Lake Mead UPDATE March 2023 Record Rain/Snow and Drought Water Level Effects CA

Welcome back Colorado River Watchers! In this spring water level report, we’ll look into the record rain and snow that plummeted the west since the start of the year. We’ll also look at its impact (or lack thereof) on reservoir levels. In addition we’re going to discover when Lake Mead usually sees its highest water level each year, so we can calculate whether the floods and snowpack might bring any drought relief to the reservoir before summer.
If you enjoy our updates, please consider checking out the Earthworks shop on Etsy and grabbing an adventure tee, stickers, or handmade art to help us continue! 👉 mojoearthworks...
We'd like to thank you Colorado River Watchers for the continued comments, ideas, and corrections. We are independent creators and are completely viewer supported and motivated!
Connect with us:
Instagram: @Mojo.Adventures / mojo.adventures
Twitter (X): @MojoAdventure / mojoadventure
Driving music 🎶, Mojo Merch, NFTs & More!:
linktr.ee/mojo...
Watch more lake and river episodes:
Snow in Vegas 2023! • Snow in Vegas 2023 | M...
Behind the Drought 2: Lake Powell & Glen Canyon Dam • BEHIND THE DROUGHT Par...
The story of QUICKSCREW! • The Story of QuickScre...
River Compact Deadline FAILURE... What's Next? • NO DEAL! River Compact...
BOAT WRECK HUNT Part 2 • BOAT WRECK HUNT 2 Lake...
Lake Mead BEFORE & AFTER Part 2 - • Lake Mead BEFORE & AFT...
Driving music 🎶, Mojo Merch, NFTs & More!:
linktr.ee/mojo...
Follow along our journey and builds on IG: @mojo.adventures
/ mojo.adventures
------------------------------------------------------------------------
We occasionally endorse gear that we use out on the trail & at camp! If you use the Amazon links below we may qualify for a small commission. We are most appreciative of your free support!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NECTAR Organic Hydration Packs - No Sugar / 0 Calories - Made in the USA!
amzn.to/3QUO5UB
Desert Hydration Pack Backpack 3L - Tactical Molle TPU Water Bladder 6 colors/patterns
amzn.to/4bDloDG
Vapor Apparel UPF 50+ Long Sleeve UV Sun Protection Shirt for Fishing, Hiking, Desert
amzn.to/4bq89pV
Pet Water Bottle w/ Foldable Dispenser for Hiking, Outdoors, Travel
amzn.to/3US8BGA
Dog Carrier Backpack w/ Window & Breathable Vents
amzn.to/44OdnJw
Off Road Traction Boards 2 Pc - Recovery Tracks / Mats / Jack Base
amzn.to/3KaXbZy
Kinetic Recovery Rope - 7/8" - 30ft Heavy Duty with Soft Shackles - Yank Em Rope
amzn.to/3Ka8C3y
Rhino USA 3/4" D-Ring Recovery Shackle - Hitch Receiver Recovery Point
amzn.to/3QVrs2d
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sources/Credits:
Atmospheric rivers strike again and again
nsidc.org/atmo...
Avalanche on Mummy Mountain
www.usatoday.c...
Bureau of Reclamation to hold back water in Lake Powell
www.abc4.com/n...
Single water district in California to use 11 times more Colorado River water than Southern Nevada
www.8newsnow.c...
Half of California freed from drought thanks to rain, snow
www.wsmv.com/2...
Feds will spend billions to boost drought-stricken Colorado River system
www.kunc.org/e...
Lake Oroville Water Levels in February 2023 After Wettest Start on History of California
• Video
California State Water Project
By Shannon1 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikime...
Whitsett Pump House
news.azpm.org/...
CM Greer/AZPM staff
Lake Mead Water Level
mead.uslakes.i...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music courtesy of KZbin Audio Library
/ audiolibrary
#new #water #update #lakemead #2023 #march #level #drought #lasvegas #coloradoriver #hooverdam #lakepowell #glencanyon #california #shasta #state #project #greatwesterndrought #mojoadventures #update #nevada #western #losangeles #sandiego #tijuana #unitedstates #water #climate #drinkingwater #city #mojave #crisis #shortage #documentary #terraforming #desert #power #turbine #dam #boat #critical #calltoaction #climatechange #watershortage #jeep #boating #explorepage #adventure #tour

[@mojo.adventures]

**SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO OUR SUPERTHANKS: Jack Person and TheCutAway05. Thank you for helping us to create more content!** **IMPORTANT UPDATES/CORRECTIONS** #1 - Santa Barbara DOES NOT use the Colorado River water! Los Angeles & San Diego rely on the Colorado River supply once the SWP is drained. Thank you to commenter "Donna Jordan" for the correction!👍 I will address this in a future update. If you're interested in learning more, read below: Santa Barbara is lower in seniority to LA/SD for receiving the SWP water supply, and only entitled to around some 32% of the water in Lake Cachuma shown in the video. California’s major urban centers- LA and the Bay Area (San Francisco) lack sufficient groundwater and other local resources to support their large populations, so water must be imported from other portions of the state. These cities are the "hotspots" of residential water consumption so to say, and are depleting the SWP and Colorado River respectively. San Francisco Bay Area imports upwards of 65% of its water through the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct in Yosemite. Los Angeles uses both the SWP water and the Colorado river supply. On the other hand, Santa Barbara is very water conscious compared to the surrounding area, and re-commissioned the Charles E. Meyer desalination plant for the city. The plant produces 3 million gallons of drinking water per day, equivalent to about 30 percent of the City’s demand. Santa Barbara also uses several sources of water throughout different parts of the district, including the SWP supply, Lake Cachuma allotment, and ground water sources. Santa Barbara is in many ways a blueprint that other southern coastal cities should be following. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VIEWERS FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS! 💧✌

[@williamcaspers7087]

Santa Barbara historically very mindful of water usage..I'm from Pasadena and Santa Barbara...with S.B. being well aware of water scarcity...and it's residents adapt to these realities

[@CAsawSTUD]

Thank you for the correction. Not sure why you singled out tiny Santa Barbara. It uses NO COLORADO RIVER WATER. Through most of its history, Santa Barbara has historically been water self sufficient until a drought in 1991 caused it to subscribe to the State Water Project as a backup. Even now it primarily relies upon a combination of local water sources: streams and reservoirs, groundwater, ocean desalinization, and recycled water. While Lake Cachuma is a major resource, there are actually 3 reservoirs that supply Santa Barbara. Otherwise, thanks for your thoughtful report.

[@garygustaveson7457]

Theww🤗 does diiwns

[@tzyijiang9884]

San Francisco Bay Area continues to build high density residential units.

[@kevinduffy80]

😮

[@ednopp7818]

I have lived in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, and Arizona. In every state I have read and heard stories of how and why California needs to take water from each of those states to satisfy their needs. There doesn't seem to be any concern of the needs in the states that California seems to think they have rights to. The time has come long ago for California to start massive desalination projects. They always cry that it costs too much. The rest of us are saying; too bad, California needs to stop relying on everybody else to support them.

[@smketr9111]

I am on the conservation side of the discussion. Every time you eat 1 almond remember that it took 1 gallon of water to produce, and 1 walnut 5 gallons! More then 70% of California's water use goes to agriculture. This is where the answer needs to be derived from. California touts its ranking of 5th in world GDP at a huge cost to the western region! The mainstream person now never looks beyond a headline and look deeper into the issue creating the problem. That is the real threat and allows politicians to manipulate the narrative.....

[@ocnble]

California pays all the bills for the USA so shut up or we won't give you your allowance this week

[@peacenow4456]

Cal AG thru out the state takes a lot of water. I don't know if rice farmers in Sac Valley use Lake Mead water. Better ways to water crops needs to be utilized. Golf courses are also SO unnecessary in a drought. Palm Springs area has far too many golf courses. 130!! Shocking!!

[@susanlovesjava4961]

How does water from Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Wyoming get to California?

[@val-xo7ud]

California also provides around 70% of all fresh fruits and vegetables. No one complains then.

[@kristopherdetar4346]

When Phoenix expanded the Lake Pleasant dam back in the 1990’s, we had 4 days in a row steady rain. The dam filled to capacity. Going from less than 3,000 acres of water to just over 11,000 acres. So yes, a weather event can make a difference.

[@dundonrl]

True, except Lake Mead is 26,000,000 acre feet!

[@franciecody4433]

And a good sturdy dam helps as well!

[@JH-jx1hs]

A weather event can "make a difference" only if you have the capacity to capture it and even then a single weather event will not solve the problem. The problem will only be solved when we have the ability to store the aggregate of weather events in a volume that exceeds the demand. That is the issue - a failure of capacity to keep up with growth.

[@alllstr30]

I live in az as well..and you are correct..and to the guy saying..ya but it's bigger...ya and you have a million times as much water going to it...or could have that much, if cali wasn't mentally ill

[@bmorg7244]

@@JH-jx1hs The real problem is building and expanding cities in areas that don't have adequate water to support them!

