California's Massive $20BN Water Transfer Project

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[@jam1870utube]

The state of California needs to invest heavily into CAPTURING RAINWATER during the rainy seasons and pumping the rain water back down underground into the natural aquifers. This will increase total annual water supply, minimize water surface evaporation, and possibly eliminate droughts in California. If this water transfer project is part of the rainwater capturing process, then I am all for it. There is also a new method that is currently being developed which involves capturing fresh water from facilities that are located offshore, which does not require a desalination process at all, which is very expensive and creates toxic birine waste water. Imagine an offshore platform like an oil rig, which does not drill for oil, but captures fresh water from the moisture in the air, and pumps it back to the shore(compare the process to the condensation from an air conditioner). There would have to be enough of these rigs(like offshore windmill farms) built to scale to meet the water demands of the state. I envision that the entire country could solve its water drought crises by allowing ocean bordering states to contract with desert states, for example, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and supply them with an abundance of fresh water from our giant oceans. I would love to see a segment dedicated to this idea at some point in the future. Offshore water collection is the way of the future, in my opinion.

[@aaronsmall1757]

This is Bad idea the intake of this waterline is too close to where saltwater comes into the bay!

[@ernieojeda]

Living here in central California seeing the way the high-speed road train is going billions above the original price tag the state is sucking the people out of the money. I feel like this is going to be the same thing

[@harrynutz4550]

Agree 100%

[@cia5649]

well it depends tbh one of the reason high-speed rail is so expensive in the usa is because the experetise isnt there

[@BibleBlack667]

Stop drinking, bathing, showering, cooking and watering your lawns then. And forget your swimming pools. You people want everything for nothing. There are too many people there for the available resources - even you idiotic yanks can surely understand that. A 5 year old could understand it. Move to one of the Dakotas if you don't like it. And stop breeding, that would help.

[@JohnWSmartNow]

stop whining

[@FatYokel]

@@cia5649 If the auto industry didn't throw money against it we'd already have high speed rail, the expertise is easy to acquire but the political reality is what it is.

[@BKMDano17]

Southern California allows hundreds a millions of gallons of water To flow into the ocean every winter. Why not just capture that water ?

[@phenri4809]

It affects the environment 🤭

[@JGinCa]

The 9th Circuit Court ordered that a certain amount of water be sent to the ocean to protect delta smelt. It's done because of the court order, not SWP/DWR or those that receive the water. They have no say in the matter. Additionally, a certain amount of fresh water needs to go into the delta (not southern Ca) so those that draw that water (farms, etc) aren't drawing salt water.

[@codipeterson3590]

That is literally the point of this projext... to pull that excess water down past the delta

[@jerrymiller9039]

It will cost much more than 20 billion. That is a lowball estimate to get approval

[@larsfridtjofnrheim1638]

No, do something reel. Make a Tunnel from The Columbia river to Red Bluff - no pumps needed. And get 1 to 3 ekstra Colorado rivers. Will cost The US about 1/8 off the Ukraine War.

[@paulolson734]

Yeah, at a minimum $20B is just a down payment. Look no further than the High Speed Rail boondoggle. Over promised, massively over priced and vastly under delivered. It's a gift to wealthy political donors and trade unions. This will be no different.

[@larsfridtjofnrheim1638]

@@paulolson734 I live in Norway... And still I can tell you that 20B is peanuts. I think 20B is what you need to move "2 Colorado rivers" til Red Bluff from The Columbia (that is about 32cubic km anualy). CA`s GDP is about 3 000B (correct?). Farming alone, is a 500B busines in CA. 20B is Peanuts. Much water yes, park some in Sites, and pump up some innto Shasta. This may tripple the farming GDP in CA. .... And yes, pay some money to Origon for "Their water".

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

"Lowball"...So what? Meeting water demand is a top-level priority, so other budget excesses will just average out.

[@jerrymiller9039]

@@dudermcdudeface3674 far better ways to meet water demand

[@Vol4Life1962]

Skip the first 9 mins of the video to get to the actual topic.

[@clafournaise]

"But first: what IS California? What IS water? Why do we need water? It's for your VPN."

[@snoozeflu]

Thank you. So many videos lately have a history lesson in front.

[@TR-zx1lc]

Thanks man, I'm so fucking sick of every channel ramming fluff and then some random product up our asses.

[@johnfbm]

@@clafournaise🤣

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

As a NorCal resident, I found the context pretty relevant.

[@DavidTonner]

Thanks!

[@higreentj]

The cost of desalination has fallen by 80%, so we should start considering the ocean as a huge freshwater lake.

[@sidstanton02]

Israel, for example, desalinates in excess of 100% of its water needs. So much so that they are re-filling the Sea of Galilee. Clearly this needs to be taken into consideration.

