How Las Vegas Exists in America's Driest Desert

[@LittlestOwl.]

I'm really glad you brought this to light, a lot of people like to blame Lake Mead's decline on Las Vegas, but they don't realize that Las Vegas has been recycling their water for years. The reason why Lake Mead's water levels keep going down is because there isn't enough snowfall for the Colorado River along with California's very, very large water consumption for it's farm lands.

[@米空軍パイロット]

Of course, the most populous state in the union and the world's media capital will scapegoat someone else for Lake Mead's decline.

[@Cowpiepizza4]

@@haisheauspforte1632 except it literally is, LA consumes more water from The Colorado than LV does…

[@pablocanovas2779]

That comparison is meaningless unless it talks about per capita use.

[@GlobalGaming101]

It doesn’t help that California’s farms are used to feed the rest of the US, and even exports food to other countries.

[@monketok141]

Almonds

[@grusha22259]

The fact that Las Vegas has more tourists than Venice AND has a mini Venice inside of it is just incredible

[@bule-ep6io]

Never knew the Venetian was named after Venice and all my time I saw it I called it Vientiane until I got corrected

[@lougaru2445]

I think the key is that Las Vegas is counting all the American citizens who go there all the time. For example I don't think Italians go to Venice once a year for fun

[@GabeTune]

@@bule-ep6ioVientiane lmaoooo 🇱🇦

[@timitchell9947]

@@bule-ep6ioI hope you don’t take this wrong way but were you just not even thinking about it? Cause las vegas’ strip is pretty much a taste of everywhere in the world (The Luxor=Giza, Excalibur=Medieval England, Caesars=Greece, etc etc). Also it just looks super Venetian (and I’ve been to Venice like idk Vegas did a good copy and paste job especially on the canal)

[@bule-ep6io]

@@timitchell9947 I haven’t really been in the Venetian but like I can now tell that it’s supposed to be somewhere around Venice and to what I said

[@chickencrackers4574]

Growing up in Las Vegas, I didn't realize most cities didn't have casinos. The first time I realized most cities didn't have casinos was when I asked my parents where the strip was when I traveled to Seattle

[@Indrakrn]

Ohh boy

[@alexanderrodriguez6855]

same, moved to Utah and was in for the biggest culture shock

[@prinsei8524]

😂😂😂💀

[@utterbullspit]

That's adorable!

[@kharris0465]

You are not alone. I grew up in the American military. I thought everyone traveled the world and saw spaceships and rockets flying around. I was in junior high school being laughed at when I discovered how wrong I was.

[@Kaiserland111]

As a water/wastewater engineer, it makes me very happy to hear of how efficient their water infrastructure is.

[@averychilco]

I could solve the water problem there over night. I would funnel seawater to death valley; thereby turning it into a lake hence bringing more precipitation to the desert states. Don't want to hear about environmental problems because of salt. There's already SALT LAKE City. Or, just blast the Siera Nevada mountains.

[@derekmayers-louther]

@@averychilcowho gonna work in Death Valley??? Do u know how hot it gets over there ur bugging

[@bharatbshetty]

@@averychilcostate can’t sustain the costs of building what you have said.

[@calidream9273]

Wouldn't that be recycled water after it's treated and not be used for consumption? How are they able to pump it back into the lake if that's potable water?

[@AidenN-f8g]

@@averychilco the reason why Vegas is habitable is because of Lake Mead and the colorado river. What you just said is almost impossible

[@leonardo7642]

Never thought Las Vegas is actually a rather sustainable city (in terms of water). What a great inspiration for other cities!

[@thecomment9489]

Nevada government restricts freedoms of Las Vegas people by banning grass in their lawns.

[@rhino.mp4]

I live in Las Vegas

[@centurion7993]

@@rhino.mp4 same

[@acemstudio]

It's both a great inspiration but just kind of one of the gang at least in terms of Arizonan cities like Phoenix and Tucson. This is nothing new to us Southern Arizonans. However, California NEEDS to look to Las Vegas at how to properly handle water supply. It's wasting more water than they can intake. And it's gonna cause problems. Not just for them, but the neighboring states as well. They're gonna look to people who have water stored away, but those states are gonna look right back and say "you did this to yourselves" with no sympathy, cause they need to look after their own citizens. It's gonna be messy.

[@someguy2135]

It sounds like you want to be part of the solution. If you switched to a plant based diet you would save 219,000 gallons of water every year! Why else should each of us go vegan? Here is a partial list. 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Switching to a plant based food system would feed millions more people. The global population is growing! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Animal welfare, obviously 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1.5 trillion in health care costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. KZbin only allows a certain number of links at my channel.

[@marcello7781]

I thought I would see some decaying areas instead I bumped into quite a surprise. I'm very glad to know that Las Vegas is one of the most efficient cities in water recycling. In its specific case I don't know how long it will last, but I hope other cities located in deserts might look at the examples.

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

Yeah all the rest of the American cities and neighborhoods in the desert are absolute pits of water. They should just call it a wash and leave lol

[@jacob4920]

Vegas has to be run by geniuses! That's literally the only explanation for how fantastic they are doing, in the climate they are located in. Like RLL said... they are a model for everyone else in the world to follow. I just wonder if Southern California and Arizona are going to follow that model fast enough to survive?

[@johnknightiii1351]

Why would vegas be decaying?

[@donaldcharles3331]

I live in Vegas, it definitely is decaying, rapidly I might add.

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

@@donaldcharles3331 Vegas is a gambler's paradise. It's entire economy is based off of tourism and Casinos, the most famous of which being the Vegas Strip. Of course you already know this considering you live in the city. Thanks to Covid and Lockdown, along with cost of living continually rising, people have less money to travel, less incentive to gamble (although it doesn't stop some). And of course, a massive decrease in tourism. This is most likely contributing to the decay of Vegas as the city and it's massive casinos have less money coming in to maintain everything, resulting in the stagnation of the city. But you probably already know this. I'll shut up now.

[@uss_04]

Fun fact: One of the least profitable conferences hosted in Las Vegas was the 1986 gathering of the American Physical Society - hardly anyone gambled, presumably, because the physicists understood probability and statistics, and saw no benefit in gambling. It was an unmitigted disaster for the MGM grand.Financially it was the worst week they ever had. After the conference was over, the APS was politely asked never to return, not just by the MGM grand, but by the entire city of Las Vegas.

[@SternLX]

That was also when they realized they needed to add other reasons to stay at their resorts. Top Tier Restaurants, Live Entertainment, Amusement rides, Pay to park in their parking garages(used to be free) and the like. All charged for a premium cost.

[@hazardeur]

you can understand the mechanics behind gambling and still have fun with it. yeah maybe not on a slot machine but what about a good old poker game? these guys were just lame, that's all

[@marcuslaker5876]

There’s plenty of “gamblers” who make a nice living in Las Vegas.

[@ABC-ABC1234]

@@hazardeur No they have the mathematical skills to calculate the risk on loss they take when gambling! Don't be salty because they have the intellect you don't possess!

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

HAHAHA!!!!! Las Vegas would never understand E=mc2 !

[@amehak1922]

I went to Vegas in 2002. It's changed a lot since. The first and final men that died building the Hoover dam were father and son.

[@tigerbatman7881]

Amen brother

[@lordfnord5768]

Which was which? If the last was the father I can imagine it being suicide.

[@amehak1922]

@@lordfnord5768 the dad died first in the first year of construction and the son died shortly before they finished.

[@ishypie2856]

Yeah! I live in vegas and growing up here things have changed so much.

[@PizzaMaster123]

I live in Las Vegas right now

[@davidacvs]

The water management is indeed an inspiration. As a Mexican, I can tell our large northern cities need to look for these solutions, because you know, our north is a desert. Monterrey has a major drought ongoing.

[@ZennExile]

Government won't do anything for you. It will beg you to do it for them at the last possible moment, and even try to bribe you, but it will never do what needs be done itself. So you might as well strike while the iron is hot. Just ask the richest person you know if they will help you start a modern water utility. And if they won't, just have them point you to the richest person they know until you get a yes. Then pay someone who knows everything you don't to work out the details, and you just make sure they always have what they need to be successful. See you in 10 years when Northern Mexico has clean abundant water service with your name down the side of the pipes and on the door of the trucks. Hefe.