[@dmr6640]

Spot on! So frustrating that California dumps water into the ocean when they have good years. It's time to cut California off from the Colorado River and force the State to expand reservoirs to retain water or establish desalination plants yo meet the needs of SoCal.

[@Tatiacha]

What choice do they have when reservoirs are full before spring melt even starts? they have to make room for spring melt or a massive flood will top the dams and maybe destroy them.

[@dmr6640]

@Tatiacha build new reservoirs. Many places that were lakes have died up or been drained in the 20th Century that would be excellent locations for water reserves. Thank you for asking the question.

[@rd264]

by jiminy, why hasnt that been done if its such durn good option?

[@dmr6640]

@rd264 That is a very good question. You would think that climate activists would mobilze on this issue. I would support that. While billions of gallons of water pours into the ocean raising the sea levels and while drought continues to plague the sunshine state. Israel has solved this problem and is a water exporter in the Middle East Levant area. California could take some lessons from Israel.

[@johnmiller4553]

YUP !!!!!!! 👍🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@DavidLangford92]

As a Nevadan, I appreciate you sharing this information, and where the Colorado River water is really used. I get "Las Vegas is too big", "Las Vegas is draining the lake" all the time. We use less than 2% of the allotment while California and Mexico use over 40%. Factor in the uses, and you'll quickly see that agriculture is the top user of the river water, not people. Thank you again for sharing this story. At least at dead pool, Nevada will still have river water, if not lake water.

[@650gringo]

"Agriculture is the top user of river water, not people". Oh it's people, cuz we like our broccoli and lettuce.

[@b3owu1f]

Interestingly enough.. there is a solution.. hydroponics (and aeroponics). Uses a lot less water.. and individual could grow their own food right at home. Problem is.. knowing how to keep it going and how to start.. and being willing to not be lazy and actually attend to the growing needs. It's oddly not very hard.. and saves money compared to buying at the grocery store.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you David for pointing this out and being informed on the issue! 👍 Yes I see this is a common talking point from people who are new to the river compact from other regions. #1 myth is Las Vegas uses all the water in the desert, #2 is we need the Imperial Valley alfalfa and almonds to feed the country. These are surely the signs of people that haven't looked very deep into the situation...

[@mikrof467]

Agriculture is the people dorfuss

[@TomBTerrific]

I grew up in Nevada but left in 1968. My dad still lives in BC. You’re not exactly accurate in your statement. Lake Meads water was divided up back in the 40s. 7 states were designated recipients of Meads water California, Nevada and Utah I believe got half of the water and Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming got the other half. So what ever percentage they get it a percentage of their half and not the whole amount. Because Las Vegas does extremely well at preserving and recycling waste the get credits for treated waters they return to the lake.

[@janiceheld6594]

I live in Northern California close to Shasta Lake. The lake is filling up nicely, which is wonderful. The rain and snow we have this year is a huge relieve. Snowed again in the upper elevations on Tuesday. While it's good to have the run off going into the lakes we need more rain to fill the aquifers underground and wells. The California water commission is scheduled to built a reservoir, Sykes Reservoir, in the mid Sacramento Valley for more water retention. The area it will be in is mostly orchards which, of course need the water. Thank you for a great article.

[@alangriggs4420]

YOU need FEWER people. Send them back to Mexico.

[@keinguye]

I live in California and do have water supply concern as we faced many years of droughts in the past. Thanks for doing this video. I learned that California gets water from many lakes (Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Lake Havasu, Lake Mohave). California needs to do much much more to capture more water, thus allows the lakes to replenish over time.

[@Sc-jf3yk]

When you vote the same way and expect different results is laughable

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for stopping bye and giving a comment👍 We definitely need everyone on board from Wyoming to California! Every state has it's own issues (you can see some in previous episodes) and I applaud you for trying to get informed on the issue just like we are. Every episode, I myself learn a bunch of new details on the history of the water and usage... I literally didn't know about any of this stuff a year or two ago!

[@raymondpetracca6208]

Calif has always confiscated water from other States cause they are greedy! The People in charge are STUPID and don’t concern themselves with consequences, hate to say it, that’s gonna end when they get cut off!

[@jimzimmerman5288]

Keith, So. Cal sucks water from those lakes and from the water from Nor Cal as well . Sad

[@metalrocker627]

California likes to mooch off of other states. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jamessieker1712]

Also the growth in the Las Vegas Area over the last 20 years, has to be considered. Every new house, apartment, condo, casino, pool, hotel, etc... is another straw into Lake Mead and the surrounding aquifers.

[@MotoAtheist]

California is the real culprit sucking mead dry.

[@edevans4210]

because of water reclamation NV is under utilizing.. check the specs. at only 18% (pretty sure) of total allocation, LV area is the least impact on the system . look to the almond growers instead

[@morrisparrish76]

James: last October i sent a detailed plan to correct the problem with the lake mead/Colorado river to the biggest newspaper in the 7 states taking water from the Colorado river ! To date i don’t see a dammed thing being done to implement my plan! (My plan takes greed [which ain’t going away] into consideration! If you or anyone else wants a copy of my plan call me!)

[@msannthrope1863]

Yeah. It’s insane that they just keep developing in Vegas. What are they thinking? JK. They’re not.

[@libertyjustice2703]

I lived in Las Vegas for 20 years only because I liked the weather. But, it was a hand to mouth existence. I finally moved to a conservative state and now own a house and property which I could never afford in Vegas. I don't understand why anyone would want to live amongst all the crime, poverty, and greed in Vegas when there are better, safer, and more affordable places to live. I've never been back to Vegas, but, people there tell me it's worse than ever.

[@bodhimartina6985]

Hi ya, from Baja California! You knocked it out of the ball park again. So well done, and gives the facts so clearly. The recent gift from the skies rushed right back into the ocean here in Baja. Even the state of California had a moment of clarity when they watched so much of the precious liquid lost to the sea. Just wanted to let you know we made the front page of the Gringo Gazette. I'll send you the link when we get it up on the webpage. Keep on keeping on!

[@mojo.adventures]

Welcome back Martina! Just getting through some of these comments now. Thanks for the emails! I'll get back with you soon there 👍

[@davidkraft3690]

I really appreciate this video. It answers so many questions I have had. You have driven home the true root of the problem - usage!

[@mojo.adventures]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for dropping in to leave a comment we appreciate it 👍

[@jimdandy6452]

Thank you so much for giving us this information!! Poor leadership is DEFINITELY as reason things aren't getting better. California especially needs new reservoirs to capture water in very wet year like 2023. It's almost criminal to see that water just being released to the ocean (not just Lake Cachuma either).

[@waltmezynski8493]

Is it poor leadership or corrupt leadership?

[@Bulldog1653]

@@waltmezynski8493 both. All that rain and snow and it still didn't bury Newsome. THAT would have done this entire country a favor.

[@superb63amg94]

Awesome video! Poor planning, corruption, and mismanagement have finally caught up with everyone responsible.

[@wokewokerman5280]

...dam it.....

[@raypitts4880]

ALSO EVERY BODY NOT RESPONCEABLE LOVE THE AMMMEEERRRIIICCCAAANNN DREAM

[@x00p3]

@@raypitts4880 Move to Chhhiiiiiiinnnnnaaa.

[@domcizek]

TO MANY PEOPLE MOVING TO AZ, NV, UTAH AND CA.

[@wokewokerman5280]

@@domcizek millions of illegals, since Biden took office more than a city the size of Houston have illegally moved in, along with a million legal immigrants per year. Incompetence in government is the real pandemic...

[@downundertruckerusa4733]

Outstanding report

[@aloha4ever1]

Agree 100% it breaks my heart to see all the water go into the ocean.

[@lilcourtny08]

@@bd2722 no it wouldn't, lol

[@lilblackduc7312]

@B D ..🤡🎪 🤪 😜 🤪 😁 🤣 😂

[@lilblackduc7312]

@@lilcourtny08 B D sounds like a very knowledgeable C(lie)mate Change Cult activist/zealot/minion...(sarcasm)

[@Tatiacha]

The water headed back to the ocean is because they have no choice but to make room for the massive spring melt, we are likely going to see some serious flooding in CA in a month or two.

[@rd264]

boo hoo

[@gregmoore3420]

We really need the ability to transfer water both ways. Rather than taking water from Lake Mead we need ways to transfer excess water during "High Rainy Season" areas (like now) back into the lake. Currently the California Delta is at flood stage and this clean pure water is going out to the Ocean through the Golden Gate Bridge. We are already shipping water from the California Delta to Southern California. It is possible to increase this transfer with additional infrastructure through the California Aqueduct we already have in use. This would bring more water to the end point of the The Colorado River Aqueduct. With additional infrastructure we reverse the direction so that this excess water helps fill the enormous Lake Mead. California's problem is that it does not have the Lake/reservoir capacity to store this water to be saved for the dry seasons.

[@peacenow4456]

FABULOUS IDEA!! All the colleges and Univs need to work on problem w students to get them excited to do this very thing and propose this to Gov. Newsom.