[@HumanAction76]

Estimated $20b => new requirements $30b => delays $40b => inflation over the 30 years of the project $50b => gov graft $100b total of incomplete project

[@russ549]

As someone who has lived for 42 years in the far north of California in the mountains I can say the weather is changing so rapidly here that I don't even know if there will be water or snow in enouther 40 years.

[@hi_its_me_erin]

I know, right? It’s very scary.

[@jamescoe4765]

@@hi_its_me_erin Have no fear. If the Sierra Club would go away and you could build reservoirs to catch the rain.

[@KingofInterns]

​@@jamescoe4765it doesnt rain in california

[@jamescoe4765]

@@KingofInterns About 30million acre feet per year run off and into the ocean. Enough water for 120 million people.

[@meltoff9339]

California has the potential for plenty of water, here in Northern California we regularly flood. What we need is more storage. If we were smart we would make dams with hydro and solve electricity generation and water at the same time. Sites reservoir project has been active for about 40 years and ground hasn’t been broken yet due to endless red tape.

[@therighthonourable2635]

Yes. And now we know enough to build new storage to minimize impacts to habitat and even create more habitat for species like salmon (I don’t care so much for the invasive delta smelt)

[@virgilfenn2364]

Instead of moving an existing flow of fresh water, CA should create new fresh water. Desalinate sea water with energy from a new fission nuclear power plant.

[@s.wilson6770]

As a person living in California's central valley, I am AGAINST this project. Our farmers grow a great deal of food for the country and have watched our water table drop. We already ship water south. Perhaps those who built in an enormous population in a desert. I remember when we were under water rationing conditions and we'd see footage of people washing their cars and overwatering their lawns while water would just pour down the street. I do not believe this would withstand earthquakes even with the depth of burial. I think southern California should invest in water desalination plants and produce their own water. The shorter the distance the water has to travel, the less earthquake liability there would be. All this combined with the environmental impact, leads me to say I'm AGAINST this project.

[@ScarryKnight]

Perhaps Los Angeles & San Diego should invest in water desalination plants as a solution instead of creating problems and costs for the rest of the state & neighboring states.

[@orawancarlile6192]

California already has 11 or 12 desalinated water plants and recycled water plants. Actually, it has enough water for now if there is less migration into this state. If they use water conservation in agriculture, this water will have a surplus of water to share with Nevada and Arizona.

[@ScarryKnight]

@@orawancarlile6192 Right, so southern Cal. is going to create a surplus of water to exceed it's growth so that they will repay the water they have stolen. That is a fools bet. Be aware; water that goes to agriculture grows FOOD.

[@marktroxler6798]

This would be an enormous waste of money, time and resource. Instead of transporting water halfway down the state, and causing untold destruction to watersheds, wildlife, and farming communities, it would be much better to invest in solar powered desalination plants that would already be in southern California. This would be far more cost effective, as well as having infrastructure that could be more earthquake resistant than long pipelines and aqueducts. Even in the worst drought you're not going to run out of ocean. I noticed that the guy that's in charge of this project is a geologist, not a civil engineer. Why would you hire someone that studies rocks to be in charge of an infrastructure project instead of someone that actually knows how to build things? Also, the group that's signing off on the environmental aspects of the project is one that is going to profit from the construction. Sounds like a "Good ol Boy" deal to me. After blunders like the new Bay Bridge, the High Speed Rail to nowhere, and the Orville Dam spillway disaster, it's obvious that there's no amount of money that California isn't willing to waste.

[@cherylm2C6671]

Globally there are several projects putting a lot of infrastructure and workers/maintainers underground, and deep, so there is apprehended either a massively contaminating volcanic event or a long freeze. Meanwhile, much social distraction aimed at creating the unprepared. Those handsome stepwells in India came long after a desperate scrabble at surface trickles, indicating drought from overthrown river courses. The geologists would have had to follow mere cracks, perhaps for miles, to avoid the worst contaminants.

[@peterbrimhall6481]

The california water "problem" is primarily caused by waste and abuse of the resource. Using the peoples public resource, water, to grow wine, almond milk, and other crops for export dose not benefit the people. Its not "farmers feed America. " It degradeds the watersheds that hurts future generation for the benefit of a few and there short term profits.

[@2gameplan]

First, the facts: First, California has no shortage of fresh water contrary to popular belief. Second, California has an inadequate water storage and distribution system. California has no choice. It must get overstupid no growth and environmental regulations. Most are duplications and unnecessary and have questionable efficacy. Get this project started. Now.

