Drought has left Lake Mead and Lake Powell with record low water levels | DW News

[@randyboisa6367]

"Let's build water features and about 200 golf courses, casinos, and about 600,000 people in the middle of a desert! Hey that's a good idea!"

[@alexsozansky]

Whoa...never heard this before...but they did it sooo....now we can stop stating the obvious and try to solve it, no?

[@RumblesBettr]

@@alexsozansky no. F em

[@jshankkk]

This is everyone's sarcastic response to this crisis and it doesn't help dude!!

[@dontcare7086]

Educate yourself. Vegas has some of the best water conservation in the world. Population grew by 300,000 people and vegas used 25% less water over that time. Vegas cleans and filters all that water and returns it to the source to be used again. Vegas also doesn't use the full amount of water it is allotted because they conserve so much water. They have long had laws banning grass on roadways, sidewalks, any areas it is not necessary. Homes get massive incentives and rebates to use natural desert type landscapes. I can go on and on because I used to be ignorant like you but when I spent a few months researching it I was shocked at how impressive the water conservation is.

[@dfguko]

Its the USA nothing is impossible. 😂

[@MrTokinedz]

It's not a drought, it's aridification: the end of fresh water in a region.

[@jollyjokress3852]

nice to know.

[@johnbartholf777]

Because the hydrologic cycle was repealed? More heat = more rain. If there's less rain, then all these record temperatures being reported are bull***t.

[@steveo1574]

This is awesome!! Can't wait to see their homes go for pennies on the dollar.

[@lissavanhouten6628]

These states should have been conserving water at least 30 years ago and found ways to mitigate drought (like using drip irrigation for farms) and climate change. And desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas should have never been built. It may be ungenerous but I'm against building infrastructure to bring water from the Mississippi River to the Southwest and West Coast. It would just be wasted and overused like the Colorado River was.

[@carolynmorris7303]

I think they're going to end up piping water from the Great lakes out west. In the early 1980s, my geology teacher said the West was going to run out of water, and they were going to end up piping water from the Great lakes out west.

[@sentientflower7891]

The two reservoirs were filled up as recently as 1999.

[@agustindejesus7398]

Lissa, it is not what people should have done 30 years ago....it is what they should do now....We should have saved our money, but we did not, now we are broke. Ja, ja, ja.

[@deborahfreedman333]

Cal Poly, in San Luis Obispo, has been advocating the use of drip irrigation (developed in Israel) since the 1960s. But, most farmers didn't want to expend the needed money, to do so.

[@johnbartholf777]

Saying these cities should never have been built is like saying The Netherlands should never have been reclaimed from the sea. It happened because it was where people wanted it to happen.

[@handenbramilton]

I love how he says three bodies, then one, then five, then says the barrel body is a mafia suicide. A rollercoaster of possibilities.

[@BohdanMelnychuk]

Cool dude this reporter 😁

[@jollyjokress3852]

🤣😂😂

[@mitchyoung93]

Spain finds a mini Stonehenge, we find mafia hits.

[@jamesphilip6737]

It's in a desert...40+million people are tapping it...there's a drought. What's so difficult to understand?

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

A drought is unusual. What is happening now is either a recurring 50 span of drier conditions or the new long long term normal.

[@jamesphilip6737]

@@GhostOnTheHalfShell According to the Colorado Climate Center, Colorado endured five significant dry periods prior to the twenty-first century: 1893-1905, 1931-1941, 1951-1957, 1963-1965, and 1975-1978. So droughts do happen.

[@GeoEstes]

Interestingly, LA uses less water now than it did 30 years ago, even though there are more people. It's agriculture that's sucking everything dry. They account for around 80% of California's water usage.

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

@@jamesphilip6737 Yes and in prehistory the south west regions of the US experienced 50 year dry spells. Two and a half generations of far less water. 50 of not enough for cities dependent on water that was abnormally abundant over prehistory. The Colorado you might think of was a deviation. What is going on now is the *normal*. Az and Nv cities are unsustainable. No water. No power. Not from Hoover.