[@waltmezynski8493]

But Greg, how would politicians be able to skim money off of a plan like you are mentioning. Nancy needs to have her inside deals. I fully agree that the wasted water should be able to be harvested back to the lake but the "officials" should have been doing something like this many years ago. Poor management, poor science, where is the "follow the science" crowd it's a shame that the people we trust to handle things like this are actually the worst people to allow to do it.

[@louisroman7134]

Thanks for sharing.

[@blake86303]

We need a really good monsoon season after a good winter. We are halfway there!!!!

[@donscheid97]

I spent a few years in California, and I can tell you from experience, the bureaucrat's there are way too self-absorbed in their own agenda to make any useful changes in water usage.

[@oanna1221]

I agree. More concerned with physical looks then the important values in life.

[@kindnuguz]

Up stream here in Northern Utah, we've been getting storm after storm so it may take months to show through Lake Powell and into Mead but we need a few years like this to fully solve it imo. This is a great start for sure but I think it needs to continue to be safe.

[@grasm03]

None of the water in northern Utah will reach the green or colorado

[@robertdouglas8895]

The video says it's not a supply problem but an overuse problem.

[@majcorbin]

Today, I have TWO choices, to make [A] Psychological slaughter ,or [B] TOUCHLESS TORTURE I choose Bravo

[@Ehedquist]

@@robertdouglas8895 Kinda like our national budget. Not a supply problem of money, just an overuse problem.

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@Ehedquist Simple solution: just hire 87,000 more IRS agents with guns.

[@jamesbronz]

Oh I like your narration. Very calming and very mellow.

[@thejaxx5]

I lived in Vegas from 95-02. Now live in the PNW and its amazing to see how much Vegas has grown and the lake has shrunk since then. Just, wow.

[@williamrandall3786]

It is all because of the city growth - not climate like idiot liberals claim

[@J.H.HOLLIDAY]

vegas has UNDER GROUND WATER SUPPLY

[@zarroth]

@@J.H.HOLLIDAY and where do you think that underground supply refills from? Guess it's just magic, and doesn't get it from seepage from the only major system that flows through there. Don't be obtuse. Things like this are just proof the education system has completely failed.

[@mediaxpuppet]

@@J.H.HOLLIDAY barely

[@racingjunk7024]

@@mediaxpuppet barely ? 😂 we have more water under then we do above ground.we (am company I worked for ) drilled down and taped into the water . Was deemed we couldn’t touch it bc of some rare fishes down there .there is plenty of water for living problem refuse to claim it

[@melaneymattson3733]

Saw your picture in your Community page of snowcapped mountains in Vegas. I happened upon German in Venice you tube channel today and saw the snowcapped mountains behind Los Angeles. That's where I saw your reply and went to your channel here to see Vegas snow. Absolutely beautiful! Thanks, Melaney from SoCal (a native). Oh, and I subscribed to his and your channels.

[@mojo.adventures]

Awesome ✌️ Thank you for visiting and subscribing! We love his channel also... Venice was one of our favorite beaches used to visit there all the time and Santa Monica. Which is funny because many from Southern CA come to visit Vegas for their vacations, we just all swap places. His historic comparison photos standing in front of landmarks is what inspired our "before and after" lake level videos. He does a great job with those old photos. We're also glad to have as many people onboard with the drought situation and river conservation as possible! This specific video may come off as critical to CA, but I assure you we're all in the water situation together and if you look through some of our older videos we examine the drought and river use everywhere from Colorado to Mexico. So a special thank you for watching this specific update! We also do "adventure episodes" to keep things light around here 😎

[@chriscooper654]

From a farming family that relies on release from Cachuma to replenish our main wells, and agree with your analysis. The state as a whole is still under a water deficit that isn't going to improve until we reform urban and ag use on a major scale.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for stopping by! Great to hear the perspective of an AG user as well 👍 It seems the entire region around Cachuma could be a lot more resource independent if LA / SD and the Imperial Valley AG would stop taking so much water from both the SWP and Colorado River supply. In my opinion, the real reform has to start there. I have heard from other residents in Northern CA who have been tracking the water situation over the years and have much more experience with this issue. Many are frustrated with the amount of resources the southern cities demand from other regions, and it has only gotten worse...

[@artsilva]

@@mojo.adventures I read that Cachuma may be "paying Back" on the SWP it received during the drought with this newly acquired wealth of rain water this winter. The problem is that since the beginning of Los Angeles population growth, LA has been monopolizing the Sierra snow melt from both the western and eastern Sierra melts, heck they take almost 80% from the Owens valley alone, and now resorts to the Colorado river to fill the added demand. Cachuma should be tapping into the So.Sierra/Kern/LA aqueduct but instead have to outsource when Cachuma runs dry. I think the distribution system needs to be updated.

[@tbear68-]

I appreciate your perspective. Real reform is needed to change the old rules written to benefit one state. But yes you are correct also.

[@michaelmike5709]

Here is an idea , I had for awhile, the first part of this is humorous, however, after a quick chuckle, within and below is a good idea. First for the chuckle. If the caring residents of California formed, a chain line passing and dumping a cup of water at a time - from the snows and floods of California into , lake mead , it would be on its way to being filled , 😅lol😅 It would be great if A system to vacuum the flood water up and also u { Utilize ice melter dump trucks which they use in the north east, } with national guard tractor trailer tankers forming a relay system, moving the tankers through states to finally dump it into lake Mead - this somehow should be implemented/- and utilized, including the treatment, all the while using and utilizing the Army Corps of Engineers for the concepts and implementation of building a treatment plant near where the water would be pumped into these waters. This could be a logistical exercise and practice for military/ national guard , if not for this event but for others like this , as flooding always happens, from the Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida areas , this could be implemented In fact , They do need to get rid of these flooding waters and snows from their streets , and property in California sterilizing it & / properly treating before placing it into Mead , Powell - and Colorado river - don’t waste these record snow falls and rains which are causing flooding. I am not articulate enough to present this concept or idea to Congress, military, or politicians, and only wish some whom reads this , passes it along It’s a way of investing in this countries resources.

[@michaelmike5709]

@@tbear68- Here is an idea , I had for awhile, the first part of this is humorous, however, after a quick chuckle, within and below is a good idea. First for the chuckle. If the caring residents of California formed, a chain line passing and dumping a cup of water at a time - from the snows and floods of California into , lake mead , it would be on its way to being filled , 😅lol😅 It would be great if A system to vacuum the flood water up and also u { Utilize ice melter dump trucks which they use in the north east, } with national guard tractor trailer tankers then form a relay system, moving the tankers through states to finally dump it into lake Mead - this somehow should be implemented/- and utilized, including the treatment, all the while using and utilizing the Army Corps of Engineers for the concepts and implementation of building a treatment plant near where the water would be pumped into these waters. This could be a logistical exercise and practice for military/ national guard , if not for this event but for others like this , as flooding always happens, from the Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida areas , this could be implemented In fact , They do need to get rid of these flooding waters and snows from their streets , and property in California sterilizing it & / properly treating before placing it into Mead , Powell - and Colorado river - don’t waste these record snow falls and rains which are causing flooding. I am not articulate enough to present this concept or idea to Congress, military, or politicians, and only wish some whom reads this , passes it along It’s a way of investing in this countries resources.

[@beecee6211]

I live on the East coast, but still find the water issues out west troubling. Thanks for your clear analyses.

[@dundonrl]

There are 40,000,000+ people relying on the water of one small river is the problem. (And that river flows through a desert)!

[@ubroberts5541]

Not keeping up with the population explosion in the southwest. More water needs to be kept from runoff into the ocean in Cali. Cali takes the Lion share from the Colorado river. Robbing Arizona.

[@dawnr9158]

Somehow I missed this video. I always look forward to your updates.

[@mojo.adventures]

The algorithm was weird starting off the year, we missed D-Tech, Trooper, and SCO stuff it just never got recommended unless you go and check. I think everyone has been busy as heck too w/ life & working etc I know we haven't had much time to create only a few things a month

[@stephenshoihet2590]

California has been running out of water for about a hundred years. In 1900, the population of CA was ~1.5M, now it's ~40M; about the same population as all of Canada! The book/documentary "Cadillac Desert: Mulholland's Dream" does a pretty good job of looking at the history of the Colorado and water in the state of CA.

[@stephenhenion8304]

I found your channel early last year. I like your civic approach to the water management process. I live in greater Waterbury Ct, which has an established reputation in the water business.... Man is by nature an inventor. Smart and stupid at the same time. ....Awareness is the vital ingredient. Careful consumption and teamwork are vital. We could all use some luck at a time like this. Thanks again for what you do!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thanks for supporting the channel early on all the way from CT! 👍 We're just getting started 'round here, trying to improve the research and editing with every video. You are spot on with all that... especially "careful consumption" and "teamwork", neither of which are occuring in all the basin states at this time. Instead it seems to be turning into a water fight! I think all these relentless atmospheric rivers in the southwest (3 more on the way today) is just the "luck" we needed. Will we take advantage of it or waste it away again?