[@peterhicks3516]

this will not solve the problem. The water hungry agriculture irrigators who insist that because they bought water rights to 20 megalitres a year back in 1910 that they should still have the same 20 megalitres every year regardless of supply are the problem. Also crops grown do not make sense, eg almonds and pistachios are two crops in particular that have no place being grown in a water restricted environment.

[@phenri4809]

A deals a deal Suck it up California Ya'll have plenty of money apparently

[@jamescoe4765]

I agree, put the farmers out of business and build mega cities to serve the new train that will take commuters to Silicon Valley jobs. Who cares about food?

[@jameswilson5165]

This is like using duct tape on a leaking pipe. At some point, you have to shut off the water and fix the pipe. In the long run, desalination and pumping plants would be a much more permanent solution.

[@marco-ls9fm]

Yes thats what i tought! Why dont they do desalination!

[@nottimbo]

Cause it uses way too much electricity for it to be cost viable. ​@@marco-ls9fm

[@peakz8548]

Maybe 2 years go there was some recent proposals to do it buy environmentalists don't like the resulting brine that is generated. Not sure if its still progressing.

[@autumnberend828]

It's California, they're lazy and don't actually give a fuck. That's why they have been taking water from Mead, a body of water not in their state nor on their border because of an old deal, despite taking FAR more than everyone and for things like crops when there has been means to solve this for themselves. The reason is they don't actually care. Keep a problem, and you can run on it.

[@AL-lh2ht]

desalination causes a lot of toxic pollution and requires a massive amount of energy, which causes more pollution.

[@gfuterfas]

California is NOT running out of water for all those millions of people... Only 10% of water goes to urban esidential use. 40% goes to agriculture, and a lot of that is for growing feed for cows.

[@frankthetank6558]

Yes…. They grow all kinds of crap…. In the MFIng DESERT!!!!!

[@gfuterfas]

@@frankthetank6558 It's the same desert where that sand creature lived in Star Wars that Jabba the Hutt tried to throw Luke Skywalker into in Return of the Jedi. That's where they grow Alfalfa\cow feed and are pissed that we'd rather have solar farms there, even though they have to import all that water from the Colorado river. Look up Imperial Sand Dunes on Google maps and see all the alfalfa farms growing nearby.

[@danielcarroll3358]

@@frankthetank6558 Now *THERE* is a guy who doesn't know the state. It grows all that "crap" that the other states eat and drink.

[@Hanneslueke]

Did you know there was once a lake half the size of California itself? That water is gone… I would call that the onset of a water shortage

[@larsfridtjofnrheim1638]

Do somehing smart. Make a Tunnel from The Columbia river to Red Bluff - no pumps needed. And get 1 to 3 ekstra Colorado rivers. Will cost The US about 1/8 off the Ukraine War.

[@danlowe8684]

It should be noted that the amount of hydro power generated by the California Water Project dams only produces about one-half of the power needed to pump the water through the system.

[@mattcolver1]

You didn't mention a huge supply of water to California, the Colorado River. It goes straight to Southern California. Most of that water is used to irrigate crops in the hottest deserts of the U.S. It make no sense to irrigate the desert. Grow crops in the midwest where water comes in the form of regular rainfall. Use the Colorado River water for SoCal urban area drinking water.

[@sirwm3107]

Please… water the desert and you get the most fertile land to farm anything on in the world! Wise up! Do your research before you show your complete ignorance!

[@Johnson-ji6bg]

I mostly agree, some crops you could move to the midwest but many you couldn't. SoCal and Central Cal are unique with quality soil, up to 300 days a year of sunshine, and warm weather, this is great for citrus, vinyards, and orchards. In the midwest the harsh winters would kill many trees and vines, due to frost, ice build up breaking branches, and at times too much rain over saturating the soil and trees up rooting. Generally speaking seasonal crops are good for the midwest permanent crops are good for CA.

[@brookswilson1072]

California does not have a water problem. It has a water management problem. Depending upon which statistical report one reads, 51% to 78% of the annual water received from rain and snow melt is allowed to flow to the ocean. No dams have been built since the 1970's due to the environmentalists' thwarting progress. No wonder water is scarce.

[@bassman87]

do you know why 51% of water is released from dams and not stored? are you aware of the Federal Senic and Wild River mandate that the Federal (not state) governments impose. Also if we didn't release water from dams, then there wouldn't be any water to keep our rivers flowing. If there aren't any flowing rivers then farmers who rely on a flowing river to pump water into their irrigation channels couldn't grow crops, all of the towns that pump water from the rivers couldn't supply their residents with water. and Bethany Forebay wouldn't ever receive freshwater to feed the pumps into both Federal and state water projects, meaning LA and southern Central valley farmers are also without water. Finally the reason we let water reach the ocean is a really simple one. Cause we can't drink saltwater, and crops won't grow in salted fields. The California Delta, including the Bethany Forebay its at or below sea level. If we don't let water out to the ocean then we get salt water incursion into the delta destroying trillions in economic activity, and causing a halt to both large water projects.