[@Divedown_25]

US short-term thinking. It’s a desert, why agriculture and golf courses?

[@marioreds7826]

The scariest thing of all is that even if we did all the right things starting tomorrow, it would just stop the situation at the current point and we wouldn't see any improvement for decades. And that is, IF we did the right things, which we are not doing. Honestly, at this point I'm almost glad I'm already relatively old, unlike today's children I won't see the worst of this.

[@Grannathinks]

Unfortunately, I may not either. But my children, grand children will. I have been trying to make people listened for 30 years.

[@babyruthless9670]

That's why my husband and I decided not to have kids. I've always known I didn't want to bring more humans to this planet since I can remember and then I met my husband and he thinks the same. We've seen these things coming since we were kids. Very sad but I'm not bringing more innocents to suffer seeing how the people in power do nothing to make things better, while we are saving water whenever we can, recycle, upcycle, reuse and all we can. I'm hopeless for the future.

[@tahashamim1602]

You are lucky! But what is new generation's fault?!

[@AFLnewsNtruthatstorytime]

Read the Bible about this and worse is to come

[@robinjames7967]

exactly, we're passed the PSR.. enjoy the apocalypse.

[@Dangic23]

So basically those areas are returning to what they always should’ve been DESERT Love it !!!!!

[@cinnamonstar808]

Common sense, what do you mean🤔? 😆😁

[@waltbroedner4754]

Colorado has been snowmaking in its ski resorts since the 1970s. We knew then that we were not getting enough snow for skiing. It has been progressively getting worse since then but our good for nothing politicians have ignored the problem and now we are in deep doodoo, not snow.

[@Baba-fy1jc]

The Tourist makes the World better.😉👍😂😂😂😊😊 Im come from German and how we can see here have we self enough clever People they do all to make the World better.😉👍😂😂😂😂 The People Around the World have to much Problems with a Mass Psychologic Disorders and that makes the Nature here more and more Visible.

[@terra3819]

Exactly!

[@Grannathinks]

@@Baba-fy1jc true but anyone who spends time in nature can't help but see.

[@marksias6764]

Much of California's share goes to grow alfalfa that is sold to China as animal feed. Alfalfa is a water intensive crop. Why not ban the use of water to grow water intensive crops that are feed to foreign farm animals?

[@trawmmwart8149]

Blame china again ?

[@edc1569]

Lol and American needs less regulations!?

[@socalsp3]

False

[@Jonathan-mt9up]

The couple at 2:06 taking a selfie in front of the dried up reservoir pretty much sums up humanity at this point.

[@DennisMoore664]

It's a problem all over the place. Even just in the US there are restrictions throughout the southwest, along the Klamath in Oregon, in areas along the Rio Grande that runs through New Mexico and between Texas and Mexico. And Nebraska and Colorado are in court over other water use issues with the South Platte river. States and groups have always argued about and fought over water rights, but between the drought and the ever increasing consumption for industry and agriculture things are probably going to get worse before they get better. Should have had desalination plants being put in place a decade ago with sufficient infrastructure to pump to inland consumers as well.

[@sirsplicer]

Here on the southeast cost of Australia we’ve seen the sun a handful of times this year it’s non stop rain since about November last year

[@DennisMoore664]

@@sirsplicer is that normal for that area?

[@sirsplicer]

@@DennisMoore664 not at all. We’re normally blessed with sunshine and blue skies, the stereotypical Australian beach weather however the summer, and winter for that matter was full of rain and floods

[@sirsplicer]

@Wonderin'Aloud I’m well aware trust me

[@DennisMoore664]

@@sirsplicer Not good. Seems like people getting too much water is supposed to be the flip-side of this mess. I hope we can make the drastic changes that need to happen to keep things from getting worse before they are made for us when things do get worse. Good luck!