[@EpicSayGamer]

Good luck for them solving their drought

[@ZennExile]

@@EpicSayGamer there is a very simple solution actually. It's just not profitable and people by the millions have to go out and actually do it, starting some time last week preferably. Someone with enough money to make it happen and enough knowledge to understand how has to pay to get the ball rolling and be willing to carry millions of people along with them at a guaranteed loss. Unfortunately the Religion of Economics only rewards the psychopathic consolidation of wealth. So it isn't likely to happen until that little miscalculation is corrected. But you would not believe how absolutely simple it would be to fix every current sociopolitical problem, the climate crisis, poverty, the energy crisis, the food crisis and the looming water crisis all in the same go. The recipe is sunlight, sugar, organic waste, and human effort. That's it. The exact same process provides gainful self stability to millions, helps regulate ground water and precipitation events, stores carbon in the ground for up to 10's of thousands of years, and provides wild harvested resources that can be used sustainably or kept as a fixed asset in reserve carbon and textile storage. This process could potentially provide abundant food, energy, and opportunity to every single human being on the planet if adopted globally. The new economic model would revolve around maximizing the potential of every available human being rather than only that of the highest theoretical producers. And the new poverty would become a gainful opportunity for growth, rather than a death sentence as it is in most cases now. The only thing holding this process up is about 15 million USD in initial funding and the political will to roll the snowball down the mountain. It requires a great deal of land. But the return on the land is 10x -50x greater than using it for it's current purpose, industrial farmland. The land would have to be zoned appropriately for the project and protected federally. But that's a big chunk of why that 15 million is needed up front. You have to buy political will with cash.

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@ZennExile commie

[@mcjesus5603]

@@ZennExile do you watch issac Arthur? He has a vid on desert reclamation

[@jamesdeininger3759]

This is incredible. Imagine if Southern California could be this sensible with their water resources.

[@VL125]

Won't happen, but I still have hope

[@eaglescout1984]

The problem is the overwhelming majority of water used by California goes to agriculture. And considering the amount of food grown in California, there is no easy solution to reducing water usage that wouldn't result in a nationwide economic impact.

[@juzoli]

They will, when they also run out of water.

[@juzoli]

By the way, Nevada doesn’t have agriculture, while California does, which is the biggest users of water…

[@VL125]

They have to cut back on almonds and avocado

[@GeoandHistoryExplained]

I’ve gone to Las Vegas before in the night, and you can literally see Las Vegas pop up. It goes from extremely dark with almost no lights to an enormous amount of light. It was incredible the first time I saw it.

[@notachannle]

being in a beautiful dessert valley surrounded by gentle mountains really visually flatters the city of las vegas

[@ilovegot7754]

So all the lights in the city come on at the same.time?

[@abhinashkumar3161]

@@ilovegot7754 🤦

[@makthnife]

Until daylight and the smog brown-haze pops up! But yes, at night it’s beautiful, especially in winter when the air is crisp

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

🎬 Which movie, do you think, successfully captured Las Vegas? Ocean's 11? Bugsy? Fools Rush In? Casino? Wild Card? Some other flick entirely?

[@Battleborn357]

Growing up in Vegas, I used to study other major cities with Encyclopedias. One thing most major cities all have in common is that they rest on a body of water. A river, a lake, or an ocean. However Vegas is probably one of the most populated cities that does not

[@vberbano]

Wrong. Vegas sits atop vast 1,000 ft deep water aquifers. Vegas has been a desert oasis 500,000 years longer than humans have been on Earth. Nevada has over 300 natural springs, - the most of any state.

[@Battleborn357]

@@vberbano Did you not read what I wrote? I said large bodies of water, like a river, ocean, or lake. Not aquifers. How am I wrong? Also the aquifers here are mostly all welled up, nor can they sustain the amount of people in the valley.

[@afdalridwan3813]

@@Battleborn357 Water providers see this mfs condition : 💰🤑

[@racool911]

@@Battleborn357 Can sustain better than salt water lol

[@Battleborn357]

@@racool911 Can't sustain anything if it doesn't exist. The wells and aquifers here are mostly all dried up, how would that sustain 2 million people?

[@someguy2135]

Las Vegas has also restricted most decorative water like fountains. The famous fountains at the casino shown in the video use recycled water, and is able to avoid the restrictions because of that fact.

[@maxmayer1281]

Once the water is in the air in 110 degrees it evaporates anyone who believes this is a fool

[@someguy2135]

If you switched to a plant based diet you would save 219,000 gallons of water every year! Why else should each of us go vegan? Here is a partial list. 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Switching to a plant based food system would feed millions more people. The global population is growing! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Animal welfare, obviously 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1.5 trillion in health care costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. KZbin only allows a certain number of links at my channel.

[@EpsilonCobra]

@@someguy2135 sweet meat is always the best

[@12D_D21]

@@maxmayer1281 Do you know what the boiling point of water is? It’s 100°C or 212°F, a temperature that isn’t reached. Also, fun fact, when in movement, because of weird physics, water actually requires a higher temperature to evaporate, making it even more impossible for it to happen. Oh, and before you ask, the water that is “lost” isn’t evaporated, it is still liquid, it just get divided into small enough portions that it floats in air. That doesn’t happen with these fountains due to the salinity of the water: Las Vegas fountains use water with much more salt than the rest of the city, making it harder for water particles to be divided. And in case you didn’t catch that, due to its salinity, the water from the fountains can’t be used in normal pipes, and especially, can’t be used for consumption. Using it in fountains is pretty much the only use you can give it if you don’t want extremely expensive desalinisation plants. Oh, and by the way, that use also helps save water, since fountains help to cool down ever so slightly the air in the city, which, even if small, means there’s still a decrease in water usage. Stop pretending you’re smarter than everyone else, the people responsible for this have studied the properties of water and how it can and can’t be used. Just because you don’t know about something, doesn’t mean no one knows more than you.

[@asc7193]

@@someguy2135 ill stick to my steak

[@acemstudio]

Phoenix is also a city much like Las Vegas. It shouldn't exist. It's LITERALLY in the MIDDLE of the Sonoran desert. The fact that it's the 5th largest city, and still growing is just stunning. Phoenix has declared a stage 1 water alert. This happens when an insufficient supply of water appears likely due to water system or supply limitations. People in the desert know that the most singular important THING to live is water. We know what happens when the Colorado dries up should it ever. It's going to be BAD. Phoenix recycles nearly all its wastewater, delivering it for use in agriculture, energy production, urban irrigation, aquifer recharge, and riparian wetland maintenance. It has plans for a 100 year water supply. It's not as INNOVATIVE as Las Vegas, but Southern Arizona cities are NOT just sitting around going "the Colorado isn't gonna dry up that's CRAZY." Desert dwellers are just built different. If anyone's gonna really FEEL first hand the effects of climate change, of drought, it's people in desert climates who rely on water. We're gonna know when something's up. Much sooner than people who live in places with fluctuating weather. It’s likely we will land in a Tier 2 shortage next year, which will mostly erase Central Arizona Project’s Non-Indian Agricultural (NIA) pool. For places like Buckeye, that's gonna be rough. But for places like Phoenix and Tucson, it won't be as bad until Tier 3 is reached. Sure we have water stored underground, but using that water is uncharted territory. And with how Lake Mead is, even with such a hardcore monsoon like we had last year, even deeper cuts than a Tier 3 shortage may soon be on the way, given how quickly Lake Mead is draining. Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson all have plans in place, and are implementing those plans even right now. However, as I did my own research, it looks like California is just kind of sitting around. Kind of embarrassing when it takes such a large allocation of the Colorado. All California has is this "CA Water Plan" nothing CONCRETE like how Phoenix is storing water underground, how Tucson has water stored underground for more than 5 years if us Tucsonans need to tap into it, and this is on top of FORTY FIVE years of keeping it underground. California, you need to do something NOW to preserve your water supply. You can't keep relying on a drying up Colorado River. Your mountain snowfall runoff won't work if the monsoons don't happen.

[@pancholopez8829]

Thata great to hear. Sadly, I live in California and I think my state government doesn't have a fucking clue on what to do with water control at all. They just think by following the restrictions could help steed the tide instead of doing more on a state level as a whole. While i bet you the elite like those in Sacrament and Hollywood can spend millions in gallons and not face the consequence. But it should tell you the difference between Nevada and California. Despite both being democrats, clearly one saw their limits and worked inside and outside the box (NV) while the other got lucky with the geography and became cocky as a result (CA). It's gonna hell these coming decades, that's for sure.

[@neeneko]

@@pancholopez8829 eh, I think it isn't that they do not have a clue, it is that the state economy is diversified. Too many powerful industries and social groups that want water, and anyone who comes up with a plan that impacts any of them finds their opponents well funded. So policy makers are in a real no-win situation.

[@pancholopez8829]

@@neeneko yes, that's true. Just that with how California is run. It annoys me to no end. Also makes me jealous you guys in Phoenix and Las Vegas basically went away with grass. Where I live, the Coachella Valley. We have a lot of grass than we should remove. Instead of being efficient at it, we want to make the desert to "look pretty".