[@bassman87]

oh and there have been 11 dams either built or raised to increase water storage sense 1970. with 4 more projects planned including one that currently in the early construction phase.

[@brookswilson1072]

@@bassman87 The state is, indeed, at the root of the problem, not the Federal government. Your second paragraph doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Yes, water is released from dams as there are not enough of them to hold the water we get each year. The smelt we are helping aren't even indigenous to California and salmon weren't as prevalent as the left would have us think. They keep trying to manage nature and it doesn't work.

[@brookswilson1072]

@@bassman87 So, tell me where and what dams have been built since 1970. I live in the Central Valley and the number is zilch, nada, zero, nothing.

[@adventure_scapes5039]

@@brookswilson1072 because central valley IS the lake.. it always has been.. Agriculture just used up the water at the point of drought

[@DanielinLaTuna]

Water transfer is almost as important as electricity transfer in California. Its movement is north to south. But it wasn’t always that way. The Colonial Spaniards had a thing about founding settlements: be near local laborers, be near a water supply, be at least a day’s march from the ocean (this latter was for preparedness against pirates and Englishmen). As far as “running out of water”, California sits literally on the edge of the Pacific ocean. It’s time to revisit large scale desalination

[@Svid1701D]

$20b for a 40mi tunnel, sounds like a great investment for construction co and the project planners, maybe line a few politicians pockets as well.

[@Nate_dog01]

I’m just curious who will actually do the work after the payoffs and grift

[@mrbr549]

Of course, $20b will be at least doubled due to budget over-runs, graft and corruption. Desalination plants would be much closer to the cities that need the water, and provide many alternative locations in case on area failed.

[@bobsmith6544]

That's what COMMIEOFRNIA does! Steal taxpayer money for NOTHING!

[@jcarp1776]

At least CA is getting the water the need from CA this time. I live in the desert South West, and the amount of water they pull from the Colorado River water shed is ridiculous.

[@whatsup7253]

Better California then going down into Mexico.

[@CinnastixChick]

Blame the republican farmers in the central valley who use most of that water planting thirsty crops like cotton and nuts.

[@whatsup7253]

@@CinnastixChick Stop eating you greedy Democrat grow your own food without water.

[@PaulDee-USN]

@@CinnastixChick USED TO BE Republicans. No more.

[@booey-l5o]

@@CinnastixChick "Blame the republican farmers", my sister in christ, River diversions across states are determined by the government, which in California is overwhelmingly Democrat. However, it's a moot point either way since the products produced from said farms are sold everywhere, to everyone

[@dorianleclair7390]

They need to use pipe instead of a open canal. Open canal allows a lot of water evaporation.

[@dancahill9585]

I'm reminded of the disaster that is the China South to North Water Transfer project.

[@KrisMoe]

We gotta keep thinking big in CA and executing those projects like the fast train and water supply. It takes a long time to plan, engineer and construct so stay in front of the challenges

[@chrisstrand500]

Look at their high speed rail project. One billion spent, couple hundred yards of track installed. Good luck with the water folly.

[@robertgallagher7734]

Keeping in mind the Delta Tunnel project started under Grey Davis, took 20 years to gain all the neccessary aprovals to finally start construction just as Jerry Brown was leaving office. Then, with a solution on the distant hoizon, Newsom cancelled the project & re-started it as two smaller tunnels. It will take another 20 years for aprovals now. Newsom, with a stroke of his pen, has prolonged this crisis an additional 2 decades.

[@regdor8187]

Hetch-Hetchy Dam...

[@turbot_]

California's water problem is everyone's water problem. Talk about high grocery prices.

[@johnnymac6178]

Another great video Regis. Great information and excellent editing. The graphics you add make the video such a pleasure to watch.

[@markmatson]

One idea that has be passed around for a long time is to cover the aqueduct with solar panels. A huge amount of water is lost to evaporation; this would help with that. Also, the generated electricity, which could be massive, could potentially be used exclusively for water desalination. Has that ever been taken seriously by the powers that be?

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

And attach water wheels, attached to grindstones, to the bottom of the solar panels to crush all that organic wheat, corn and rice into flour. You can also automatically run the bellows of the local blacksmiths forge. Smh

[@EgnachHelton]

Much cheaper to just use those black balls...

[@cheesedude1733]

India is doing just that and it seems to be a functional option, so far. It significantly reduces evaporation, and by being over the canal, it keeps the panels cooler, making them more efficient. Self-cleaning technology for the panels is improving, as well.