[@carolynmorris7303]

It's a worldwide problem. Many rivers and lakes are drying up worldwide. Many recreational areas by the water have suffered because of the droughts worldwide. It's a shame for people to lose their livelihood.

[@julianshepherd2038]

raining more than ever in Scotland and storms getting worse and more frequent.

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

Sin is a 🌎 wide problem

[@johnbartholf777]

More heat = more rain. If there's less rain, that means temperatures are lower. It's the hydrologic cycle.

[@mikef2811]

Livelihood would be the last thing on people's mind if humans don't get their act together and do better for our planet earth. Soon people will be fighting and killing just to get drinking water.

[@suntzu94]

We have so much fresh water in the great lakes we lost our beaches

[@linmonash1244]

Yes - Should have rung the warning bell at least 10 years ago. 'Trying' to reduce usage, in 2023, to 20% of the total of what is left in the lake [ puddle ] right NOW is INSANE! Also, doesn't take into account the increasing heat = increased evaporation of this rapidly shrinking pool as well, as well as the very poor water quality when you get down to 'the dregs' at the bottom. NO leisure craft nor fishing should be allowed on the lake at all ( leaving fuel residues and spillage etc.) into this critically low water resource. When you see kilometres of open irrigation channels - all exposed to massive water loss through evaporation - in desert conditions of 40>50c temps - it is just incomprehensible. Where was the planning to protect fresh water reserves for 40+ million citizens? The fact that the snows were not falling on the mountains, sufficient to maintain river flows is not news! It's been happening for at least 20+ years! And that's not going to change any time soon. When I was in China in 2003 I visited the River Li. The river was 1/5th of it's usual height. 2/3rds of the tourist boats were unable to be launched and the remainder that were more flat bottomed were still scraping hulls on rocks on the bottom. The water was green and slimy and no-one with any sense was eating any of the fish that came from that polluted trickle. The local boat man said; exactly the same thing. "The water didn't come down from the mountains for the last few years - no snow." Look at the mighty Yangtse today... 300 million+ rely on fresh water from that huge river system. Now also a mere trickle. And when food crops that rely on heavy irrigation (and fertilizer - thanks Russia! ) due to being planted IN THE DESERT, where no such crops naturally grow, fail; people start to starve. There's been this huge complacency over the post WW2 period, as if 'nothing changes'. OUTRAGE when it does, as if we are 'entitled' to waste incredibly scarce resources, like precious fresh water, indefinitely. We are supposed to be a smart species - but I do wonder... When we had the extended drought in South Australia in the mid - late 200's, we had water restrictions. People were not allowed to keep their lawns watered daily. Something similar; Adelaide is situated on the edge of the mid continent deserts and subject to very drying desert winds. People were putting in rock and cactus gardens and grey water systems. Everyone had 3 minute timers in their showers and kept buckets to capture used water for their pot plants etc. Since the weather has flipped here and eastern Australia is now getting unprecedented floods, doesn't mean it won't flip back to drought once more. In the North the regular monsoons are changing dramatically Summer temps are dramatically higher than previous records. 2/3rd's of the 2,300 klm long and 347,000 sqr klm area Great Barrier Coral Reef is dead. When is the human race going to wake up?

[@aayushmundhra7868]

Stop water to industries especially the beverage industries.

[@peterwuwei3297]

California really bears the brunt of the needed water cuts. Lots of water is sent to CA in the Central Valley for agriculture and a LOT of water is wasted. Plus, lots of homes in So Cal still have huge lawns and such. I was surprised to learn that S Nevada has cut it's water use by 25% in the last decade while still increasing its population and uses only 8% of the water flowing thru Lake Mead. So Vegas is not the problem as it continues its water conservation efforts and sees thousand of Californians moving here bc cost of living is so much less here and traffic is bearable.