[@etiennelouw9244]

Over here in Cape Town, South Africa 4 years ago we almost ran out of water so since then we, when we shower stand in large basins to catch the water, the water to the toilets are turned off, so we use shower and bath water to flush the toilets. I use bio-degradable washing powder in my washing machine and this flows into my garden in the back yard. I also started a smart water veggie patch. We try to use every bit of water twice if we can. Unfortunately not everybody is doing this as the drought stopped.

[@nuqwestr]

Hello, been following your challenge in SA, SoCA very similar weather cycle, although inverse calendar wise, wishing you rain, but no floods.

[@sailaway0013]

You do realize most Americans are stupid and can’t find our country on a map let alone South Africa. So using logic on them is a waste. I mean I agree with you and this it’s brilliant. I have been recycling for years without knowing it. I just thought it was how you do things. Anyway, if you look at almond farming in California…. You will see the biggest waste of water in the state .. look it up it interesting..

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment! That is very interesting to hear the methods you used when water became scarce there. We don't really think about how much we waste until we have to go without it. You know folks here are just the same, they won't take any water conservation methods until they are forced to, or there is no more water left. Now that we have so much rain and snow out west this year people will forgot about their waste.

[@domcizek]

GOOD IDEAS,

[@davidzinn3073]

I live in central NY state and we are so lucky to have a unexhaustable supply of surface and ground water.

[@kstipp6930]

we live in western ny state know the FEELING !!!

[@mda1501]

Same in the Midwest. Clean, clear drinking water at 200 feet. My well is down to 400, but mainly to prevent loss when the water table fluctuates. Only 4 other farmers have deep wells in a 5 mile radius.

[@tomm7505]

Upstate New York is a beautiful area. Too bad you're tied to that anchor in the south.

[@scottmechura5084]

I lived in Austin over a decade ago. Lake Travis was very low. Young people were beside themselves as to "what to do". But older seniors said they had seen this before, twice. they weren't concerned. Lake Travis is 33 miles long and when I moved away, it was down 58 feet. We had to walk way down long ramps to get to their boat. I went back to visit about a year and a half later and it was so high we couldn't park in the usual parking lot up on the road. water was lapping over the parking lot in the marina. They also panic every time Lake Superior drops a little, then it ALWAYS comes back to exactly what its historic average does.

[@curtwpk1361]

Do you have a point here ?

[@SPak-rt2gb]

I'm camping in Ehrenberg, Az. because of the California snow. Seems to be plenty of water flowing in the Colorado River down stream, plus the canals in Blythe, Calif. are running full.

[@outabeat]

It's working out really well on the demand side. 1K people a day are leaving CA for states like TX, TN and Florida. Myself included. That'll help.

[@mojo.adventures]

Just saw a report by the Nevada DMV saying since 2020 nearly 50% of all new residents to the state are from CA. I don't blame people... it's becoming unlivable there. Soon it will only be the uber rich and the street people. So sad to see such a beautiful state mismanaged into oblivion...

[@BixbyConsequence]

Bye Felicia

[@outabeat]

@@BixbyConsequence Bye... Be sure to give the tweakers, hypes and the homeless reparations.

[@BixbyConsequence]

@@outabeat "hypes"?

[@outabeat]

@@BixbyConsequence heroin addicts.. They're known as hypes in the biz.

[@tomearly111]

I have only seen Powell in person once. It was 1979 and was pretty full at the time. There were tractor trailers launching huge boats at the Page AZ ramp. It's amazing to me how much the lake was ruined in that short 44 year period. Actually much less time since it has been way down for years now.

[@PJ-vw4zu]

I swam in the great salt lake in 1971 when it was a huge lake and teaming with birds. Now they predict it may be gone in five years. No one seems to care any more, it's so sad.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

Just a few years ago the water level was fine its dropped unbelievably in the last few yrs alone. Id like to know why.

[@jeffj-ix5lq]

@@lloydchristmas1086 You would have to ask the residents and politicians in California who act like it’s their water to use as they please and to hell with everyone else upstream. Those of us that live in Colorado have been on water rationing for years and appreciate the resource.

[@domcizek]

20 YEAR DROUGHT PLUS TO MANY PEOPLE MOVING TO AZ, UTAH, CA, AND NEVADA,

[@dirtcurt1]

@@domcizek You bring in 20 million new people into the country and no matter where they end up the new residents push from the bottom up. Rent's go up artificially (section 8) and this forces people to move to cheaper rents and then people move to Nevada, Utah, Arizona after their real estate rises in California, Arizona, Utah. All the housing gets artificial pressure because the government supports the immigrants allowing them into a market they normally wouldn't be able to afford. I live in Fresno, Ca and the building of new homes is staggering. The local government says we have bad air and no water but the crazy building continues.

[@donaldroyer4618]

Staying in my prayers! 😔 😢

[@geoffreylee5199]

There are some states that are saying we are entitled to more water; all this as the lake level drops.

[@skcyclist]

Excellent video, but somewhat depressing to see how poorly planned and managed our water supplies are. With government in charge I don't see how it will get any better.

[@thebluetarp]

Nothing ever gets better when liberal governments in charge. You want real change? Vote Republican. The end. But people love misery and crime apparently

[@Michael-le7kl]

Sounds like they have idiots and morons in water management

[@Michael-le7kl]

Mother nature is trying with all the snow pack and rain coming in. Need to find a way to divert all that flooding waters to lake mead. And Powell

[@zAlaska]

When they made the water-pack agreements it was during a wet. And they estimated that there's more water in the river than there is. Literally there was nobody farming and living in the desert. Colorado River feeds the nation and provides water to literally millions of people now, the children of the children whose parents built it. In 1970 the world had three billion people living on it and today it's 8 billion people. There's a lot less water as Private Industry and people take advantage with property value skyrocketing and homes being built that cannot keep up with demand. Too many straws hooked into the water stream. All the water is consumed before it gets to the ocean. And the federal government is declining to do anything about it, as you noted. The first thing to do I guess is to stop all future developments. Meanwhile speculators are buying up all the water rights, one farm at a time. An interesting story that goes along with that is a California couple that has done just that. Even through the worst of the drought their almond trees never missed a drop of water. The water law that regulates the distribution of water was written like in 1920. Grandfathered-in, I get all the water I want. Those that have water rates are not going to be easily persuaded not to sell to investors flush with cash from Wall Street. No Republican Administration is going to restrict water use, deregulation is the rule. Any effort by the Biden Administration will be considered an attack on freedom and private personal rights infringement as un-American and unconstitutional. Rather than just saying they're doing a poor job, what are your suggestions everybody can rally behind? Farms gets a majority of the water which is how we get much of our food. The Aguila aquifer grows our food in the midwest is also being depleted at an alarming rate to grow our food. The Mississippi River is too low to move Freight. How do you see the federal government can fix these water issues that you seemingly are blaming for the shortages? Currently the focus is upon Twitter blocking alternative truth and President Biden's evilness for reducing gasoline prices for political gain two hours after blaming him for high gas prices. MGT speaking there. Marjorie Greene and George Santos have a brilliant plan I'm sure, yet-to-be-revealed. I guess it all starts there and who are you backing that has the brilliant plan to solve these problems without hanging President Biden as a reaction? I think there is no one as capitalism chases dollars being the solution to the Socialist dams built.

[@zAlaska]