[@JimmyRHigh]

The Gila River Indian Community is currently doing this in Arizona

[@michaelmcglothlin366]

@@cheesedude1733yeah, let’s buy more Chinese made solar panels. I’m sure none of them will be spying on us.

[@kentjohnson873]

There's only one true solution. End all water subsidies to everyone (farmers, business, as well as homes) and start changing people for the actual cost of storing and delivering water. Then and only then will any political solution be remotely possible. I won't hold my breath.

[@allenhuff9205]

Very jealous of the giant lazy river. Cali has it all man!

[@alexsanchez9710]

With all these fires happening it’s on,y getting worse for California 😢

[@erikrobbins711]

I see this going about as well as their high speed rail 😆

[@mcdermottpa]

So getting it done? OK yeah, we agree.

[@erikrobbins711]

@@mcdermottpa if you disregard timelines and throwing infinite amount of money I'm sure you'll get any project done 👍🏻

[@nahurrr]

​@erikrobbins711 they aren't throwing infinite amounts of money on any of them tho? 🤦‍♂️

[@chademery7119]

@@nahurrr They're the fifth largest economy in the world. I'm sure the remaining people not fleeing the state can be taxed more to fund it.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@chademery7119 Most regions of cali are increasing in population, including their cities.

[@npsit1]

Imagine living next to an ocean with virtually unlimited water that you could desalinate with nuclear power and yet already having closed all of your nuke plants that could solve all sorts of problems for your state.

[@jam1870utube]

The state of California needs to invest heavily into CAPTURING RAINWATER during the rainy seasons and pumping the rain water back down underground into the natural aquifers. This will increase total annual water supply, minimize water surface evaporation, and possibly eliminate droughts in California. If this water transfer project is part of the rainwater capturing process, then I am all for it. There is also a new method that is currently being developed which involves capturing fresh water from facilities that are located offshore, which does not require a desalination process at all, which is very expensive and creates toxic birine waste water. Imagine an offshore platform like an oil rig, which does not drill for oil, but captures fresh water from the moisture in the air, and pumps it back to the shore(compare the process to the condensation from an air conditioner). There would have to be enough of these rigs(like offshore windmill farms) built to scale to meet the water demands of the state. I envision that the entire country could solve its water drought crises by allowing ocean bordering states to contract with desert states, for example, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and supply them with an abundance of fresh water from our giant oceans. I would love to see a segment dedicated to this idea at some point in the future. Offshore water collection is the way of the future, in my opinion.

[@green-user8348]

I am glad smart people are considering this real issue.

[@DAT240Z72]

“Climate change” isn’t responsible for Californias water problems. Californias aqueduct system and the states government poor management of their water supply! Water; from rain and winter snow pack never gets an opportunity to recharge the water table. The aqueduct system transports 75% of the annual runoff indirectly into the Pacific Ocean. Naturally, some of this run off would still find its way to the Pacific Ocean. However, along the path it would soak into the ground recharging the water table along the way. When California installed and expanded the aqueduct system the water cannot permeate the cement of the aqueduct system. So this new project is simply going to make the problem worse! Develop some basic critical thinking skills! Transcend the bull shit!

[@appomattoxross6751]

Better than spending $120 Billion on a Krazy Train without even one mile of track put down.

[@Newslies1]

350 mountain ranges in California.

[@jimprice1959]

Seems like a way more expensive solution than the original proposal for a peripheral canal.

[@Kahless_the_Unforgettable]

I give this a 0 out of 10. This is not what California needs. It needs more access to more sources of water. Not another access point to the same source. It needs more storage. MUCH more. Not another way to fill existing storage. And it really needs to stop letting environmentalists win in court. Until these things are done, none of this will matter.

[@jimprice1959]

and less water going into the ocean.

[@martymcfly256]

What CA and the entire southwest needs is massive desalination. The whole region is running dry. Seawater should be desalinated on a massive scale and piped throughout the region.

[@basanttyagi7516]

Yes and there is so much sun in the desert so it can be done using solar power and it's something that day and night intermittency is irrelevant to (just run the plant when the sun is shining). Besides the Cali coast, the gulf of California is very close to Arizona. Mexico can make plants there and sell water to Arizona via very simple short pipelines...

[@danielgarbuzov8106]

I don't get all the people saying desalination is the way to go? More water storage reservoirs seem easier, cheaper, and more better for the environment.

[@sammerwin92]

@@danielgarbuzov8106storage is very helpful but hard to get approved because it essentially destroys the environment of the footprint it uses. Adding height to existing dams to increase their storage capacity is possibly easier since the land use is already tied to water storage. And ultimately you’re still reliant on sufficient precipitation to fill the reservoir which is no longer as guaranteed as it once was. Desalination is more expensive but it’s much more resilient to climate change, and physically has a much smaller environmental footprint.