[@mengwu1113]

Blame the "drought", Dont blame the people who decided to build large cities in a desert and overuse the water supplies so much the poor animals don't have enough to drink or livein

[@edc1569]

One side will blame the soya plants the other will blame climate change, they’re probably both right, but it doesn’t matter just cutback on usage massively.

[@sentientflower7891]

What does that even mean?

[@HuplesCat]

@@sentientflower7891 they reject science. It’s climate change not the fields of soya beans in Nevada. Basically big oil is peppering these videos with bs comments to dilute the impact

[@djdj500dr]

The bell has been ringing for forty years

[@donnacabot3550]

Droughts everywhere, yet no one dare ask Nestle for a loan. 😆

[@billjane5522]

Its dumb yanks building cities in the desert, golf courses in the desert and lawns in a desert. Why cant yanks ever accept responsibility for there own stupidity and greed. There are plasterboard manufacturing plants in vegas, they consume far more water than bottled water plants.

[@Tom-tg2jl]

Droughts are getting really bad all over the planet and we can’t even cooperate yet, scary. Pretty soon we’re gonna have to start pumping water across the country to meet demand, 20% of the freshwater on the planet is in the Great Lakes but pumping those dry isn’t any kind of solution, scary scary stuff.

[@sophieedel6324]

California is a desert, if you want to farm there you need to use a ridiculous amount of water. The fault of the water shortages in California are the farmers, they extract tons of water from groundwater with pumps. Everyone knows what they're doing but no one is stopping them.

[@machinmon.]

Still provides 25% of us food

[@bullpup1337]

@@machinmon. eating 25% less would not be such a bad idea for most Americans, actually.

[@deborahfreedman333]

@@bullpup1337 Actually the US would be better off consuming more California vegetables, and fewer Idaho potatoes, especially fried ones.

[@snafu2375]

Americans never address problems until its far late

[@josephpuentes4160]

We try, but senators like money too much

[@snafu2375]

@@josephpuentes4160 this is very true. Also very sad that they would choose money over the future of the human race

[@Firestorm637]

Both Lake Powell And Lake Mead are only 27% full. Hydroelectric is down 33%

[@obi9981]

we must notice this problem but some people live like everything is normal

[@CHMichael]

IID water district - there is your problem. Look it up. - growing alfalfa in the desert. Just shutting down practices like that would greatly reduce the problem. Absolute ideocracy.

[@marklemont3735]

Yes, where the humidity is so low you must take you wet clothes off the clothes line in ten minutes. No need for a dryer.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Growing food for animals is ideocracy. When we can grow food we can eat ourselves. What a waiste of ressources the consumption of meat and dairy is.

[@marklemont3735]

@@CordeliaWagner They need to use drip irrigation the way the Israeli’s do in the dessert. 10 minutes drip. Wait 10 minutes. Drip again so the water has a chance to go deep and stay near the plant to encourage deep roots.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Why feed animals when we can eat the food ourselves? 80% more efficiant. 80% less water required. Don't you get simple math???

[@sutty6779]

In Australia we went through the same problems, one great scientist claimed we will never have drought-filling rains again. In the last two years, all the dams are overflowing and excess water is flowing out to the sea, the same great scientist claimed we needed water desalination plants in each state which were built at great cost, like billions of dollars spent and the plants have had little use since.

[@youtubeaccount5673]

From droughts to floods. Sounds like the water source is getting more erratic. All over the world, droughts or flood. All of this after a summer with record breaking heat We can't handle droughts or floods, we don't have the infrastructure for either

[@ezyfnef]

We all take life for granted. Nature keeps reminding us just how fragile our existence is.

[@YouTubeAlex666]

answers with Joe did a great video on this problem. Please get rid of lawns. It’s a huge waste of water. Astro turf or gravel please please please. Everyone play their part 🙏

[@CHIEF_420]

🎓

[@tylernorby4939]

The Bellagio Fountain uses saltwater that is not usable for drinking or agriculture. Las Vegas has decreased water usage over the last 15 years while increasing it's population rapidly.

