kenclark9535]

40% of the water going to SoCal, evaporates before it gets there! But that's a good thing because it helps support billionaire farmers like Stuart Reznick.

[@sugarshaker9162]

Recall Newsom!!!

[@VulcanLogic]

You tried. Your candidate was completely humiliated and Newsome is still there.

[@shy3805]

​@@VulcanLogicNow California budget is in a deficit.. Where did all the money go????.

[@sugarshaker9162]

Probably funded his lying commercials against his recall

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

​@@shy3805ever hear of covid? 🤡

[@holdmybeer123]

Environmentalists don't allow anything to be built these days. Say no to housing, say no to industry, say no to nuclear power, windmills kill birds, no reservoirs, no pipelines, no mining. What are you supposed to do as a country? Where do people work if we just delay every project by 10 years for environmental review?

[@thekinarbo]

Radical environmentalism is one species of marxism. Critical Theory is another, identity politics is another. Then there's the Federal Reserve and its illegal/unconstitutional fiat currency. The Federal Reserve is marxist.

[@chinookvalley]

Maybe try slowing human growth. 8 BILLION people and growing by the day.

[@thekinarbo]

@@chinookvalley The rate of growth has slowed dramatically. Go look.

[@holdmybeer123]

@@chinookvalley yea well if you insist on everything to be trucked in on roads, sure even 1 billion is overpopulation. Pipelines and railroads are the modicum of efficiency. Blocking them destroys the environment and prevents humans from becoming efficient at using natural resources. I hope nobody has the power to dictate how many people deserve to live on this planet. We can accommodate even 20 Billion people without damage to this planet if we just keep on learning on how to become more efficient. That is what we do as the intelligent species on this planet, we improve

[@grast5150]

You can capture more water when California has not built a new reservoir in the last 50 years. If you want to store more water, need to build more dams but that is 4 letter word to the eco-nuts of California. The real solution is to cut off LA and San Diego until those regions actually meet state standards for consumption.

[@thoneybadger95]

This is what Trump was saying in 2015.

[@Saintinkz]

California had the best Water plan development, to serve over 60 million residents designed back in the 1950's and this did include Multiple Desalination plants, then somewhere along the line an Bureaucrat figured out they can make good money through taxes fines levees and fees controlling distribution instead of storing

[@simplethings3730]

Creating storage cost money. Spending money means raising taxes. Raising taxes means you complaining about taxes.

[@Saintinkz]

I do not think you realize the citizens have voted and paid for multiple bonds to build storage and yet things are not being done so on an timely matter, it is all about control and the amount the State makes on distribution, end of story @@simplethings3730

[@Hammy1TV]

Easiest solution there is. Everyone who gets less than 30 inches of rain a year in California has to have desert landscaping. Simple solution that would save millions upon millions of gallons of water a year. Also farmers using efficient methods for irrigation too.

[@M.Campbell]

Las Vegas did that, among other things, and is has worked out really well. They are leaders in efficiently using their water. If California would do even half of what they do then they wouldn't be in such a crisis.

[@Hammy1TV]

@@M.Campbell Exactly!

[@cali626909]

@@M.Campbell- Los Angeles has a bigger population than the state of Nevada, plus city like San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Fresno, Bakersfield Oakland that have large population that require water. Plus all the agriculture that feeds the country. Nevada has Las Vegas and that’s it, all desert after that easier to manage your water. 🤦‍♂️

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

Don't hesitate to study the basic math involved before suggesting solutions. Yards don't solve anything.

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

​@@M.Campbell😂 it's so funny to watch people discover and invent things that have been common for decades.

[@j.b.4340]

@4:15, farmers DO waste shocking amounts of water. In Louisiana, we flood rice fields with water from the aquifers. Then, they discharge it into the ditches, rivers, and eventually, the gulf

[@turtlegrams6582]

liar's !!!!!!!!!

[@gracewomack4228]

agree with you....just talk to the farmers...

[@ericmaclaurin8525]

Come on man Show us some tears so we know how badly you're hurting.

[@jarrodvsinclair]

you guys missed one of the biggest issues, that the US Gov through the army control 50% of reservoir water and dumps it whenever they want. not the EPA is forcing them to release water all the time for "special projects"

[@ruru_esco]

How is California a growing population? Every year fr the last few years they said close to 500k Californians are moving yearly.

[@911jediknight911]

Cali at it again, you never fail to achieve a new low...

[@RubenB658]

It should be pipelined to Cali reservoirs and Lake Mead.

[@CB-hp1zn]

Wheres berry goldwaters grand child that inherited the water rights? Casey baldridge?

[@Playback007able]

0:55 that bearded, bobble headed, elf’in eared guy😂

[@carlbrown5150]

Rain Event! When do the tickets go on sale?!!🤣🤣🤣😂😉

[@agonzo626]

Did anyone notice the guy with the glasses in the intro, looked like he had cat ears where he was standing😂

[@SilverWatcher.]

They dont want you drinking water to live, you havent given them enough money. 😅😂

[@johndoh5182]

What kind of a question is this????? So California can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a lot of capture techniques for ONE event?????? The question is answered in the title, "historic" . I'm sorry you can't invest large sums of money to take advantage of an event that is historic. Like, even with something as simple as capturing water to pump it into aquifers, do people understand the amount of filtration needed? Water down in aquifers is very clean. It's been filtered by the ground. You have flood waters and you don't know what's in it, if you pump dirty water into an aquifer you could contaminate it for a couple decades and it affects millions of people because unfortunately what you did was capture water with toxins in it and pumped it straight into a clean source of water and most people who are tapped into that same aquifer don't filter water because the expectation is that it's clean. Then add in that pumping water into aquifers is a slow process. CA doesn't have a lot of lakes and I don't know how reasonable it would be to build more. So basically that leaves systems to capture water and pump it into man made tanks. By the time you could get very much of that in place you're well past the melting snows time frame to capture that historic snow fall.