@Michael on the flip side the Yangtze River is dry and has never done that before. The Mississippi River shut down barge traffic this year due to a lack of water. Reminds me of a Reservoir built in Texas that remained empty for 25 years and people thought it was a waste of money, when the floods did come it's filled. Ronald Reagan was not a fan of the federal government building reservoirs, saying that it was something for states to do on their own. If California wants to feed the nation, California has to spend its money to build the reservoirs. I think the federal government's attitude has moderated since then, but they're out of the reservoir business. Imagine the huge pipelines and pumps required to move the many rivers flooding. Like the cut Columbia river which some idiot put next to the Hanford High radioactive waste site and the two are blending. As for any salmon that still survive, the massiveness of such a project surely will be disruptive to any life left in the rivers. They already have irrigation canals that are working at full capacity moving water to Southern California irrigation ditches full so you can flood your farm land and recharge the ground water. Farmers flooding their fields with ditchwater is occurring but they're not turning their fields into lakes. That would destroy the Farms. I think you have a great idea and I like it but I don't think it's practical, affordable, and people are going to be pissed that it's not going to be used for the next 20 years if the rain quits Falling Again. And Google needs to learn about capitalization with lots of errors I Tire of correcting. They can't even put a train through the mountains. I don't think the government's in charge but Private Industry that consumes demanding growth and more and more and more. As for those with the Brilliant Minds such as Marjorie Taylor Greene who have a vision of the future that includes tax cuts for those that no longer pay taxes and tax increases for those who cannot buy food. Balancing the budget with the commitment to cut upper tax levels and eliminate spending elsewhere if we're going to spend somewhere even as they debate if they're going to pay their interest payments on the national debt. It requires the great minds that have graduated the greatschools that really teach something as opposed to the $40,000 money Mill I attended. To really get it a solution I suggest we should talk with the great educated Minds like Senator George Santos and Marjorie Greene Taylor that can't read large numbers out loud at least knows the alternative truth that nobody else knows. Hopeless. As they focus on BDE of Hunter Biden and forcing ten-year-old rape victims to have the Blessed event, it is obvious there are more important things than water they are considering first. Such as President Joe Biden getting gasoline prices to drop just for political points which now has been made illegal to do again. Look no further than the governor race in Alabama between a well-educated and an idiot and the uneducated Press Secretary of Donald Trump won the election. Bad candidates and even worse, elected in the office what their only qualification is support for Donald Trump and the stolen election he lost even though he disabled the Postal Service that carried the opposing votes and fell short. This Senate is not going to get anything done as they pursue their alternate truths that are fiction at the best. The decree that Fox News will be on every set in the Capitol Building Wherever You Are just this week amplifying their priorities. Instead of an infomercial about welcome to the Capitol on every screen oh, we're going to have Fox commentator screaming at the guests wherever they may be. Such priorities even at it as it is clear practically everything Murdoch's Fox presents is a controversial lie. America First and F Central America and South America. No worries for them, China is offering unlimited credit for anyone who all accept it in those regions making it impossible in the future for us to ever invest in our neighbors flooding us to escape poverty and savagery we've created with our guns for drugs transactions.

[@ralphwood4814]

You know if we do not get it together meaning each and every person in the desert Arizona Nevada California Utah. It’s not gonna matter we will not be around to have to worry about it. Everybody is going to have to compromise, I’m an angler I love to fish, but I’m no longer going to be able to finish because there is not gonna be any water to fish at. That’s a small price to pay I’m looking at people that are going to be dying because there is no water. If we don’t get it together that’s what’s going to end up happening people are going to be dying and fighting over water. It is our most precious commodity that we have you cannot do anything without it. Let’s get it together please.

[@grasm03]

That's what I'm saying we need to spread the word, and people need to stop using so much water. And I know it's not just the average persons fault, but we should all do our share. I'm a strong believer in clover lawns or no lawns myself.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Look at leadership, or lack thereof, for much of the current pickle western water supplies are in. Additionally, I wouldn't be faintly surprised if those leaders were waiting for things to get worse enough for the feds (along with accompanying money) to step in so the whole thing can be dumped into their lap.

[@onenikkione]

Arizona's reservoirs are at capacity, so get out there and fish on!!!

[@cjhoward409]

I mean, living in the desert … 🤪 Just sayin 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@rangerider4288]

Every drop does truly count. Conservation is "always" the best of methods. Yet new source generation is at hand. Like desalination projects, retainment irrigation, aquifer replenishment and a paradigm of atmospheric capture.

[@rangerider4288]

As well? The early stages of replenishment begin slowly.... as the "sponge" is filled firstly!

[@mojo.adventures]

Right on, thanks for the comment! 👍 Oh yeah #1 is conservation you nailed it! Like John Wesley Powell warned, the water should be staying in it's region and if there is no more water or it's overused, then there is no more water! None for development, for agriculture, for environmental causes, or ANYTHING. The party is over! Learn to live and adapt to the region or move. Believe you me, I've looked into all sorts of off-the-cuff water collection and energy generation methods to solve these problems. Desal needs energy, we need our best and brightest developing fusion. Find a way to recycle the waste brine in the emerging sodium ion battery technology. I'm just spitballing this stuff from watching youtube videos but I know there are people much smarter than me with a specialty in all this stuff... surely they can all get together and figure something out??

[@rangerider4288]

@@mojo.adventures ~ When the value of Water is duly perceived to be as valuable to Mankind as Crude OIL? It shall be piped in from the Artic circle even, and coast to coast.

[@domingodeanda6113]

So cool, thanks.

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Thank you for making this video. The news doesn’t always cover weather this far away from the areas down-river.

[@ahoytheremate1954]

They need to build desalination plants all down the coast like we do in Aussie

[@Luigi13]

In Oregon where I live a lot of the water in the southern part of the state drains into the ocean, that water at least some of it could be diverted down south to California the same way they built the canal that feeds some part of the state. California is building a fast rail system that I don't think is done yet, at the same time they could build a canal to divert some of the water from Oregon if politicians put their minds together for the people.

[@victorblock3421]

Plenty of fresh water in Washington & Oregon. Idiots runs govts. Idiots who behave like communists and live for themselves like rich capitalists, only they get their money from corruption. The water problem is easily solved. This drought situation is ridiculous.

[@jwilcox4726]

Hello Mojo; I see @1:27 a wonderful poster shot of Mother Nature's Womb opening up & giving back life giving breaking of the waters before birth of life. Beautiful shot. Love this video. Thank you.

[@mojo.adventures]

Ah I had to watch the timestamp to see what you mean... the spillway flowing! I would really like to see the ones at Hoover Dam spilling the stories I hear are incredible 😲 Thank you for watching!

[@Absaalookemensch]

We had snow in the 1980s when we lived in Las Vegas. Our little daughter had gotten-up, looked out the window and came running into the living room, shouting, "It nowing! It nowing!". She could pronounce "S" yet. Praying you get several inches rain in the next several weeks.

[@robhay57]

Well done video! Thank you.

[@Time2getgoin]

Well done, nice update👍🏻👍🏻I see the Lake Mead report is already showing the drop again.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you! Enjoyed your Lake Mead update also👍 Yep you're right the drop started, the curve is already there. Unless the USBR changes it's operations drastically it's headed down from here from what I can see...

[@damealeta3541]

I think you got the part about the current folks "in charge" needing to step up and take notice. Instead of trying to make sure there's equality of outcome put some of that energy into keeping the rain/snow melt water from flowing to the Pacific. Seeing the L.A. River rapidly flowing out to sea is heart breaking.

[@smidge1872]

Santa Barbara does not use water from the Colorado river. We do get water from Northern Cal SWP. Also we have been using our De Sal plant to supply 20 to 30 percent of our water needs for the last few years. We also produce about one million gallons of reclaim water every day.

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you! I corrected this in the pinned comment, meant to say it's LA/SD that drains the river when SB needs the SWP supply later in the season. I just learned there is a desal plant there also shortly after making this video. So they DO exist!😎 Why won't they build them anywhere else? I wonder if it puts a strain on the powerd grid, or what happens to the waste brine? Good for SB though, I've read a lot about their different city water sources lately and I know they are not the real sore spot in the issue.

[@hp2662]

Desal is the ANSWER for California, too many people and there will NEVER be enough waterfall!

[@brianknecht7119]

Well done and easy to understand video, thank you so much.

[@Marc-js8rx]

(Not so) Funny Story-- I was watching the 1964 Elvis movie "Viva Las Vegas" last year. A random scene briefly showed Hoover Dam and the CO River's water level. I was so stunned at its depth -- it must've been an add'l 100 feet deeper! -- that I actually paused the scene and grabbed my smartphone to take a picture! I still have it in my pic gallery as a point of reference whenever I speak to fellow Arizonans. Living here in Gilbert, my wife & I are so deliberate in our home & property's water consumption, it's become a preoccupation with me. Yet my fear is that far too many fellow residents here in the Valley are not acting as responsibly. Please keep us updated, and THANK YOU VERY MUCH for creating this channel! 💦

[@TheDesertSailor]

Another fantastic report! I'll be sharing to all my Network

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you Sailor😎appreciate the support!

[@brianschwab3135]

Outstanding video. The sources, the explanations, the context. Thank you for this.

[@dueljet]

It's amazing that you guys out there are constantly trying to find ways to preserve your fresh water. I live in the Midwest where we massively oversalt every road, parking lot, and sidewalk knowing full well that all of the salt will end up in lake Michigan, thereby slowly destroying it. The county I live in tries really hard to limit salt use, unfortunately every uninformed uneducated private contractor totally offsets their efforts. I have been trying to get the state of Wisconsin to regulate salt use and require education and licensing like they do for fertilizer application. Unfortunately my government leaders are fools as well and don't seem to care.

[@domcizek]

SUM STATES RE NOW USING BEET JUICE INSTEAD OF SALT ON THEIR ROADS

[@grantduke318]

Until there's a day people can't sue an organization for negligence, salt will be overused.

[@domcizek]

@@MrDepodot7 YES, THE MISSISIPPI IS TOXIC, ALL THE FERTILIZER AND SEPTIC TANKS LEACH INTO THE RIVER, CHECK OUT THE DEAD ZONE ALL AROUND THE OUT OF THE RIVER, NOTHING NO FISH, OR ANY LIFE THERE,

[@domcizek]

@@grantduke318 SOME STATES ARE NOW USING BEET JUICE

[@wyattlandon]

They rarely use salt nowdays!!!