[@salivatinggreed4219]

Someone pin this!!

[@carrob704]

It is recycled water in most fountains, not salt water...the same "gray" water that waters golf course, parks and other non-essential things

[@ricardovelazquez6292]

Lake mead in Nevada is at a very low level 😳

[@skiyman]

No kidding!?

[@ricardovelazquez6292]

@@skiyman Yes I went there

[@Allthebest1010]

This has been a problem for decades - the answer increase the population and the tourism while still not fixing the problem. These politicians need to get the job done for once! I don't live there so, the residents must hold these ppl accountable.

[@averyjohnson8605]

So surprisingly, LA actually has very good water restrictions. From my understanding, the water features you see there do not use fresh water they use salt water from the ocean. Also, this issue has been well known among the regions for some time and the only folks that seem to care are a few Native American tribes who’ve been trying to use less water for years to prop up the water shed. You guys should probably also look into the fact that when Lake Meads water allocations were dived up to the various states, they KNOWINGLY allocated states more water than what is actually in the lake. As for the farmers, they’ve been using a lot of water, but only because if they use less than their allocated amount the state threatens to take their water privileges away. It’s essentially a use it or loose it policy that forces the farmers to use more water heavy crops in a area where it’s just plain unsustainable. Another thing that isn’t helping is the fact that Arizona doesn’t have any restrictions regarding well water restrictions and they’re rapidly decreasing their underground water shed which will cause mass sink holes.

[@loki76]

Time to start building desalination plants in these Desert states. Cost of living in areas that do not have enough natural water for the demand. Stop blaming everything else.

[@Grannathinks]

And move out of California. Head east and lessen the demand, or simply spread people out more or north toward the mountains and Canada. Stop building property in fire ravished areas! People don't belong there. Animals, birds, trees and brush belong there. Electric power lines not at all.

[@nrobo3840]

Not sure what kind of magic you think happens in desalination plants that makes you think building desalination plants would help in the desert states. There is no ocean water to desalinate.

[@loki76]

@@nrobo3840 If you can divert rivers and create artificial lake reservoirs. Then you can create desalination plants and water pipelines. California has access. It can be joint program and spending. The reality is what are they going to do if the snow melts in the mountains around Colorado drops off and the river runs dry? Just sit there and thirst to death? Proactive thinking and solutions are needed.

[@stratfordbaby]

Stefan can afford to lose 50kg easily.

[@4dbak]

There's no substitute for water!

[@Diana1000Smiles]

So true. I remember getting my first "canned Water" back in 1991. All I had to do was add Water.

[@4dbak]

@@Diana1000Smiles 🤔

[@Diana1000Smiles]

@@4dbak 😆 Really, a friend gave me a sealed can labeled Water. Directions: Open, Add Water. I kept it for several years but finally gave it to another Climate activist. Pretty funny, huh?

[@4dbak]

In 2008 there were 15 boat ramps onto Mead lake... currently there are one.

[@kohtalainenalias]

and megacorps keep destroying environment as usual 🤯

[@josephpuentes4160]

Yep!

[@hahaipokedyouoel483]

Vegas D tech channel has good solid reporting on the Lake Mead situation.

[@mirk5144]

South Park anyone? a PP

[@TheAvtrey]

People are still building homes with Kentucky blue grass in those states. It's mind blowing seeing the continuation of water intensive plants when the natives are much more beautiful and beneficial for local ecosystems

[@walterwhite8333]

We will act normal until last drop is finished.

[@josephpuentes4160]

Thank cortez masto

[@anthonygarcia6229]

Vegas local. Fun Fact, the Bellagio fountain doesn't use fresh water. They import Brackish water nobody uses anyway.

[@9102010]

Apparently, mankind attaches more value to traveling to other planets than to solving earthly problems such as water shortages due to drought. With very little money, for example, a continent like Africa can be transformed into fertile land. My business plan has been ready for years.