[@valentinmitterbauer4196]

The effects of climate change are also visible to mountain peoples all over the world, for example here in the alps, we can literally watch glaciers vanishing in real time. No glaciers also means more rivers drying up in the summer. (See the Po river) Even the most anti-scientific politicans in my country don't question the validity of climate change (anymore) because it's just too damn obvious. However, they don't call for enviromentalist politics either, they just don't talk about the climate change at all, since there appearently are "more important things" to do.

[@profdc9501]

Cities in the desert are a monument to hubris. They are the epitome of the belief that engineering and planning can always overcome the limits of nature, that resources can be conjured out of thin air. They are the belief that whenever a profit incentive exists to make a resource available, that resource can magically become available. Anyone can clear some land in the desert, build a house on it, connect power and water to it, and sell it to someone who blindly believes that the power to cool their homes and the water to keep them alive is always going to be there. But it just ain't so, and unfortunately lots of people may end up in ghost towns. The land can not support an unlimited number of people and the desert is especially limited.

[@Nnanasfo]

Las vegas resident here! Grew up here. People are always surprised when I tell them I know what direction I am traveling in by the color of the desert, and the type of mountains. Traveling west towards LA, the desert tends to get a brownish, reddish color. Traveling down to AZ, the desert stay almost reddish. Traveling up towards Reno, the desert is a greyish-brownish mix. It shocks my friends that living in vegas is more "rural" than urban for me lol And yes! Our water system is amazing. Growing up I definitely took for granted that you truly could just drink water out of *ANYWHERE*. It's always reusable and I definitely thought that was a thing worldwide.

[@kenshin4113]

Lol Renoite here, it is crazy how you can notice those subtle details that indicates where you're going in the desert.

[@SoopermooseGaming]

Don't forget to set you watering clock. For real every third add or comercial for any local news channel during the summer is about what's your watering time, which zone was allowed to water their lawn, for how long and what day, we've got water conservation on lock here.

[@Licensed_To_Chill]

As a former Phoenix metro area resident, I would love to see Phoenix mimic southern NV in water conservation. The use of desert landscaping in place of grass alone would make a huge dent in Phoenix's water consumption. The city is getting much better in residential conservation, though. The bigger problem for Arizona, and California, is agriculture.

[@Nnanasfo]

@@Licensed_To_Chill Oh yes! And when done right, the desert landscaping is BEAUTIFUL! They are in the process of redoing many areas of Vegas with this landscaping.

[@louiseogden1296]

@@Licensed_To_Chill This isn't helped by the yuppie demand for almond milk because supposedly it's more environmentally friendly than dairy. The water footprint is huge and in the UK, flying almonds in from CA is probably worse for the environment than sourcing cows milk locally. With coconut milk being terrible for the amount of fat in it, sweetened oat milk might be the best dairy alternative, and tbh I'd rather stick with good old moo juice, because unsweetened oat milk is awful. Dairy milk is also possible to cook with, unlike other substitute milk.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

I'm born and raised in Las Vegas, and it's crazy when I was a kid there was less than a million people here, and now going into 2023 there's close to 3 million.

[@dragonifyamazing2721]

that's agreeable

[@TurnerShaneice-pl3bn]

When lake Mead dries up

[@aasemahsan]

2:16 Geography &, early history of Las Vegas 5:35 Legalisation of gambling & construction of Hoover dam 8:04 Water supply (Colorado River Compact) 11:49 Incredible water-usage efficiency

[@Hunkie904]

"Patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter"

[@ReconPro]

😂🤣

[@2d_enjoyer]

Thank you hard working NCR soldier

[@leoisabell9797]

“If the legion breaks through the dam, I got one bullet I’m saving just for me”

[@honkamania1174]

Tunnel snakes rule!

[@Hunkie904]

@@2d_enjoyer We won't go quietly. The Legion can count on that.

[@stolenhero6650]

My great Grandmother moved into Vegas around 1950s. She's seen this city grown from it's eggling phase. She's still alive today, and you can literally ask her which street is connected to which, and even in her very old age, she knows exactly what's where, and how far away it is, and what cardinal direction it is.

[@corilia9529]

Then she knows Sahara Avenue used to be called San Francisco Avenue

[@stolenhero6650]

@@corilia9529 idk about that, but she might if it was

[@TheCrazierz]

Yea so did everyone's grandmother's lol

[@stolenhero6650]

@@TheCrazierz not really

[@cjeffcoatjr]

I love the stance on decorative grass/lawns that the city has taken. I really hope that California and Arizona are taking notes, because they're not immune to the same problems...

[@funsmartcontent4928]

Las Vegas is a role model for other American cities in water conservation! Places that don't have to worry about a lack of water, (like Canada) usually have horrible water sustainability.

[@alexander15551]

Because their water resources are already sustainable. They don’t have to conserve

[@artisaprimus6306]

Yes, Vegas is very water conscious. But, Vegas gets ninety percent of its water from Lake Mead. The lake is at risk of drying up to the point, it won't recover. Add continuous growth , thus increasing the need for even more and more water and that's a recipe for disaster. The country might be on the verge of a generational drought.

[@whathell6t]

@@artisaprimus6306 Do you actually have citations to back your claim about Las Vegas receiving its share of water from Lake Mead.

[@artisaprimus6306]

@@whathell6t I'll review the material and post it

[@simonforfan]

​@@alexander15551 this right there is whats wrong with peoples thinking. bc some lands are seemingly blessed with abundant resources doesn't mean it's alright to waste. i wonder if human water consumptions regarded as sustained, is even possible. or a another made up concept to "guilt free" people, msc label is just that. various papers/documentaries all say sustainable fishing are not possible. the 3 largest lakes in sweden all are used as drinking water drafts. then up north in the mountains there's snow and glaciers which melts during spring not only is lake water here pretty much safe to drink straight form. it's also "sustained" and no need to conserve it as you said. but since the very warm+dry summer 2018 the ground water has yet to recover even now. and despite there are lots of water around us the government has issued multiple conserving methods due to the very low ground water. these conserving actions has been pushed out by government yearly and even before the heat 2018 there is a global water crisis happeningen right know, in par with climate change. we have great protocols as to improve our water recycling and so on but it is not enough

[@OVRxNxOUT]

In addition to all the water treatment, reuse, & efficiencies mentioned in this video, the Water Authority also pumps water from the valleys water table as well, especially during peak summer season. As little as 10% and as much as 25% of our water comes from underground aquifers. Most importantly, the SNWA has done us citizens well (no pun intended) in one other surprising way. They have been injecting & storing clean drinking water into a massive natural underground storage bank since the late 80’s & when river allocations were in surplus to the valley. Today they have saved over 360,000 acre feet of water, which is enough for the valley to survive off of entirely for about 1 1/2 years w/o any additional conservation efforts. That means we all will be able to keep our swimming pools full & the tourists will still get to see the fountain show at the Bellagio. Thank you Southern Nevada Water Authority! ;)

[@jpfidalgo7]

Impressive! And that amount of water with the amazing water treatment, it can possibly go a bit longer than that. I like this a lot. Thanks for sharing!

[@OVRxNxOUT]

@@jpfidalgo7 and thanks for reading. So I just learned of this like maybe a few days prior to seeing this video. After a discussion w/ a co-worker about our water situation, one night I fell down a little rabbit hole, as curiosity does sometimes, & found myself on the water authority website & read everything, which I found very interesting. Behold, by some great coincidence this video is published (and I love this channel) so of course it was an immediate click & watch.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

You people are insane if you think Las Vegas will be around 100 years from now. You’re deluding yourselves.

[@kaisarion6668]

Las Vegas is practically in the middle of nowhere. You have to travel the desert for a long time before you hit civilization. Especially when crossing from California. You also get the chance to see the Ivampah solar farms out in the middle of the desert which is cool. They’re absolutely massive. You can spot them because there is a massive mirror in the center. Of course the city of lights needs an insane amount of power.

[@rhino.mp4]

No it isn’t. I live there. There are many towns that you can visit that aren’t that far. The drive from there to LA is only 3 hours

[@patrickjones58]

@@rhino.mp4 how fast do you drive? Vegas to LA is 4 hours minimum. I've made that drive 10 times at least.

[@makekrashcool7824]

cant beleive he didnt talk about boulder city

[@johnknightiii1351]

The city of lights can completely power itself with natural gas power plants in the valley. The solar is just a bonus

[@alicekingston8521]

@@rhino.mp4 Compared to other places Vegas is in the middle of nowhere. I live here too. The only towns around Vegas are Henderson, Boulder City, and I guess you could count Indian Springs. After those towns it is nothing for miles in all directions. Yeah if you drive an hour or so West you hit Baker. You head south and its a few hours til you hit civilization in Arizona, and don't get me started on the drive north. I always tell folks, driving through central Nevada at night is like driving in space. It's just darkness in all directions. Compare this to So Cal where the cities don't stop til you hit mountains, farm country, or another barrier for civilization, so Vegas truly is a remote city.