[@bangswitch6587]

That was some VERY interesting data! Thanks for sharing.

[@tkarchesy]

thanks for keeping an eye on things.

[@johnlord8337]

With all this excess water - one should divert it into the Salton Sea and refill it - as it will fill up its underground aquifer - which is constantly being drained by the El Central and Anz Borrego agriculture regions.

[@carlinglin7289]

Is there any way to get the water from the existing canal system into the Salton Sea? If infrastructure has to be built it's too late for this year, and good luck trying to get funding to build canals to be used only in unusually heavy ranfall/snowfall years. Still, it would seem like there's potential there.

[@johnlord8337]

@@carlinglin7289 The Colorado River was a wild river and jumping its bank - and what created the Salton Sea in modern times ... but also in colonial times - also drained into the Central Valley and flooded up to 30 feet deep and flowed into the Gulf of California - for all those 14 legendary Spanish, English, Portuguese, et al treasure ships buried in the desert (!). If this State would ever get off its woke agenda and do something worthwhile they could quickly make and divert such Los Angeles and San Diego water systems into the Central Valley - even if it means uplifting over the coastal mountains or tunneling through and pushing the water into the Central Valley. Alas, they just want to be toads on a stump barrumping their voices in the media and air waves ...

[@mojo.adventures]

Hey there again John! The talk of refilling the Salton Sea has come up again and again lately. There's a channel here on KZbin of a gentlemen living there who swims in it and is trying to sort of revive the image. I agree about the Colorado though- it was wild when floods hit. It would be very interesting yet volatile to see what it'd be up to today if untamed!

[@johnlord8337]

@@mojo.adventures For that swimmer - makes me think about Kramer swimming in the Hudson and giving his smelly mattress to Elaine !!! The Salton Sea with no fresh waters (versus the Jordan River running into the Dead Sea), with living and dying fish, fish poop, water and saltwater bird poop, leached fertilizers (toxins and antibiotics) from the nearby ag and livestock fields, and the schmucky shoreline of all the remaining and deteriorating buildings, concrete, wood, algae, toxic algae, ... he is a walking-talking toxic zombie ! The Salton needs a massive washout and flushing to finally get back to a living inland saline sea. And uck !!! to those peeps in the Gulf of California Mexico in which this would all drain into - and the giant squid and whale nursery therein.

[@nuqwestr]

@@mojo.adventures With Lithium found in the geothermal field near the Salton Sea, more attention may be coming their way. Time to buy RE?

[@edwardsullivan5481]

The hefty snow packs in Utah and Colorado will certainly help both Mead and Powell. Mead is determined mostly by outflow from Powell. If March & April has significant snow and rain there may be great improvement to both.

[@mojo.adventures]

I certainly hope you're right! 👍 Even a small recovery would be nice after seeing all this flooding out west! Looking at it realistically though- the USBR has now suspended further upstream releases into Powell, and that's after they already said they are going to release less into Mead before that. There's just not enough to go around...

[@mrcinemagrouppy]

Atmospheric River yesterday and today pounding Utah and Colorado. And 3 days from now another 2 dayer.

[@ssom06]

One season doesn't erase 25 years of drought... 😂

[@edwardsullivan5481]

@@ssom06 Where did you get the idea of 25 years of drought? As recently as 2017 and 2019 California was saturated with no drought at all. You can look at any year at Droughtmonitor with the map archive page. You can also see any year of SWE snow water equivalency with California Cooperative Snow Surveys. Google both and get up to speed. The 25 year drought is a climate character fabrication you read somewhere.

[@Bert828282]

DESALINATION AND PIPELINES, PUMPING WATER BACK UP STREAM...WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE AMPLE WATER.

[@manoscott2012]

I also thank you for this excellent video. I live in metro Phoenix, Arizona. Our huge city is growing right now by leaps and bounds. There is no incentive from either state or local authorities to avoid wasting water - and a LOT is wasted. Agriculture does indeed consume more water here than do residential neighborhoods, but I hate to think that we might soon lose our production of fresh vegetables. Everyone must do his/her part. Everyone.

[@domcizek]

DO YOU HAVE ZEROSCAPE GROUNDS, LOW FLOW SHOWER AND TOILETS, IF NOT, THE CITY SHOULD PUSH FOR THAT AND EVEN GIVE THEM WAY FOR FREE

[@pablok8444]

@@domcizek i agee with the xeriscape - and although reducing shower and toilet flows is good, the reality is that phoenix recycles all of its wastewater so this water is not lost (i.e., not a consumptive use). The bigger issue are all of the golf courses - that are consumptive uses.....and the lack of solar power that has a minor direct impact on water use but also on climate change.

[@domcizek]

@@pablok8444 YES, THE FACT IS TO MANY PEOPLE MOVING THERE, THE FIRES IN CA AND NOW THE FLOODS MEANS MORE PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO NEV, AND AZ, NOT GOOD FOR THE WATER CONSUMPTION, I WAS IN ST GEORGE UTAH, THEY HAVE 10 GOLF COURSES IN THAT MIDDLE SIZE TOWN, THATS A LOT OF WATER

[@bibleortraditions]

I lived in southern CA (Orange County) for almost 60 years. It is classified as "coastal desert". Unfortunately, all the developers thought it was a great idea to plant nearly 4 million acres of lawns in S. Cal. (according to the University of California's Division of Agriculture). Instead of landscaping with the indigenous foliage and drought tolerant plants, they went the wrong way, and they are still doing it. Another unseen damage has been discovered offshore. Abundant sea life and kelp beds have been devastated. All the over fertilized lawns have dumped tons of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium into our drainage system that leads to the Pacific. These cause algae blooms which cut off light to the kelp beds. The kelp dies off, the bait fish disappear, and the sport fishing vanishes. Just a saltwater covered desert.

[@mojo.adventures]

Great information 👍 This is what Las Vegas was working on the last decade or so... the native landscaping and unnecessary irrigation. They realized early on this was the biggest consumer of unreclaimable water. The methods and road map to water security are out there, we just need everyone on board together!

[@homes8362]

All of that rain and snow is a blessing from God to keep us all agoin

[@patricklerch6802]

So was it a blessing for the drought 2

[@MrRawnerves]

You are right, just because we have more rain and snowfall we shouldn't just go back to business as usual. We are still in a drought condition. I say until we get the reservoir up to 60% of full capacity the state should not lift the drought restrictions.

[@ridealongwithrandy]

I was told that a town in Northern California made special roads that drained underneath to catch water, and then cleaned up for gray water uses. Brilliant! I live in San Diego county, and we have gone overboard for many many years towards zero landscapes and other water saving measures. We are in good shape last I heard for years to come.

[@mojo.adventures]

That is pretty interesting, I haven't heard of that road drainage system before! I'm glad to hear that San Diego has been enacting water saving measures and zero landscapes. My next video I was going to ask viewers in other cities if they currently have any drought/water restrictions. It's going to take all of us along the river working together to make a change! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment👍

[@kennethkossan5547]

I live in Marin County California and the amount of water going directly into the bay is incalculable. We have a water district here with five large lakes that are jammed and very deep so we have plenty of water here for our county but so much more could be captured it may be could go in giant underground Holding tanks or something instead of the water going into the gutter and then straight to the bay can go into the gutter and into holding tanks we could capture so much more water and that’s just one town in one county in California if you multiply that by the amount of towns there are in California there would be no need to draw from the Colorado ever again. Individual towns have got to start thinking about their water for themselves back in 1913 some very forward thinking engineers built them are in municipal water district with hardly anyone lived here anticipating population growth and boy were they right. That is what I mean, it could happen today for any town in California you can set up a way to catch water it’s not rocket science and then just do it. It may cost some money but once you do that if you have water security it’ll all be worth it!!!!

[@gwheelock911]

@@mojo.adventures kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKKbZ6F4oNGpoK8 Every city that gets its water from Chicago and Lake Michigan is required to have water restrictions. Most common is that you can water every other day (based on odd/even address) from 7AM-11AM and 7PM-11PM between May 15th and September 15th. Despite the availability and amount of fresh water in our area, we pay a lot more for it than Las Vegas Metro does. We pay $6.11 per 1,000 gallons (up to 8,000 and the price increases from there). Las Vegas charges $1.46 per 1,000 up to 5,000 gallons., even then it only increases to $2.61.

[@domcizek]

GOOD IDEA ON THE ROADS, ALSO, ZEROSCAPE. ALSO SHOULD DEMAND LOW FLOW SHOWERES AND TOILETS, AND NO GOLF COURSES

[@eddiemorales5722]

Thank you!!

[@mojo.adventures]

thanks for watching! ✌️

[@frankborerjr4058]

Thank you for your input to a major issue for all concerned. I still believe there is a will and a way in progress to amend our drought conditions, for Nevada and California. Native

[@mojo.adventures]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching. Going to do our best to track this issue and not going to let a bountiful year like this disappear with no explanation like in the past!