[@TheKeenTribe]

Wow! I had no idea!

[@heidi22209]

How could this happen??? How could it not!! Reap what you sow.

[@dsamva]

The story is a bit misleading as water levels in Lake Meade have actually been rising for the last month. The story must have been filmed several weeks ago.

[@jessyvilleneuve8299]

Oh its all hysteria they make it seem like this is all new to humanity when its not this has happened before in history and look we still have water im in Canada and nothing has changed in the past years we have dry years and cold and rainy years its nothing new but people are so dumb now a days they believe whatever the news says

[@suntzu94]

Yet they keep finding bodies in lake mead

[@TenFalconsMusic]

I've just had 6 pints and I'm in a taxi bound for the airport. Hang in there Vegas... I'm on my way to refill your lake!

[@Aeronaut1975]

🤣

[@mostlyorchids]

Save it for the River Thames

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

That's why I always drink German beer when I'm in Vegas.

[@Amen.ahmed1]

finding those bodies will make some people nervous if they still alive.

[@Drew-wo3ud]

Prayers sent

[@GeoEstes]

I'm sure that will be very helpful.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Prayers didn't prevent the Holocaust. But maybe this time because it's you praying?

[@terra3819]

I'm sorry to see but I'll never understand how water has been wasted for decades in those regions. Water is more precious than gold and irreplaceable. Party over. Sad.

[@LoociferZ]

C'mon. Check your sources. NONE of the water displays in Las Vegas is fed from the Colorado River. They are ALL fed by deep wells drilled by each Casino. *SIGH*

[@crotalusatrox7931]

Las Vegas water supply is 90% Lake Mead, 10% Groundwater.

[@LoociferZ]

@@crotalusatrox7931 The showy fountains are 100% well. It's well known fact. I know some people get nuts over it but the water is from a natural/not damaging source like righout of of Mead or something.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

@@LoociferZ and you don't believe these aquifers are running low, check were their source is. Nevertheless Las Vegas is a blight upon the desert.

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

@@crotalusatrox7931 Vegas and surrounding cities use about 1.5% of the water. Nevada is only allocated 4% and is the only southern state that does not use it's full allocation. The extra water is sold to California to farm in the desert.

[@imm155]

They have probably used up too much hydro power to generate electricity so less water flow to the shallow rivers

[@sherrilldean4598]

Man takes for granted that every thing will last forever.

[@atzelepis1]

We are on track to civilization collapse.we need serious measures

[@Supernaut2000]

Keep watering all those damned golf courses.

[@jimparsons9454]

Problem is everybody thinks there is limitless water. Then need to start drastic water cuts. Anything not critical to life needs to go.

[@jimparsons9454]

@Ralph Buchwitz I hear you but, it needs to be a regionwide issue. Lawns are the first things that have to go, HOAs be damned. Then any kind of ornamental fountains and especially Lake Las Vegas. Nothing manmade. Then we need to look to what kind of crops that are growing. Anything water intensive needs to go. It will be a major effort but, sooner rather than later everyone must realize they live in a desert. If they don't then all those places will become a barren wasteland.

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

This is why governmental borders should be defined by watersheds.

[@cfwin1776]

What’s new?

[@bundleofhumble3119]

Imagine back in the day the water reached the edges of the top of the grand Canyon and it looks to be getting lower and lower.

[@sentientflower7891]

Back in the day was 1999 and I was there.

[@trainmaster0217]

I read the other day that the levels are coming up.

[@tagalogcaligosiras304]

but where those water go?

[@factchecker1980]

Las Vegas reuses, and returns to Lake Mead, almost all of the water that they use. Only 3% of the Lake Mead water is allocated to Nevada, with the majority going to California. Basically, If every toilet was flush and every shower is used 24/7, Las Vegas will still have water.