[@myriammondesir3791]

I like the way he emphasizes on every single key word he speaks out to make sure everyone gets the importance of the information he's conveying

[@Vasanthakumarep]

Really?? I find it so irritating. I am sure he can convey the same without over-stressing and over-dramatizing.

[@myriammondesir3791]

@@Vasanthakumarep I was being sarcastic 😀

[@miguelalejandromendoza-san1518]

Hello from Vegas! I am so glad some body brought this up. Really tired of everybody only focusing on the obvious topic for Vegas. We are more than just gambling and other sins. We are losing our reliance on gaming and entertainment, and are expanding to other economic activities, while doing more than our part to conserve Lake Mead for future generations. Thank you so much for the recognition !

[@King-oj8hr]

Yep much more than gambling and sin.. can’t forget the worst Education system, some of the worst healthcare. The homeless issue… so much more

[@miguelalejandromendoza-san1518]

@@King-oj8hr hahahaha come back when you have some constructive criticism instead of just bashing on others to make you and your tribe feel better. Otherwise, I won't even entertain responding back any further.

[@JuicyJenitals]

Pick up your cross and follow Jesus! The world is quickly headed for destruction, and sooner or later you will have to sit at the judgement seat and give an account for your actions. Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life! - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God tho. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc and you should get a response. Have a blessed day!

[@BeauxJackson]

As a Vegas resident it’s a frustrating struggle for water. We barely take up any of the lake, yet we’re cutting out water usage by taking our grass and replacing it with rock/turf, or running water normally by monitoring it. But other states aren’t taking nearly the amount of steps of preservation of lake mead than Las Vegas is.

[@joshb3867]

I mean at the end of the day though, we really don’t need grass for decoration. Is it fair that we have to deal with the shortage when we are the best city at preserving, no. Buuuttt having wasted grass is unnecessary and just dumb when you live in a desert.

[@aaron30569]

Grass literally serves no purpose. It became popular in medieval France due to how useless it is. It's only purpose is to be watered and cut, just to waste resources. Fuck grass

[@Legend7211]

Go to war. What else are you going to do about it?

[@Abel-Alvarez]

@@joshb3867 it also needs to be brought up that while in the southwest it's mainly desert we really NEED to stop having so many golf courses here (they waste too much water).

[@joshb3867]

@@Abel-Alvarez completely!!!

[@anonimoanonimus4941]

This channel is just astounding. Not only the content itself but also the edition, the quality... everything. I insist on saying that the best YT geography channel is Real Life Lore. I watch your videos from Spain 🇪🇦 to improve my english

[@DailyRedditHorror]

The geopolitics understanding also is very good.

[@LouBloom21655]

His voice is robotic yet not too robotic and easy to listen to

[@soundscape26]

@@LouBloom21655 His narration is too over the top. Way too many annoying inflections

[@sultan9givewey]

Everyone know that las Vegas exist because of Moe Green, duh

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

If you like this kinda thing, you should watch historia civilis. Sorta the same thing but more focused on ancient history, it's really fascinating

[@ustulo3488]

I was born in 1970 in Vegas and am a lifetime resident. It's great so many things are world-class now here and it's a true metropolitan city with an arts district, major sport teams, and many facets beyond the gaming industry...however, I still miss when it was much smaller in the 80's and 90's and around 300k residents. Cost of living was way cheaper, everyone knew each other or of each other, and it was a boom town with lots of small businesses and mom and pop operations away from the Strip. Almost all of the old-school shopping areas are either gone or have fallen on hard times, and the only casino on Las Vegas Blvd that still looks and feels the same is Circus Circus. Everything is very overpriced now from real estate to leisure activities. The crime rate has skyrocketed. However, the evolution of the city and it's growth has brought huge improvements in flood control for example (every street was a raging river or lake back in the day during a summer rainstorm)...but I miss the old Vegas from when I was younger and it will always be my favorite version of my hometown.

[@milt6208]

I was a 55 year resident and I moved because the city is now East LA. The violence on the strip they don't tell you about is unreal. I didn't feel safe when I went to work. I will always be from Las Vegas but I live where it is much safer. And I used to work at Circus Circus when Mr. Bennett was the man.

[@holdencawffle626]

Oh quit your complaining

[@ReirMuchoProductions]

ok gen x-er

[@DoNotChooseBlank]

Geez are you 53 years old that's a bit to old

[@R53Hole]

mole-people

[@downsidebrian]

The bit about gambling made me think about a book I read. In it, a character goes to a big sci-fi convention in Las Vegas. He mentions that the convention wasn't producing a level of gambling that the casinos liked, because "it turns out, nerds understand statistics." The restaurants are happy with the convention, though, because "nerds tend to overtip."

[@sultan9givewey]

Everyone know that las Vegas exist because of Moe Green, duh

[@johnhawley2684]

Bobiverse lol

[@nelsoncoop3774]

my astronomy professor told me a few years ago that the hard sciences were banned from holding conferences and conventions in vegas because of their gambling habits, or rather their lack thereof. she said that at best a few of them would blow $20 on the slots then go back to their room, and at worst not gamble at all.

[@jacob4920]

@@nelsoncoop3774 When I go to Vegas, I spend all of my money on the food. Because every casino has literally one of the best all-day buffets in the entire country. lol

[@loupnuit1]

monster hunter international by Larry Correa?

[@Itsmarkyoung]

I really enjoyed how you spent so much time focusing on the Colorado River as a whole and how all these other cities are affected. I live in LA and it’s a constant topic, I thought this video was just going to be about Vegas and loved that you showed how connected it all is. You’re right, we need to be more like Vegas!

[@samuelterraszas907]

socals main problem isnt personal water use, like it is in Las Vegas. the problem lies within how much water we use for agriculture, as it's impossible to recycle the billions of gallons crops need to survive. Las vegas has no agriculture, and depends mainly on southern california to supply them with food.

[@Itsmarkyoung]

@@samuelterraszas907 this is true, around 70% of our water is used for agriculture, however the current system of open channel irrigation leaves much of the water used susceptible to evaporation, and the state actually incentivizes farmers to use water in a “use it or lose it” policy. Essentially, farmers are allotted water rights in a way that if they don’t use all the water they are allowed, the next season their allotment will be decreased, so farmers often grow water-intensive crops like alfalfa to keep their water rights. The policies/technologies and types of crops need to be majorly adjusted to decrease the state’s consumption

[@brandonsavitski]

California grows 80% of the world's Almonds. Walnuts make up 99% of the commercial U.S. supply and roughly three-quarters of the world's inventory. California pistachios account for 98% of the nation's supply. As stated above by other commentors; Well more than half of California water supply is for agriculture use.

[@Itsmarkyoung]

@@brandonsavitski you can read my previous reply but yes you’re right, mostly for agriculture

[@ashtonbrown4318]

California needs to invest in water Desalination. They need to keep their nuclear reactor/build many more nuclear power plants. Nuclear is by far the safest energy option. Then they can take the renewables and use the excess power for water Desalination which can be stored and used as power for when wind and solar are low. That water can then be used for farms and people, Saving it for states that cannot, whatsoever, create their own freshwater reliably. In concerns to the brine water coming out of the stations, they have uses for: Salting roads in winter, and salt extraction in general for any other means, industrial or for food. Even if released into the ocean it is not nearly as bad as all the trash thrown in as it only has an effect on a small radius, which can be dissipated even more through diffusion and eventually mixes with the rest of the saltwater with no harm.

[@taotaoliu2229]

What a coincidence: I was just doing a design challenge in SimCity that called for building a city in a desert region called Cactus Canyon, which made me think of Las Vegas.

[@sheevpalps3846]

Whoa is that a challenge in it? I never heard of it

[@kalebwieland4938]

Hey I love that map!

[@sultan9givewey]

Everyone know that las Vegas exist because of Moe Green, duh

[@addisonvanrooijen7668]

I really thought I was the only one who still played SimCity

[@MrCostheboss]

@@addisonvanrooijen7668 i have also been playing SimCity today haha

[@togikisses]

Vegas born and rasied! I've moved to other places and I always miss it. Now I'm in Denver and while I certainly do not miss the summers, I miss the food! Vegas has some of the best restaurants in the world. Yummy

[@tracieramson9151]

i left Vegas 6 months Ago for Salt Lake City

[@kananiseven]

​@@tracieramson9151 why is that

[@kananiseven]

Indeed. So good.