[@martymcfly256]

@@danielgarbuzov8106 Except there is no more water to store in the southwest. Have you seen the water level in Lake Mead compared to 20 years ago? The Colorado River is tapped out. They have to desalinate for the southwest anyway. Might as well include California.

[@danielgarbuzov8106]

@@martymcfly256 that's not completely true, socal gets a huge portion of lake Mead water, if there was proper rain water storage in socal they'd be able to provide for there own needs.

[@Dragonfire-76]

As a California resident, we really need a new water thing, and this huge drought isn’t making it any better

[@Sectrix2pp]

I'm a real california resident tho

[@ConstantChaos1]

You might look at seeing if you can help with a rewilding project, or if you can try to get local governments to bring beavers back, they help with droughts and catastrophic floods (also land slides and restoring biodiversity as well as helping store more carbon and clean the rivers. If everyone even just had things like crescent moon water harvesters in their yard the water table would be recharging and flooding would be mitigated.

[@WYO_Dirtbag]

Just wait a few years, the 20 to 30 year PDO cycle is about to flip and there will be more El ninos than LA Nina's and there will be much less drought. The PDO is very consistent.

[@DJ-bh1ju]

@@WYO_Dirtbag And last winters' rains and snows filled the reservoirs fairly well...

[@sammerwin92]

I love how this is presented like a done deal, when in reality it’s been voted down multiple times by the public.

[@DS36912]

Love your videos.

[@markadams7799]

Good looking man! ❤

[@anitrain]

We should absolutely do this but in the long run what we need is much more desalination (more expensive, yes) in socal so we're not as reliant on the long distance infrastructure to bring in water, and much more water storage all across the state so we can retain more of the seasonal rainfall for future use.

[@lukaslukas9711]

and i absolutly love your vids

[@georgestain2803]

This escalated quickly 🤦‍♂

[@denniscrane9753]

Bro talked up California like it would hold a candle to other countries! 😂

[@SỹHuyNgô-n4f]

Me and my brother: It will, it will, it will , it will

[@jimmshorts]

do it. I live here. I've been hearing about and examining the risks and mitigation measures for 10 or more years. Do it.

[@Lacerated1DJ3]

This is just like the high speed rail they told us would be saving us time and money. By the time it is build, we will need 10 more

[@frankthetank6558]

To Cali: I enjoy peeing in the water you keep stealing, I mean buy!!!:)

[@itsMartinzito]

All water is recycled and a percentage of all water we all drink was some animal's piss in the recent past :)

[@bassman87]

hate to break it to ya, but only 12% of water used in California is sourced outside the state via the Colorado river. and only used to irrigate farmland and small towns in the imperial Valley.

[@donlutes8360]

So...the video starts by saying all of those canals are in jeopardy because of earthquakes, but the tunnel only moves the water to the exact place where the canals begin. The actual reason for this tunnel is to bring cleaner water to the very rich and powerful and connected farmers in the desert, they say that it cost too much to clean the water for their use. They want grab water further up the Sacramento River(where it's cleaner)and bypass the delta. This could destroy the delta with added salinity and less fresh water. This tunnel is 30' in diameter, this is a massive amount of water! What about drought years? The salt water from the San Francisco Bay will creep further into the delta, changing it forever! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!!!!

[@OublietteTight]

Agreed!

[@TheCrazyracer1984]

I don't think the farmers need more water than they were using before. The cities have grown. California forces cities to build new homes. They all have bath tubs, lawns, washing machines and toilets and sinks. The cities have influence on politicians. The cities have voted in people that will vote their way. Cities have the power. The farmers are screwed out of their livelihoods but to hell with them. It's just a few of them and they hate Newsome anyway.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

Not to mention the canal moves closer to the fault lines lol

[@UncensoredCowboy]

California use to have a huge lake, but they drained it and use it for farm land and settlements. This is a problem that early developers failed to see the issue decades later. Humans keep modifying nature and then trying to modify it again to fix the issues they caused.

[@timdion9527]

Spend 20 billion so socal can suck the delta dry. Go to Owens valley if you want to see what that looks like.

[@grannybanjo4605]

What's actually at stake here is the health of our delta because more and more people want to live in water scarce areas and have things like lawns and lush gardens. Another water problem California has is farmers using their water rights to raise almonds, a crop that is grown almost exclusively for export. In other words, they are using resources that SHOULD belong to all Californians and making themselves wealthy.