[@GregoryWingham]

Great information. I am from Ohio but still concerned about the western drought as I know that it also affects our food supply. I hate to see all the devastating flood effects in the west. However, it would be a crime if the officials don't maximize this gift from the heavens!

[@domcizek]

HARD TO DO, ALL THAT FLOOD HAS CONTAMINATED WATER, SO IT CAN NOT BE DRANK,

[@MileHighGrowler]

@@domcizek Hard to do after the fact, yes. California should have been working to rectify this for many years now. This is not the first wet year in California where proper planning could have helped the water supply in a dramatic way.

[@raystevens687]

Ok what I don't get they started letting more water out of Hover dam so when it's all said and done you have negative water. I personally think they shouldn't let any more out just the bare minimum otherwise wait to see if the lake is go to rise substantially. And also with all the snow and rain 🌧 I myself think it's still a little colder than usual and I don't see farmers planting crops just yet.

[@paulledaire8967]

There is an old Irish saying, "There is always enough for everyone's needs. There is never enough for everyone's greed." We continuously affirm its veracity.

[@greggregg4852]

well done. appreciate the updates!

[@MPjustaman]

Yup. Worked for multiple water districts in a 30 year span. Waste and supply is always an issue. Its the vast green belts of So Cal that need to go away. They waste so much water on green scape. Fake lawns and drought tolerant trees and shrubs are a way to help. We also found that by lowering supply pressure to homes we could save water. We would lower whole "zones" and get savings that way too, but lots of complaints would come in. Reclaiming water is big too, yet is still met with skepticism. The state of CA also messes things up. They open the borders and tell the cities to increase housing, last I saw every new building has to have a new water meter. Also water district's raise meter rates then spend it on pet projects, new logos, new trucks, solar panels stuff like that rather than actually working on solving the supply problems. I'm not sure we will ever "solve" the water issues in the state of CA, it a state full of NIMBYS, just ask Stephen Curry.

[@mojo.adventures]

Great points and very timely I'm just finishing up the next update covering water restrictions in Las Vegas for the 2023 water year👍 Was interested in that video on what water restrictions are happening in other regions that use the Colorado River. I guess you answered some of that! It doesn't seem like there are much of any restrictions other places. The SNWA is on top of the situation here in Nevada and ahead of the curve on conservation the more I look into it. You'd never figure that extravagent Las Vegas would be at the forefont of water conservation while a coastal state is headed towards dead last, but here we are...

[@reginaldlewis4811]

Born and raised in the Bay Area…live in Wisconsin now, it truly puzzles me why there has not been a “Storage Reservoirs” built just south of the Bay Area, south of Bakersfield and south of Los Angeles. Like was mentioned when one reservoir is maxed the water is released to the ocean, has NEVER made sense…SMH😢

[@zaklex3165]

According the SWP(State Water Project) there are no more viable locations to build dams and reservoirs...I'm pretty sure there are still areas we could build dams and reservoirs, but they're in environmentally sensitive areas which precludes doing so because we're such good stewards of the environment.

[@curtwpk1361]

You can thank the ecowhackos for that stupidity. Government jobs, especially regulatory jobs are dominated by ecowhackos who donated their brains to enlist in California universities . "... According the SWP(State Water Project) there are no more viable locations ..." bulshit. According to "anti-reservoir tree huggers...."

[@garytodd5605]

Starting in 1994 i was working as a field service tech for a company that was building potobal water pump stations for Henderson. At that time it was about a 10 mile open deasert drive from when you left vegas and entered Henderson. One day at lunch the engineer for Henderson told us that the water usage per day for Henderson alone was 650 + gallons of water a day for every boy , girl, woman, man in Henderson. That is an astronimcal amount of water each and every day per person. During one trip it was reported on the radio that by the year 2015 they expected that lake mead would be dry because of the usage demands. They were not totaly insane for their 20 year into the future prediction. It was getting close at 25 years.

[@mikecostello1727]

Who uses 650 gals of water every day?? Sure as heck not me or my family members!! Learn to conserve!!!!!! Hogs.

[@kurtbilinski1723]

@@mikecostello1727 Yeah either he didn't hear the number or its context correctly - or someone's leaving their faucets on. I recently measured what we use and it's right at 70 gal/day per person. I read somewhere the average personal use is 75 gal/day, so not much different. Maybe that number was per *household*, which would include everyone living there, plus outside watering.

[@mikecostello1727]

@Kurt Bilinski I certainly hope he is wrong or screw everything, I m going to let my wifel and five children just open the spigots and use 650 gallons each and every day to keep up with everyone else. I know that's BS, and I won't actually do that, but damn, everyone needs to do what my family does or this poor earth won't sustain it .

[@jakemarlow8998]

"Nice snow-pack this year ... now give us more water!" - Delta Smelt, March 2023

[@TheCutaway05]

Thanks!

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you we appreciate the support! I will list superthanks contributors in the credits next update as a special "thank you" so stay tuned! 👍

[@crystalsparks8126]

I grew up in Vegas and since the 60's it has gone down. I pray that the recent snow falls in Calli will help!

[@z-z-z-z]

snowfall in california does not help. snowfall in colorado/utah does help (snowmellt flows into the colorado river, upstream from lake mead).

[@tammyschulte5821]

Very informative and love the presentation!!! Keep up the Great Job:) Absolutely top notch work!

[@mojo.adventures]

Wow thanks! Trying to improve a bit with each video 👍 Appreciate you watching again!

[@tracyrand7366]

great info. California ,Nevada and Arizona need to stop development until this problem is addressed !

[@mojo.adventures]

Now that won't happen... stop making sense. The increased restrictions will fall on the current people who are already trying to be responsible and play by the rules. The wealthy developers who own the city managers, wasteful irrigation districts, and the irresponsible residential abusers will simply pay their fines and get on with the waste. "Let them drink bottled water..."

[@nuqwestr]

@@mojo.adventures Yes, we are all oppressed victims of the wealthy elites, we must all live in crisis, fear, and anxiety until Karl Marx returns to Earth to fulfil God's will.

[@anthonycovarrubias5949]

And Utah.

[@lovly2cu725]

FYI HOMES USE LESS WATER THAN FARMS/AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THE LAND IN AZ IS FORMER AGRICULTURE LAND. SO THERE GOES YOUR THEORY. HOW ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI LATELY? EXPLAIN THAT. SO OUR PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED.

[@Paiadakine]

You have it right about calif not storing enough water.

[@alduff229]

The demand on the Colorado River has surpassed the supply. Even if it rained all year which it won't the big resivour lakes will stay low and continue to get lower. Conservation is the best strategy

[@brianlangum6253]

I liked your analysis of the average high water date for Lake Powel however I don't think that will be valid this year as it's been much colder than average in the west, and the 30 day forecast is for continued cold and snow throughout the west. In short I believe there is the potential for significant improvement throughout the Colorado River watershed once the Spring thaw begins.

[@rayfreeman2305]

If I were you I would not count my chickens before they are hatched. I just read that some of the northern areas are going to hold back water from getting to Lake Powell and it appears that they have not done that before.

[@brianlangum6253]

@@rayfreeman2305 It ALL hinges on how much more snow and rain falls in the Colorado River basin, and how it melts. I think it's premature to have already assumed Lake Powel will not gain pool elevation this Spring with a never ending parade of storms and cold weather forecast for the next 30 days. I'm not saying Lake Powel will be full pool by July, but at the same time I think it will be in a much better level than at the same time last year.

[@charlesbroderdorf1111]

Trillions of gallons of water were lost in California due to the inability to build dams because of bureaucracy ,studies that lead to no outcome .

[@nathanwahl9224]

And don't forget to save those little frogs that probably should have been extinct 50 years ago. They're more important than people, I guess.

[@axercst]

thank God for fixing your problems

[@davesitarski2310]

Great video, your thoughts are great

[@mojo.adventures]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you for watching!

[@macmovieman1]

Great video and we try and stay in the lowest water usage in our city.

[@briannacassidy6750]

Great video. Of course the districts and Sate Officials in CA should be held accountable for mismanagement of the resources, including water resources God has given us in nature. Only the Day of Accountability will reveal to the degree of mismanagement and even fraud.

[@maltelloian2049]

As a native So. Californian who spent my first 58 years there but now live in Vegas, its time to consider their neighbors and take advantage of the thousand miles of shoreline by building desalination plants. Most states don't have that luxury.

[@Hutch400]

Great vid

[@scottharbaugh4078]

It wish they could build a long diversion ditch from the california mountains back to lake mead to capture excess runoff during these times of heavy precipitation days.would be great if theyd shut the damm off for a couple weeks so lake mead could refill, at least to an adequate level. california really needs to look at more ways to capture all the excess water runoff during the wet times.

[@charleskemp2037]

I live in Colorado and see the river every day. We have and still are receiving more snow than we have in years. No huge record amounts, but better than we have had. Hopefully, it will continue for a good while. Everyone needs it.

[@C0mm0nS3ns3]

live in colorado as well but we cannot sustain this sort of living and full green yards massive golf courses anymore.