[@thegreat9481]

@@tracieramson9151boooo

[@CrannTV]

My home

[@DrJDX]

Implying NLV isn't a shit-pile now ;) I kid, I kid. Glad there were people who were willing to do the work to help make this place what it is today, and that the work is ongoing to this day. Have you been out to the Wetlands Park? Highly recommended, and they can tell you a lot about the kind of conservation efforts they've been helping with since the late 90's when the project to clean up the Wash was started, and it's absolutely stunning now.

[@randomcomputer7248]

lies

[@groggysword33]

@@randomcomputer7248 How is it a lie?

[@McYeroc]

What was his name?

[@CrannTV]

@@McYeroc Warren Brent Hardy

[@evanmacdougall9715]

Las Vegas means “The Meadows” because of its natural springs fed by the tall mountains to the west. This was the initial source of water that sustained the indigenous tribes and the small original town and made it a water stop first for the Spanish Trail and then for the railroad. But without Hoover Dam and the Colorado River, Las Vegas would have never been able to increase to the size it is today. Also contributing to the rain shadow effect are 1) The California Coastal Range, 2) The mentioned 14,000 foot Sierra Nevada mountains, 3) The 11,000 foot Panamint Range west of Death Valley, and 4) The 11,000 foot Spring Mountains on the west side of the Las Vegas valley.

[@kitfisto15678]

Love that you didn’t go the whole “oh humans shouldn’t live in deserts” routine which is a tired and not factual statement in the first place. Humans have lived in many of these places in the southwest for thousands of years. The current problem lies in people wanting their yards to look like an east coast yard (grass and water intensive non native plants) across the American southwest when it should actually mirror the natural landscape with naturally growing plants. This plus water recycling would resolve all water problems across the southwest for a long long time. Cool to hear you grew up in Nevada! -Phoenix resident

[@nickmonks9563]

HOWEVER...when people lived in those regions, it was often because they did so in wetter periods and (relatively) near watercourses that could support their agriculture. When dryer times came, those settlements evaporated like the water, and it would be some time later...during the next wet period, that a new group would move in. Arizona has numerous such stories over the past millennium.

[@kitfisto15678]

@@nickmonks9563 agreed however we now import a lot of agricultural and use water more efficiently than they did back then.

[@tomriley5790]

The issue isn't that humans haven't lived in a place before it's supporting the number of humans to live there sustainably that is always the problem.

[@Stettafire]

Worth mentioning too that the main problem is the shear population size as well. Humans can live in smaller communities in dryer places but it's much more difficult to have a larger population

[@ten_tego_teges]

You still need to bring in the water and food. Unless there's mining or sth that justifies the location it's still a poor choice for a large population centre.

[@albagonzalez9607]

Thank you for making this video so much!! Idk, I feel like we, the residents in Vegas get blamed for the water crisis entirely, but having lived here since 1997, I can tell you with pride and confidence that wasting water is and has always been something we pay attention to a lot harder without even realizing it. broken sprinkler at some random park? Call it in. The new neighbor needs 15 more signatures per HOA guidelines? see who signed already before kindly sending them on their way w/o yours. I used to LOVE going to Lake Mead with my family as a little girl.. it breaks my heart seeing its current condition 💔💔

[@OrganizationXIII]

I’m thinking about moving to Nevada I live in Nj and I hate it here! I’m curious to see how the different living in the west is!

[@desertmike680]

I live in Vegas - Landscapers are extremely busy with the demand of ripping up grass and either replacing it with rocks or turf. Also, something else that was literally just approved yesterday - there is now a limit on the size of pools one can have in their backyard.

[@shotelco]

Here in Henderson (you know where that is), there was a pool at the house we purchased 15 years ago, but it was apparently cracked, and then filled with dirt. I removed the dirt, sprayed concrete sealer on it, and am using it as a cistern for rain water collection. I am however an _OUTLAW!_ Why? Nevada law states that collecting rainwater with any type of rain catching systems, whether it's with a rain barrel or even a bucket, is illegal. This is also why there are so few rain gutters on homes here. Edit: This regulation was modified in 2017. It is now _Legal_ to collect rainwater from ones _Roof_ only for non-potable domestic use, up to 20,000 gallons. Unfortunately I collect water from the lot as well as the rooftop.

[@keeshans5768]

@@shotelco why would catching rain even be illegal? It literally reduces water consumption.

[@shotelco]

@@keeshans5768 I had to edit my comment - please see note. Like the video pointed out, a lot of these laws and regulations were written decades ago for dealing with water rights. In 2017, Nevada did amend this to allow for limited "rooftop" collection only. None of the water that falls on our property ever reaches the public drainage system - as most of it is absorbed into the ground or evaporates. The cistern is used for a hydroponic greenhouse system, so about 65% of that water gets recycled back into the cistern.

[@desertmike680]

@@shotelco wow. I didnt know that. I give you a lot of credit for going the route of utilizing a damaged pool as a rain collector.

[@vysharra]

@@shotelco this is a great way to spread West Nile, your neighbors will be able to report you to the health district if you let the water stagnate without a disinfectant to keep mosquitoes out (and they would be right to, Vegas has enough issues, we don’t need skeeters)

[@The_Deztro]

Real life lore is just one of those channels you can always expect quality content from no matter what, Keap it up man 👍

[@DavidRichardson153]

I actually researched Las Vegas for my conservation biology course, and I was rather shocked to find out just how efficient the city is. Of course, it should be mentioned that LV was not always this efficient, and it used to be about as wasteful as most would imagine, but then they started taking their conservation efforts, especially in regards to water, rather seriously. Sure, they have had their conservation efforts before, but what they have now is much more recent than most would think. Really, I was impressed at just how far LV was going to save on water, and I did my research back in the early 2010s, when much of what is in place now was, back then, either being discussed or had just started being implemented. The part that impressed me the most was the flora aspect, particularly in regards to lawns. Speaking personally, it was one of the things that my parents were adamant about when they bought the house that they finished raising me in - not that it had a lawn, but that it was not in an area with an HOA, which would have mandated by law that they maintain a picturesque green lawn. My parents were adamant about being able to live without an HOA. Yes, HOAs can sound good in theory, but as they are in practice, they are just completely horrible for homeowners, causing a lot of financial, legal, and environmental problems for anyone and everyone in such an area (and that is disregarding the racist origins and history of HOAs). As such, my parents _never_ put in the effort to maintain their lawn besides the occasional mowing (just so they can more easily spot snakes and other pests). Oh, and just to clarify, my parents raised me just outside San Antonio, Texas, and one does not need to do any digging to find out what the region - hell, the whole state - has been going through, especially lately. Learning that LV was essentially trying to extend my parents' approach to lawn maintenance (i.e. none at all) for the city's own suburbs threw me for a loop and in a shockingly pleasant way. I hope to see these efforts adopted all over the country, even if it is little more than a pipe dream at this point.

[@BrownBomber92181]

In the 80's is when the city really started to take water conservation seriously.

[@millysmanifestations]

Vegas is my hometown it will always have a place in my heart even though the summers can reach over 115 degrees f. It’s not only strip and casinos. There are schools, suburbs, communities. My favorite thing to do on the summer nights when the sun sets i love to go to the park and feel the warm winds and lay on the grass. The food is also amazing

[@satyaprasadmishra3610]

Hats off to d water conservation department of Vegas...they r certainly a remarkable inspiration for all d cities in the world facing water deficit scenarios...As always awesome content mate..love from India 🇮🇳❤️

[@arandomcommenter7051]

No they’re really not bro, they’ve known about these issues for 25 years, since the lake started developing the bathtub ring. They deserved to be flamed into oblivion for marketing for anyone and everyone to move here and we wonder why lake mead is 100 feed from being a Deadpool. These changes they are making in 2022 they were told to make in 1995 and SNWA and the state govt. sat on their hands and buried their hands in the Mohave desert sand

[@Dominini]

Happy that my city is doing something right! When I first moved here, I missed having a lawn so much! (I'm from Chicago so lawns were just standard). Now I appreciate my rocks and desert landscaping. It is quite beautiful in its own right. Plus I never have to trim it! Lol

[@vberbano]

Not having to take care of lawns gives me at least 100 more hours a year and the energy to hike up in Red Rock Canyon.

[@babaluto]

Interesting that there is no mention of the natural springs that still supply drinking water to the city. Yes, the springs are not significant now but in early days, it was an oasis for travelers.

[@keanue808]

I can only think of Lake Tahoe. We use most of the water from colorado

[@jacksonbianco2934]

As an Arizonan, I’m happy to learn there’s a template like Las Vegas for the future

[@Fernando-Lopez67]

Vegas loves to gamble and what can we say. They played their cards right. Amazing to see how they recycle back. Can be a blueprint for time to come that anything is possible

[@Fernando-Lopez67]

I’m an Arizonan as well

[@BlackStallion85]

As much as I love Las Vegas I've wondered how is this desert town still in existence especially when it comes to water. Well now I have a better understanding on how they're handling the water. Thanks for the video!