[@manniepuleshun3792]

the more electricity ("green" or not) we use, the more fresh water we'll lose. Which one would you sacrifice?

[@hunty1970]

The horse has already bolted!

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

It takes a 1000 gallons of that water to make 1 gallon of California almond milk!

[@haridasification]

Conservation is of paramount importance going forward

[@brentlyxxthomas]

Nevada uses the least amount of water and even though our population has grown 35% in the last decade, our water usage has gone down 60%. We just got cut on our water usage of Lake Mead again. California has not conserved any water but still is getting zero cuts in recent cuts.

[@Nottherebutthere]

Good for Nevada. California needs to wake up.

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

Water rates have skyrocketed in Nevada to subsidize developers. All the turf removal and other forms of conservation in Vegas have almost zero impact (< 0.1%) on the total amount of water in Lake Mead. SNWA is flush with cash from overcharging rate payers.

[@Briggie]

Water politics of Southwest never fail to amaze me.

[@0515rnein]

Monsun rain raised the water level by 2 feet recently.

[@greenfiend2499]

A whole 2 feet, great

[@marmara9741]

Desertification phase has begun in many places across the globe. Arid lands and deserts will begin to turn green.

[@billjane5522]

What’s not being reported is the destruction of aquifers and the level of ground water. It’s going to be soon that you have to drill thousands of feet for water.

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

Humans and their BS about saving and caring for the environment 🙄

[@mikef2811]

Humans deserves their fate for not caring about our planet.

[@kaltenburg2637]

It is the states thar are parties to the water agreement that are reducing draws of water, not the us government

[@bookertee3057]

Don't build major cities in the desert. Don't build golf courses in the desert. Don't build expensive homes with extensive landscaping in the desert. Desalination plants should have been years ago. Redirect rain water instead of letting the water run to the Pacific..

[@CordeliaWagner]

Grow food for humans, not to feed animals that are slaughtered for food. Saves at least 80% of precious ressources.

[@simpleman8055]

They need to regreen the upper and lower basin to the Colorado River just like China done in their desert

[@cish960]

Check out the Rhine River.

[@wizaaeed]

I'm sorry but comparing the water levels to 2008 is strange, for so much time everything can happen. Why don't you compare it to 1 year before?

[@bundleofhumble3119]

Stop running all the water of roofs and roads / pavements into the sewers and then into the ocean, its not natural to displace so much water from the place it was suppose to fall.

[@robertwilliams3527]

Water used to fill the Grand Canyon ? That’s cool

[@dbh3139]

No snow for 3 years. No water. Pretty easy

[@nayhem]

Who is going to stop Deadpool from getting what he wants?

[@ps3301]

No more Vegas for tourist as hotels don't have water for shower

[@terjesorhaug143]

Sierra Club? ... Why are one off them, that is to blame.

[@beastinblack4055]

Got the dam busters theme in my head

[@joblo341]

Restrictions are not hitting california yet. They have "senior" water rights. They should be on cutbacks too because water levels are still dropping. If the water managers wait the situation will be all the worse for everyone.

[@NotShowingOff]

It’s not like their “water rights” can’t be negotiated. But California supplies food for the USA and exports food to the world. It’s not trivial to ration the water. The consumption of food and activities should be regulated such as beef, pork and golf

[@blaydCA]

There are restrictions in most of California. Colorado River water isn't the only source of our water. Most are doing their part to conserve.

[@stevenhagen7320]

Alot of the water is wasted on irrigation. There is a plan to divert water from the Mississippi River. Might work.

[@JohannBBravo]

so this guy is getting blisters from 1km of walking. going to do a 37k run today.. blisters unexpected.. people are different...

[@stephensipe5405]

There needs to be a way to reclaim seasonal runoff in Los Angeles which flows directly into the ocean. This runoff needs to go to Mono Lake and the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea could be piped to the Colorado River in dry periods.

[@sutty6779]

Would you drink it.