[@racingjunk7024]

@@C0mm0nS3ns3 they used very little of water compadres to almond fields and hay .

[@jameswinter9246]

I have watched the L.A. "river - flow to the see for 70+ years. No diverting to holding ponds, no attempt to corral in any meaningful way, and yet it is L.A. and surrounding southern California area's that draw water from the Colorado River and other parts of the state. Of course, when I am not flushing my toilet to save water they are washing their cars and watering lawns. You ask if we mismanage water - DUH!

[@David.D3]

It's a concrete river as well. So it flows the water out fast. No chance to save any of it.

[@nuqwestr]

Why do people comment when facts are a few keystrokes away? "LOCAL NEWS Los Angeles County collects 33 billion gallons of rainwater in recent storms

[@nuqwestr]

@@David.D3 false, 33 Billion gallons were captured in recent storm LA County.

[@David.D3]

@@nuqwestr Yea I know the County captuted that much. I'm specifically talking about the LA river

[@01july1953]

If you have high demand, you need high supply. Build more lakes for storage capacity, or decrease demand and live within your means / supply. Make the choices and stop the searches for scapegoats. Weather happens, it always has and always will. Excellent presentation.

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

Build more lakes? Where are you getting the water? lol.

[@fells5126]

It will be nice to let all lakes replenish at least 2 third of their capacity before draining and send it to the ocean Also more reservoirs need to be constructed where not much populations are.

[@domcizek]

CANT DO, TO MUCH WATER BEING USED BY GROWING FOOD IN CALIFORNIA,

[@cameron00148]

Another question I wanted to ask is about the Spillways at Hoover Dam - Apparently the last time the spillways were used was in 1983 and there is not much information about them. Now while it is my curiosity of what is in there and what will you see in there (if anything), it does make me bring up the question/topic of the status of their functionality? Are the spillways still capable of protecting the Hoover Dam from over spilling? Has their been routine checks on the spillways? Once again, I think this would be the BEST TIME to inspect the spillways and NOT wait until a flood happens... Also, I believe the Hoover Dam has TWO spillways - is it possible that a flood disaster can still be avoided with just ONE spillway? If so, maybe the SECOND spillway can be converted into something that could benefit everyone? Please let me know your thoughts! Again, there is not much info about the Hoover Dam Spillways, but I feel NOW would be a good time to inspect them...

[@winstonmarajh991]

What flood are you talking about ?

[@cameron00148]

@@winstonmarajh991 A hypothetical flood! Essentially I wanted to give a scenario that if Lake Mead was at near capacity level, and let's say we experience a lot of rain in a relatively short time frame, are the spillways, which hasn't been used since 1983, still capable of protecting the Hoover Dam by diverting the water? Given the status of Lake Mead and the fact it has been ~50 years since the Spillways were last used, I would assume maintenance on the spillways are at a low priority. However, after 2020, it appears anything is possible nowadays lol I hope this all makes sense! :)

[@cameron00148]

While I am no engineer (biology major), I would think that now would be a good time to perform any type of work on these two dams (e.g., plumbing, maintenance, updating designs, etc.), being that the lakes are at historic - low levels. Maybe they could experiment with other eco-friendly equipment (e.g., wind turbines, underwater turbines, etc.)

[@winstonmarajh991]

@@cameron00148 but you not making sense how can anyone in their right mind could expect a flood seeing the state of the lake ?

[@cameron00148]

@@winstonmarajh991 - I mentioned below that the West Coast (incl. California, Oregon, Washington, and possibly Nevada) don't experience Hurricanes because hurricanes require warm water, which is why states like Florida experience constant hurricanes because the warm water of the Atlantic ocean provides them fuel. The west coast doesn't experience them because the Pacific Ocean is Cooler. However, with global warming occurring throughout the world, the Pacific Ocean will also warm up, which can theoretically produce hurricane conditions, which as mentioned above, doesn't occur on the West Coast. I just feel like anything is possible these days - the fact Los Angeles, California had a Blizzard Warning last week, while the southern states were in the 80 degree range is bizarre in itself. I just feel it couldn't hurt to check on the status of these spillways and perhaps maybe convert one of them into something useful that could benefit the lake or the dam.

[@mediaxpuppet]

After a trip to the imperial valley it was amazing to see the hundreds of large canals used to bring water to the alfalfa fields. It's also shocking to read that alfalfa exports to other continents reached a record peak during the time the lake experienced it's most dramatic decline. Alfalfa is dirt cheap to ship internationally so it's a good business for someone.

[@mojo.adventures]

I'm going to have to check it out sometime I'm not that far away. Maybe find somewhere I can get some drone shots. You are right about the alfalfa, and I see AZ is doing it also. That whole issue is going to warrant it's own episode in the future 👍

[@domcizek]

ALL GOING TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR THEIR HORSES

[@zaklex3165]

Alfalfa and almonds are two of the most water intensive crops out there...we don't need to be growing alfalfa in California, at all.

[@domcizek]

@@zaklex3165 YES,, AND THAT ALFAFFA GOES TO SUDIA ARABIA AS WELL

[@majilique]

I was in Las Vegas mid-January and left a few days before the snow hit. Would have loved to have seen it, but I'm glad I didn't. ~db

[@CD-hc5ds]

I live in Yucca Valley Ca. Been in the same house for 15 years now & have seen the Hi-Desert water district fix the main line on our road at least 60 times! Our road is only ½mi & they could give a crap about water running down the road & out into the desert some times its several breaks a week. They just insist on patching it. Sad!

[@stevensipes1823]

I believe that conditions will improve this next year. I am not saying that it will fill Lake Mead but it will improve. You see we have had a LaNina for three years in a row. It is finally starting to flip the other way. To ElNino. It doesn’t sound like it would make a difference but here me out. In LaNina years the Pacific Ocean gets a high pressure dome that parks there. Which makes the weather move to the north. If you have noticed that Oregon Washington and BC has gotten slammed hard with heavy storms. Even back to back systems coming one after another. With the LaNina going away. This will change the weather coming to the US. Instead of going way north it will come straight at us. The high pressure dome won’t be there to force it north. In California now the farther south you are in the state the less rain we get. But with a ElNino the whole state will get it. Time will tell if this will pan out for us or not. If it does you will see more weather for Arizona and New Mexico. Steven Sipes

[@nuqwestr]

Yes, if we cycle to ElNino, as we have done before, we'll see warm rains which may help ground water replenishment, the real issue for California and the West.

[@paedahe4975]

@StevenSipes I do believe you are right.

[@domcizek]

I THINK IT WILL TAKE 10 YEARS OF THE SAME WEATHER TO FILL LAKE MEAD

[@RemoteTrooper]

Great video 👍

[@mojo.adventures]

Thank you Sir! 😎

[@robertshorthill6836]

I do not live in CA, but I have a few friends that do. Their consensis is that there are just too many people wasting water. In some parts of the state, people are not allowed to collect rain water to wash their cars or water a small veg garden. Too bad-- state should not "own" what runs off a roof. We have a similar problem in MT, except, so far, it isn't against the law to collect as much rain as possible. By late July, our rainy season is ended and our tanks are empty.

[@Raminakai]

Same in Oregon. Why do they care about people collecting water? I would like to know. And how can the powers that be stop you in your own property ? It's a subject of guest importance.

[@johngalt6525]

Tenets of Marxism to destabilize society to keep you as a peasant class .

[@domcizek]

WELL, THE THOUGHT IS THAT THE WATER WILL GO INTO THE GROUND TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER, BUT I WOULD WORRY ABOUT THE WATER OFF OF THE ASPHALT ROOF, TO MANY CHEMICALS IN THE ROOFING MATERIAL, UNLESS IT IS A TOTAL METAL ROOF WHICH NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING

[@robertshorthill6836]

@@Raminakai well, my brother, from Oregon, says they have water collection "theft patrols" driving around neighborhoods looking for obvious signs of illegal collection tanks under down spouts. If these gestapos find tanks of water, they will fine the owner 100 bucks for a first offense, much more for later. Oregon is pretty much a progressive/ liberal state, but somebody decided they don't want folks collecting valuable roof water. All it does in parts of the state is rain. Other parts, like the east, don't get that much rain. WA state is pretty much the same. I lived in the foothills of the Cascades and never had to water a large garden, it rained plenty. The county had other ways to determine what illegal activities were taking place. The state government smacked of being a bunch of Nazis.

[@hackmattr]

LADWP and other water agencies in socal have rebate programs for rain barrels and cisterns. It's an incentive to have homeowners collect water. The only issue I saw with it was that you have to buy a "kit" to qualify for the rebate and that homemade cisterns and rain barrel systems will not get the rebate.

[@studio-989]

Thank you so much❤ this was an awesome video! Very informative and thorough 🎉😮

[@mojo.adventures]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for leaving a comment 👍

[@studio-989]

@@mojo.adventures you deserve a compliment ! This video was well done!

[@EHSTexas]

Very informative. Thank you.