[@TheBandit7613]

Las Vegas uses 21% less water than it used 20 years ago. Even with the huge increase in population. Pretty good I think.

[@loC2ol]

I love living in Las Vegas!!! It’s not just tourists! We have a very awesome unique local culture! ❤️

[@nixkkk]

Henderson here!

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

100 years from now, the population of Las Vegas will be ZERO.

[@dallashall9958]

I live here too..I love all the dirt bags and weirdos

[@dausanstewart2933]

Summerlin area livin here, gotta love to diverse life styles of the locals! Represent!

[@staytoasty7373]

summerlin gang

[@REACTIONSUNLIMITED]

I am super proud of Las Vegas and the people behind the conservation of water. The recycling methodology is super powerful. Genius! I just hope the Colorado compact will find a way to resolve the lower level of the water. I don't know how but I hope there is planning being done.

[@staytoasty7373]

I live in Las Vegas! It’s such a nice city (in most places) and have definitely seen the changes made to save water. I live in Summerlin, where a lot of new houses are being built and most of them have desert landscaping and it looks super great and is pretty low maintenance.

[@vberbano]

Summerlin is so nice and minutes from the most amazing place on Earth - Red Rock Canyon. I hike the Canyon almost every day. Thursday night, we set our lawn chairs in Oak Creek, ate take out Panera Bread and let our Goldens splash in the creek.

[@staytoasty7373]

@@vberbano sounds like a perfect routine, I also love red rock! so beautiful but i like going on a polaris so maybe not as relaxing but definitely beautiful and fun

[@gregs2164]

With 4,500 lot size

[@Rm-mq2qg]

Interesting!!

[@maxsiemens304]

Yeah it has cool desert and mountains around it and that but it is a city of sin.

[@mbryson2899]

When we moved into our home in Monterey County, CA back in '95 we incrementally replaced our lawn with succulents. Why people think they need a mini golf course that they never use is beyond us.

[@MsKJackson831]

I moved from Monterey County (Salinas) to Vegas lol man I miss the Central Coast

[@vberbano]

@@MsKJackson831 I just moved from Pebble Beach back to Vegas. I love hiking in Red Rock Canyon even more than hiking in the Del Monte Forest.

[@chops3905]

Cause people moving into Vegas are used to grass and not dirt lol

[@Drozey710]

Las Vegas was the first time I had ever seen a road sign say *WARNING* have emergency water in the car and over half a tank of gas beyond this point, while driving.

[@stewiegriffin3456]

Great video and I understand it was just about Las Vegas, but I feel like you should’ve mentioned the enormous effects of agriculture on the water supply. In most states in the southwest, agriculture accounts for around 80% of water use. If we could grow cotton in the south instead of the middle of the desert in arizona we would have plenty of water for future growth.

[@coolzayrock5288]

I agree but he do have a KZbin video dedicated to that topic. If I’m not mistaken it is ‘Why California running out of water.’

[@kimberlyfundaro989]

@@coolzayrock5288 a lot of other places

[@LvUhcX]

He should have also mentioned why Nevada property owned by government 85% land ...

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

Thank you for pronouncing Nevada correctly. What a lot of people dont know os that casinos are not the only pla es to gamble. Go into a convenience store like 7-11? Yup. Slot machines. Every bar in town has what? Yup, slots. Hell, if you fly in you hear slots as you are getting off the plane cause of course our airpprt has slots. Oh ueah, most grocery stores have slots as well for gambling. Gotta say, having grown up in Vegas (moved here at 18 months in 1981)I can't see ever living any other place.

[@Chocobohunter]

You need to reread your comment and edit it ffs

[@R53Hole]

sounds shitty

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

​@@Chocobohunter wow, so I had a few mistakes. I have big hands and thumbs and have a small phone. Let me ask you this......could you understand what I was saying. I am guessing yes soon that case STFU and worry about more important scheiße that way you can build a bridge and get over it.

[@Chocobohunter]

@@CONSOLETRUTH2 “yes soon that case STFU” nah still cant understand you, like i said reread your comment before you post it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Dottyy]

I have edited this comment because i am tired of people liking and replying it and me seeing it in my notifications

[@rickb3650]

4.9 miles. ~ 8Km

[@mud4309]

Dude its even weirder living here. When I was little and I saw the strip in movies and shows I thought we had a sprawling casino metropolis. Then I got older and started going down there and was like wtf man I can clear dis whole bitch in less time than it takes to get thru Church’s Chicken

[@BlackJuggernaut]

We can tell you've only "visited". But even visitors usually know that Las Vegas is an entire city and the Strip is a few miles of a street in the city. It's not that difficult to make out a few blocks of the most famous piece of street in the world with land marks that could be seen from outer space.

[@tysonhansen805]

@@BlackJuggernaut the point totally flew over your head buddy

[@edwardtorres245]

Wow I am amused by the fact you missed the entire point. And yet you bragged about visiting Las Vegas. Las Vegas ain’t great, ain’t prosperous, ain’t a cultural and historical place. In fact what the video states Las Vegas is a city it shouldn’t exist.

[@seanipher]

Las Vegas is such a great case study for how we are capable of solving our catastrophic ecological problems if we really try. I live in Utah, which consumes the most water per capita, so I hope they can learn from the success of Vegas! Unfortunately, from my own interactions, a lot of the religious people here feel entitled to use as much water as they want due to it belonging to “gods celestial kingdom.” But if you ask me, I’m ready for turf golf courses baby!

[@yangree4213]

Their going to learn the hard way I guess.

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

@@yangree4213 Mormons always do............

[@chairmanofrussia]

Tell them that God clearly wants them to not be excessive, gluttonous and greedy with it. Otherwise he would have given us infinite water. Tell them not to abuse the celestial kingdom.

[@ericlaw2416]

This is bunk. Guy uses the phrase “celestial kingdom” and thinks he’s got Mormons pegged. Never met anyone in Utah who would say such a thing with a straight face. Since you know them so well you know that their church leadership has been publicly calling for careful usage during the drought. Think maybe you just have built up resentment of your neighbors, so maybe try Denver for a while. They’re cuddly people.

[@seanipher]

@@ericlaw2416 Woah, easy there tiger, didn't mean to trigger ya! Let's walk you through my comment again cause I don't think you read it in its entirety. First, my evidence is antidotal, which means it's not emblematic of an entire population. Unless you are god, I don't think you get to tell me what I've experienced. Secondly, I mentioned nothing about mormons, I said religious people, so let's not go putting words in my mouth. As someone who was raised as a non-LDS Christian, I heard a lot of this sentiment from people in my congregation. This is a sentiment/mindset, not a direct quote. So bruh you can chill with the accusations! We got enough rude people on this planet, don't need to go adding to that list!

[@CellaDragon]

I’m so glad more videos like this are coming out cause I’m so tired of people all over the United States blaming Las Vegas as the MAIN reason Lake Mead runs dry. When in reality all the states that depended on the Colorado would adopt some policies that Clark County uses & not snubbed the water districts projected water plans/proposals that informed them of available water in Lake Mead & revisited the water right allocations, we would be in a much better water situation (especially CA)

[@P4NKAJ]

Just 13 Mins... And it felt like an hour of Documentary. So Much Information/Content in such less time.Its amazing.

[@gwillis01]

I have always been in favor of sustainable landscaping that acknowledges the reality of how much rainfall Las Vegas receives. The next step is to make sure Loewe's and Home Depot home improvement stores stop selling grass seed that requires too much water.

[@hygrometer]

thats not the problem, but ok.

[@gwillis01]

@@hygrometer I think gardening and home improvement stores in the desert Southwest need to help people conserve water by selling desert friendly plants instead of water guzzling plants.

[@sparkytuttle2966]

I think you may not realize that no new home can have grass in the front yard and only half grass in the back. For the older homes that have grass, the state will pay them, if they pull it out. All decorative grass is being pulled out now...that's grass that goes around sidewalks or grass just for show. Everyone is replacing landscape with native plants. All those grass seeds are a minute part of the problem. CALIFORNIA is a huge part of the problem. Yes, Cali feeds the rest of the US, however, they continually use far more than they are allocated. We ALWAYS use less. Cali actually resist any water restrictions, while we have had water restrictions for decades. Cali actually receives a huge amount of water from rain and snow runoff but they have failed to use it to their resources. So, keep your seeds. We will not need them.

[@gwillis01]

@@sparkytuttle2966 Thank you for telling me the rest of the story. I was not aware of all the facts.