[@music100vid]

This pattern applies to many things we humans do. We encourage more people to settle in an area, then must try to build enough infrastructure to ameliorate the problems that growth causes. We have the idea that we can just add more highways, build bigger buildings and build more canals to move water from farther and farther away. We cling to the idea that growth is always good and positive, not realizing that we are creating inevitable, costly problems. A better more practical way would be to set a limit on how many people an area can comfortably accommodate and stick with that. This is radical, I know, but necessary in order to avoid water shortages, traffic problems, the constant highway projects and overcrowding. It is not just California that has these problems but many other states are dealing with the same things or will be soon as populations grow. There is something to think about in relation to this: it is not inevitable that the population will grow - it is a choice, although not one we think about much. There are two kinds of growth : one is in numbers of people and another is economic. These two are not the same thing, although for a long time they have been tied together in the general thinking of business people and governments so that we think of them as inseparable. As economists have shown, they are not. Economic growth can happen without adding more people. In fact this has been shown for a long time as people have devised ways of more efficient production and methods of doing things. This may be a good time for us to think outside the box and begin a new, wholistic way of thinking and living.

[@alexhernandez90210]

California always tries to do mega projects that never get finished but somehow the money for it disappears

[@schotttaylor]

What would save California is not spending another $20 billion dollars that it doesn’t have. And if it really wants to solve its water problem it should stop dumping billions gallons of it into the ocean to save some stupid fish.

[@kdeuler]

Great overview. My only comment is that the Bethany Reservoir seems rather small for purpose.

[@DeadEyeDave]

What about the idea to cover existing canals with solar panels? Reduce evaporation, allowing more water to reach its destination and produce power is a win-win until you understand that they will get covered with bird droppings. I guess that creates new jobs cleaning the panels. Another win?

[@sarkisdegirmentas750]

My idea instead of spending $ 20 BN to tunnel, spending less than half money and convert ocean water to drinking water.

[@2meters2]

There is already an aquaduct running from the Sacramento river to the Bethany reservoir. And a damaged aquaduct at the surface is much easier to fix than a tunnel collapse deep underground after an earthquake. This project makes no sense at all.

[@CautionHighWavesAhead-]

Tunnels tend to do well in earthquakes.

[@Lumber91]

I love when videos are made on my delta 😎

[@solarheat9016]

Have they considered damming the Delta so that salt water never flows in? They could do this and put fish screens on the existing intakes.

[@CSGATI]

It started with 2 tunnels was cut back to one. So it is going to become inadequate in the future.

[@Valdo8812]

Love the green!!!!😂😂😂 5:43

[@BS-vx8dg]

Made it to 9:23 before I realized I was almost dead from boredom.

[@javierhidalgozanoty7411]

Great video ,can you do europe megaproject please thank you

[@davidromero3803]

Question? Why have the richest people don’t build desalination plants. I guess it’s in their neighborhood.

[@10-OSwords]

Seems like we really need to find cheap scalable ways to desalinate ocean water.

[@RippieFarmer]

You wont find many that live around the Delta that support this tunnel project. Its cute that the DCA head never mentions the 2nd tunnel project 😂

[@fawkyooo7377]

What I got out of this is California is spending a shit ton of money and SO CAL is still going to be in a drought to save a delta smelt fish.... lovely. and that California is over spending which is why my paycheck is raped so bad.

[@Aokitadamitsu]

This will turn into the next high speed rail project and be at $50b in no time at all..

[@cartermcgowen]

I like your six books on your shelf.

[@Hebrew_Loc]

I guess its a good thing that over the last couple years of winter have atmospheric river storms that took all of the almost completely empty lakes, reservoirs and water storage sites to 95-99% full capacity, in many cases water had to be released to prevent over topping, even the dried up Tulare Lake has come back, theres plenty of water for many years as long as people don't act stupid, and over the last 20yrs many new reservoirs and storage sites have been built so we can hold onto more water, plus there are several major reservoir porjects about to or have recently started and alm will be completed within a couple years

[@mvtorigian4364]

Yeah right, California's last supper structure went so well. $100 billion USD over budget and as of right now estimated 15 years behind projected schedule to connect L.A. and S.F. All that concrete and labor should have been focused on building dams to store the abundant snow fall the Sierra Nevada gets each winter.

[@sbl17jackson37]

Stealing precious water from Northern California to send to Southern California was never a great idea.

[@PatrickPoet]

Could you talk some time about the amount of water lost to evaporation from the existing open canals? How much is it? What is being done about it? I know about the floaty ball things at the terminus, but a huge amount of extra water could be delivered just by closing the canals, couldn't it?

[@jamesbrett5010]

No to the tunnels. Wild life uses the delta. LA needs desalination plants. Also the the circle you put for agriculture was way off. No farms in Death Valley.