[@stephensipe5405]

Sutty, not for drinking, for crop irrigation. California has a lot of agricultural. However, only Sacramento is a natural farming area. The great valley is natural grazing land. It can be used as farmland only with irrigation. Southern California should have been closed for development in the 1970s IF sustainability was a goal. It’s was not a goal. Southern California wanted to divert part of the Sacramento River flow by pipes over to the canal starting at Mono Lake. This was legally stopped. California still allows cotton farming. This farming hogs more water off of the Colorado River than any other farming. Leave cotton farming to southern States. Southern California wastes tonnes of rainwater run off by dumping it in the ocean. Use windmills to pump runoff into the valley for irrigation. Those great sewers used in movies could all have a series of dams from which the water could be pumped. California always tries to push off its solutions on other people.

[@josephpuentes4160]

I live in Vegas. The golf courses are the problem

[@bombelz]

Las Vegas, contraty to most places there, has excellent water management, bad example

[@josephpuentes4160]

Yea the golf courses here are "excellent" lmfao

[@TrixiLovesYou]

Something should be done? I think man has done enough.

[@harryrussell154]

Look at the terrain and see it is desert. This desert reservoir is to supply mega cities which are also in the desert. Cities that keep growing and growing. The equation ends predictably, mass migration out of the desert cities.

[@josephtpg2205]

There is another cause besides draining aquifers. We dig up wetlands along lakes and rivers. These slow the water down and prevent evaporation.

[@honglu8632]

Act of God happens everywhere not just US

[@richardwilliams3839]

Smh much worst is there to come

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

Although states and regions near Texas (and Mexico) have been subject to 50 droughts in prehistory, the current drought in the West and SouthWest is two decades old. It’s is now *normal* and will be forgoing forward. When the weather conditions last over two generations it isn’t a “drought”.

[@Crashed131963]

The Southwest was a desert before Columbus came to America. The manmade farms and cities is what was new.

[@Elite59]

Too many straws in the jumbo margarita. The Colorado River basin has received 102% of it's normal precipitation this season. Over the past 4 seasons The Colorado River basin has received 95% of it's normal precipitation. Is that a "severe drought" or is it a slightly below average? The entire Southwest has exploded in population over the past 50 years. The agricultural industry has converted more and more desert into farms. There is just not enough water in the West to support this growth. Case in point: Lake Mead has received 130% of it's normal inflow this year, yet the water level is down significantly! Do you hear the sucking sound? It is too many straws in the drink!

[@Diana1000Smiles]

US Wildfires are prolific, over 1,000 plus for 2022, alone. The hotter we Humans make the Planet, the more Radical Climate changes get. ♡ Be safe, I'm doing my best to keep breathing, too.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

@@Crashed131963 Columbus was a racist and terrorized Native Americans when he did "come here".

[@CordeliaWagner]

Population growth seems to be a problem. Maybe have less children?

[@Firestorm637]

Water and hydroelectric power loss

[@pamelathompson3847]

Get some ocean water to come through. Desolation the salt out of it and the water level back to normal. Why so hard!

[@kateoneal4215]

Los Vegas actually recycles all it's water. Other cities can...or could have...too.

[@stevenhagen7320]

We can move commodities all over the world except for prescious commodity of water. There is no reason we can't move water 1000s of miles from areas that have water

[@williamemrich9349]

At the source Colorado River can use the technology of fog nets. Would bring out a lot of water. The cost is inexpensive also. Nevada, & California can implement technology of fog nets also. LA could reroute the runoff water or any river not being used by water usage, back into the Salton Sea for storage instead of using the Pacific Ocean for storage. Then it can be turned into potable for useage for Imperal valley, LA or etc. The turning salt water into fresh water is being done at the Great Salt Lake.

[@user-ew5ef9xd1s]

The Salton Sea is contaminated

[@bobdebouwer7835]

Only tourists who went there by sailboat can be alarmed. The rest are hypocrites