[@Nebula-lr3ie]

It's amazing how humans can live in almost every climate and thrive as well

[@sentientflower7891]

Technology provided that and technology will destroy it as well.

[@MudroZvon]

Why is this so amazing for you? Because human is just an ape or what?

[@muscleman125]

@@MudroZvon shut up dude

[@santamariamarvy]

Like pests

[@sentientflower7891]

@@MudroZvon humans are much worse than the apes, that is why your world is dying.

[@Ciborium]

I had seen a documentary on this years ago, back when History Channel still showed fact-based documentaries. In short, after the Mormons migrated to Salt Lake City, figuring it was God-forsaken enough that people will leave them alone, there was some discontent. There was a faction that thought that SLC was not God-forsaken enough, so they continued on to settle in Las Vegas. Las Vegas has the largest Mormon population outside of SLC. The Mormons got along great with the Mafia that built up Las Vegas' gaming culture. While Mormons don't drink, smoke, or gamble, they have no problem with other people doing it. Mormons are also very good at keeping secrets. Many Mormons were hired by the Mafia into roles that required secrecy and sobriety, accountants, money-handlers, et al. Other Mormons were hired as groundskeepers because they had generations of experience making plants and crops grow in the middle of the desert.

[@CristianGarcia-xi7cf]

As a person from Nevada, I speak for all Nevadans when I say: THANK YOU for pronouncing Nevada correctly!

[@byufan]

I grew up in northern Nevada and whenever my family visited Vegas, I was amazed at how many people lived there with very little water. Seems like I wasn’t the only one to wonder this

[@notbubby7408]

i live in las vegas and this is some great insight on what we have to deal with. don’t worry life is normal here

[@Dinodude83]

Wassup! Nice to see someone else who also lives in Vegas

[@sultan9givewey]

Everyone know that las Vegas exist because of Moe Green, duh

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@sultan9givewey This is getting annoying now.

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

@@sultan9givewey ah shit here we go again

[@rhino.mp4]

@@Dinodude83 I live there too! It truly is awesome

[@javianjohnson8746]

Wow, I never knew about the water consumption trend with Las Vegas. The way you broke it down, it truly sounds AMAZING just how efficient that city is with the water they have access to

[@dennischristopher9952]

I moved from Boston to Las Vegas for a year, and I loved living there. It was cool seeing mountains in every direction

[@meandepiphany]

Flying into Vegas is crazy. Nothing but desert then all of a sudden this city comes into view.

[@englishforya]

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” - Plato

[@bonecanoe86]

That's what she said

[@peachydsi]

@@bonecanoe86 ?

[@bonecanoe86]

@@peachydsi Forgive me for I am a drunk fool, therefore I have to say somethinhg

[@josephpuentes4160]

This whole channel to be honest. He speaks a 10000 word essay in every video

[@DonCristian_DPB]

That honestly applies really well to the vast majority of commenters on this type of videos, lol

[@Angelgreat]

TLDR, the legalization of Gambling in Nevada and the creation of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead made Las Vegas possble.

[@draphotube4315]

U forgot the part where it’s possible also only because of their sustainable water management use.

[@alf.2929]

You also forgot the legalization of prostitution and no State tax. FYI: Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas but not in counties outside of Vegas.

[@nathanielpillar8012]

@@draphotube4315 the city came into existence before the water shortages we see today.

[@DavidAStubbs]

TLDR? Who is reading this video?

[@Sinyao]

The water conservation efforts kept it there. 😏

[@exfoliage]

Wow. This was great. Full resolution audio and visuals. Rich with content and relevant information. Very well done.

[@rilke3266]

The town around the Hoover Dam is super interesting. It is like a 1930’s-40’s time capsule.

[@SternLX]

Boulder City? It's been growing a lot as of late. Looking a lot more modernized vs 10 years ago.

[@eshep71]

Oh yeah, agreed., I stayed there 2 nights of a 6 week USA road trip. They had a 'wine walk' once a month. It's a dress up theme party for the whole town where they drink wine and hang around outside. Boulder City was my favorite city of all the ones I stayed in.

[@starmc26]

That ended decades ago.

[@jakethebespoke8842]

Wow, though I was born in Michigan, I was raised in Las Vegas and just recently learned how the city conserves water, and this expands on it so much, thanks a lot.

[@gojira4036]

Las Vegas is like one of those oasis cities you would see in a movie. Situated in the middle of nowhere but a somewhat nice place to stay.

[@salvadorquirarte4133]

Rango

[@nathaniellong4281]

I drove through Vegas this summer. I had no idea how incredibly water efficient the city is, as well as how incredibly detail-oriented and far-sighted the city government has been in water efficiency. If only everywhere was like Vegas, then there wouldn't be any talk about a coming global water shortage.

[@Numba003]

Well, this didn't go how I expected. That's actually fantastic! I'm glad somebody is finally tackling the classic grass lawn in arid climates issue. Thank you for the very interesting video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

[@Wolftamer797_plays_other_games]

Thanks a lot to real life lore for educating me more on Las Vegas and you deserve 10 million subs and even more

[@vale1w]

Great video as usual thx. Only a slight critique: as a european im not familiar with the imperial system. So it would be great if you could mention the metric number as well like you did with the temperature in this video. Or make one informative video about those two systems and why imperial is still in use. Its really hard for me to imagine how tall 10.000ft of mountains really is haha. But thanks anyways and keep going i love your content

[@oakonion8860]

It’s 3 Kilo meters in size

[@thecryingsoul]

Yeah, easy shortcut is to basically divide by 3. As for why it's used today, it's essentially because it's a holdover from olden times.

[@vale1w]

Thx. I thought 3000m but that seems pretty high as barely any mountains im my region of the eastern alps are that high but i guess i learned something new^^

[@Dinodude83]

The reason America uses imperial is cause the British used to use it and America was their colonies and we just never switched to metric (but technically America does use metric and is recognized to do so by other governments)

[@SueFerreira75]

@@thecryingsoul Only three countries in the World continue to use the archaic imperial system - Liberia, Myanmar and the United States. That the US still adheres to this "olden times" system is an indication of its poor education and resistance to change, which we see in sharp relief in it current political chaos.

[@seeemsee]

This is a detailed, uplifting video about a dire situation.

[@sirblack1619]

I have never seen a drought like this ever in my life until I moved to Colorado. Growing up in Saint Louis there was never a shortage of water with the Mississippi and Missouri flowing. I thought about retiring to Las Vegas since the state does not have a state tax and I would still get the mountains and cheaper cost of living than Denver.

[@vberbano]

Get ALL the facts and you'll realize that Vegas will NEVER run out of water. Move here. I hike Red Rock Canyon almost every day - truly amazing. And the streams have water.

[@secretagentcat]

@@vberbano you are running out of drinking water in a big way, stop the denial and PREPARE

[@vberbano]

@@secretagentcat Facts brainless, facts.

[@secretagentcat]

@Baby Blu3 The Earth is running out of water and your reply is denial. You won't handle your own when it goes dry you weirdo

[@vberbano]

@@secretagentcat I am. I have 100% desertscape ...and a home in Iowa and 2 in NorCal. I'm 100% solar, too. And I am well educated on our water aquifer management and the advantages of the 3rd straw, as well as knowing the facts of River in-flows.

[@DevonReclaimed]

I'm a proud Las Vegas Native for over 25 years and one thing I can say is we are a resilient people!

[@j.l.salayao8055]

Go Nevadans! Stay strong and sober...yehaa!

[@suddhojitgon5929]

Thank you so much @RealLifeLore for bringing this aspect to my knowledge as I had no idea about this incredible planning of water recycling of Las Vegas. Surely, the world needs to learn sustainability from Vegas as freshwater is becoming dear everyday.

[@KingSkuid]

I was born, raised, and currently live in Las Vegas. In elementary school, they taught us to turn the faucet off while we were scrubbing out hands and brushing our teeth to save water, which I still do now at 23. The city spends millions on converting grass to desert landscaping by paying homeowners to have their lawns replaced. There are signs everywhere about how often you can water during each season: 1 day a week in winter, 3 days in fall and spring, and 6 days in the summer but only during the cooler hours, and NEVER ON SUNDAYS™. Each section of the city also has designated watering days for the week. Water conservation is a big thing around here, and I think the video does a great job of covering how and why we're so water conscious and efficient.

[@skibee]

I grew up in Las Vegas for 16 years. It was a really great place to live. I have nothing bad to say about it except for how hot it is. The seasons there are summer and not summer. It's usually hot from April to October. Then it gets cool in November until March. Other than that, I can't recommend it more :)

[@richardgarcia7521]

I had been living in Las Vegas for 17 years by the time we got heavy snow for the first time in the 21st century.