[@jamesbrett5010]

LA is a desert. Northern California can’t help them. As the weather warms we will get less water.

[@jamesbrett5010]

I hate this dude the engineer. He’s paid off for sure. A horrible idea made by Jerry brown years ago.

[@jamesbrett5010]

On the bright side California is building a new reservoir in Northern California to catch flood waters from Shasta lake. LA needs to kick rock and save some of the flood waters they kick out every year.

[@jimprice1959]

and where do we get the immense power required for desalination?

[@snakebyteOne]

Will it ever get built? The high speed rail project hemorrhaged billions in $$$ and isn't even a MiniBuild

[@mwaynem]

So you're going to northern California to move water. The very area that is currently removing dams and telling farmers in that area to pound sand. Yep that's going work.

[@damienbates]

They seriously need to invest in water desalination along their coast. It’s their best option for the long term IMO.

[@tyharris9994]

Powered how?

[@JMichaelMoir]

Move to Canada...water...no problem...we drink tap water, better than bottled:)

[@junepaul7843]

im from baltimore maryland in usa we have super clean clear waters that feed our 3 reseviors. but they put floride in it.. unfortunately.. i always was taught that is good.. but evidence is proving its actually very bad

[@kylemcqueen9465]

In some regions yes I live in Ontario and that is very hit and miss from town to town where I currently live Yes I could Drink tap water but a large portion of our towns around me cannot

[@JMichaelMoir]

@@kylemcqueen9465 BC

[@zackatwood2867]

north carolina

[@autumnberend828]

Cali's water issue is entirely self-created and has an easy means to fix it, they just don't give a shit to do so.

[@Better2befit]

CA will never let it happen. That Delta smelt is way more important to them than their people are.

[@JeffMcGraw-zl5dp]

So called Delta Smelt are extinct. Did they ever even exist? Loss of salmon is a far greater concern, and it is NOT due to reduced outflows to the ocean or dams.

[@MarkWilliams-ix1qf]

this delta canal was rejected by voters, but keeps coming back. It ships water from the Sacramento Delta to Central California farms. Agribusiness gets the water cheap, and the canal is built at taxpayers' expense. We don't need this, but agribusiness does.

[@chazgurrero3090]

How about capturing all the winter water for agriculture uses.

[@A.R.P.P]

Seems like I'll have the unpopular opinion. I think it's a good idea. I think it make sense to put the water underground, because most of the reservoirs we got are above ground meaning the water will precipitate due to high temperature from the sun. By keeping the water under ground and removes it from the sun therefore stopping the water from evaporating. While some may say, "Well then that shouldn't be an issue since it will come back as rain water" While that does make it sense I would point out that maybe the rain does come back down but not for us in California most likely it will be carried to another are away from California. Imo I like the idea and it makes sense. I would think it's good for people who study engineering since once it has been completed there will be a demand for engineers to overlook the system while and after construction. Idk for me I think it's a good idea. It seems like my opinion is in the unpopular one here based on the comments I'm seeing.

[@YoyoNYRkr]

Sorry “nothing to use” threw me off😂

[@stevewest6133]

This project is a specific fix to a specific problem that comes up every few years, not a fix all to California's water woes. During extreme drought, salt water in the Delta encroaches dangerously close to the pumping stations that feed the aqueduct, to the point where all pumping has to be curtailed. The bypass will effectively solve that problem, allowing the SWP to safely harvest the Sacramento in extreme droughts.

[@TruckingTendencies]

9:20 here’s something to consider 😅 didn’t they see a temperature rise because less pollution from using less petroleum based fuels on cargo ships in the Atlantic ? That’s wild.

[@raiconlan1]

It saves California only if the dam at Whiskeytown reservoir is increased to the height it was designed for. Same with other dams they were designed to be higher. The next and most crucial part is building a dam on the Hoopa Indian reservation redirecting the trinity river to LA. The same thing with the Klamath large reservoirs that feed into the CAP. Without the water redirected from these 2 rivers there isn't enough water.

[@Hydraulic67]

Understand the the casino/resort owners in Vegas approached SoCal several years ago about building a giant, joint desalination facility. Thanks to the powers to be at that time, they turned down the offer stating the can water as far away Oregon so they saw no point in investing billions into sustainability at that time. Now they’re in deep doo-doo and want to grab water from the smaller populous areas in their own state. Hell with the farmers, we need to build another 150,000 in ground pools.

[@ricksantana1016]

As a civil engineer I would love to see an environmental activist video rebuttal to this project and hear and see their assessments and solutions to address this problem…

[@Rusk_track]

I am so happy i am watching this video on my new s24 ultra 😢