[@skibee]

@@richardgarcia7521 I remember when it snowed in Las Vegas in 2008. Me and my Dad built a tiny snowman together :D

[@DriveCarToBar]

@@richardgarcia7521 My mom has pictures of the street she and my dad lived on when they bought their house in 1978 and there is snow on all the houses and yards. Some neighbor kid was sledding down their driveway.

[@comicrandomness3289]

That's because you live in vegas. I live in LA and visiting during the winter is still hot to me. It's rare for it to not feel hot. But i don't go to vegas to spend time outside i go for the air conditioned casinos.

[@stray-wolf]

This video became more and more amazing as it went on.

[@isaiahc8390]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@christianfernandez6290]

I was born and raised in Las Vegas. We have such an amazing community of people despite our reputation as sin city. I pray we continue to be a water efficient city, I want my children to one day see Las Vegas in all its glory 🥂

[@Cyrus992]

Population would be far less if it weren't for the Rustbelt, High CA costs and mass immigration.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

So you think your prayer will change god´s plan and the perfect design? :D

[@arthurgearheard4701]

That's the result of excessive gambling where some people piss away every penny they have and Showgirls who dance provocatively! In some cases, the women may not cover their breasts!

[@GooseCee]

Las Vegas is an INCREDIBLE sight. It's something everyone must experience

[@r22gamer54]

I watched a video like more than a month ago about Las Vegas’s water recycling and I truly believe this is what we need in cities across socal to conserve the Colorado river….water is the most IMPORTANT resource we have ad humans…and we NEED to conserve it….I hope governments do something

[@someguy2135]

100%! It sounds like you want to do your part too. If you switched to a plant based diet you would save 219,000 gallons of water every year! Why else should each of us go vegan? Here is a partial list. 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Switching to a plant based food system would feed millions more people. The global population is growing! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Animal welfare, obviously 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1.5 trillion in health care costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. KZbin only allows a certain number of links at my channel.

[@someguy2135]

To convince our elected leaders to make the hard decisions about climate change, which is the cause of this drought, we need to walk the walk like Greta Thunberg, and switch to a plant based diet. That way they can see we are serious about this issue.

[@RogerWareInc]

Waiting for the government to solve problems. Don't hold your breathe on it.

[@someguy2135]

@@RogerWareInc All the more reason for each of us to do what we can.

[@r22gamer54]

@@someguy2135 im vegetarian my guy lol

[@maxpowers6033]

Love these type of video because it reminds me of how huge the United States really is. We're basically 50 different countries masquerading as 1

[@Mamorufumio]

Vegas is the border between the bear and the bull, a city saved from destruction once by a man, who continues to protect it to this day.

[@sliceofheaven3026]

Despite the recycling there is still quite a bit of water that is used to water the parks, the pools and the golf courses. Would be curious to know how much water is actually recycled back to lake Mead. Due to heat the water also straight up evoporates into the air.

[@AyratHungryStudent]

So many insights in 1 short video. Great job!

[@goinkosu]

It's really weird in contrast with St George, Utah (just 2 hours east of Las Vegas) the lack of consideration. There are just too many golf courses

[@zzzzzzzoooorrrroroooo]

Golf courses are everywhere and 75% of them are for rich people in country clubs. It's terrible I hope they are all ripped up in the future when water becomes a serious problem.

[@ustulo3488]

@@zzzzzzzoooorrrroroooo Not true. Most golf courses in Vegas are public courses and while the rates of gone up due to the explosion of interest in the game during the pandemic, it is still accessible to most residents. I was born in Vegas in 1970 and have lived there ever since and have been playing golf since I was 8...the fact is Vegas has lost 5 golf courses in the last 10 years and the ones that are left are in massive demand. Most courses were put on a water restriction years ago and are hardly ever in optimal shape because of that.

[@holdencawffle626]

St george is loaded with mormons...especially the Stubbs family

[@goinkosu]

@@holdencawffle626 I know, I have family there. Doesn't seem relevant though

[@DriveCarToBar]

@@ustulo3488 There are more restrictions now as well. Golf courses here in Vegas are all using gray water to irrigate and most of it captured from their own run-off. Also, the city recently passed an ordnance that you can no longer build a golf course and irrigate it with municipal water. There will be no new golf courses in Vegas unless they have their own water rights or feel like trucking it in.

[@nileshkumaraswamy2711]

John Oliver had a great segment that covered how Vegas has pioneered sustainable water usage, y'all should check it out, it covers some other bad water use policies in surrounding states particularly Utah.

[@Barthaneous34]

Might be good. But John Oliver is a huge loser and really lame

[@AliviaSerna]

I like how you added the AD at the end. Some put it at the beginning or middle but I’d prefer the end honestly. Nice video !

[@joshashley7938]

As someone who has been considering a move to Las Vegas, I am so happy you made this incredible video! The water supply challenges have been one of my biggest concerns about moving, but your video gave me hope that was rapidly waning before. Thank you!

[@ilovemoney0214]

You seem like a great person BUT we’re full! You’re more than welcome to visit for a weekend.

[@joshashley7938]

@@ilovemoney0214 i’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and take this as a joke. Either way, I’m very happy to see that Clark county and the state of Nevada are taking significant, intelligent measures to preserve the future for their residents. I feel significantly better about choosing to move knowing that the deep straw in Lake Mead wasn’t the only step taken in the region.

[@j.l.salayao8055]

Hey Josh! looks like you're an outdoorsman based on your profile pic. Why not Northern Nevada? We have been here for 5 years (Boulder City, NV) and looking forward moving to Reno area to be close to Lake tahoe, siera nevada, and pyramid lake. Water and nature is life for me so looking forward to the move. Whatever you chose, both are good base on what's best for you and yours, good luck.

[@hoangkimviet8545]

For those who don't know, "Las Vegas" means "The Meadows" in Spanish.

[@taotaoliu2229]

So Viva Las Vegas means Long Live The Meadows.

[@user-ow2cs7fb5l]

never knew

[@JamesJiansen]

What does "Reno" mean?

[@noctisarcanus7894]

@@JamesJiansen reindeer

[@JamesJiansen]

@@noctisarcanus7894 Fitting since there's a lot of reindeer near the city of Reno.

[@Bum_Hip]

The Las Vegas Strip changes so quickly, this video was released this week, and already is obsolete. The shopping mall shown in the beginning is now shuttered, waiting for its redevelopment. And Resorts World has been constructed, and open just across the street from The Wynn.

[@Vector_Ze]

I lived and worked in Vegas for three years, ending four decades ago. There's very little recognizable to me in this video. That's one of the many things about the city that I hate.

[@joydarling314]

Are you talking about Fremont street or fashion show mall?

[@Bum_Hip]

@@joydarling314 talking about The Hawaiian Marketplace across from Aria.

[@Kholdilocks]

Ah, the classic 'rusty abandoned boat' shot this channel loves so much whenever the topic of water usage comes up.

[@RadianceRush]

I love Las Vegas! I lived there for over a decade. It's beautiful, great views of the mountains from almost anywhere in the valley, it's sunny most of the year, and there is so much beyond the gambling and nightlife! Great restaurants, great shopping, tons of great parks, skiing nearby, waterparks, the springs preserve, corn creek, Mt. Charleston, museums, exhibits, and beautiful master planned communities. As for water it's so great that Vegas is so good at conserving water. California needs to get on board with being better at conserving water.

[@calidream9273]

California needs to build more water reservoir to capture rain water and not rely on the colorado river as much, You have to understand how much agriculture California grows that more than likely Nevada gets. So California consumes alot of water for that.

[@RadianceRush]

@@calidream9273 True but California has a lot of grass lawns that they could do without.

[@calidream9273]

@RadianceRush yea they are doing that in the desert community areas. But like the valleys and beach areas that will never happen

[@two2truths]

I always thought Vegas was a massive waste of water, just golf courses and lawns consuming insane amounts of water right and left and no one thought it would have to end one day. Im very happy to be corrected and learn about how theyre actually super ahead of the curve on water use and recycling... Good for them.

[@robgronotte1]

There aren't that many golf courses in Las Vegas. There are tons in the Phoenix area though.

[@fettywap1738]

Great video. Didn’t know Vegas has the most efficient water usage in the USA. What would happen if the entire world was this efficient 💭

[@jjbarajas5341]

We'd have 50% more water

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

@@jjbarajas5341 No, we'd just have more fresh water. If we had 50% water on Earth, we'd almost all die.

[@jjbarajas5341]

@@MichaelDavis-mk4me Not for nothing but I DID say we'd have 50% MORE water. That means we'd all be able to use half as much MORE water as we already use. 😶

[@pixeldragon6387]

Born and raised in Vegas, we are amazingly good at water conservation. It’s drilled into us from childhood.