Parched: California's Climate Crisis

[@teague9910]

I've worked in CA Water industry for 15 years. We do not collect rain water when it falls, we release water when we have too much into the ocean, we do not recharge our aquifers with excess rain fall or run-off. Then we build more homes, allow farmers to grow any water hungry crop they want for cash and tell people that their lawn is the real issue. We also have denied several new agencies from building new desalination plants. Our political leaders could also get together and do a large public works project, which would provide lots of jobs, to make a new aqueduct from up north. This is a making of our own design, while the weather has pushed it faster, this is our own doing.

[@christinalynn8143]

Interesting.

[@johnnyperez1969]

Exactly right!!

[@magalitxo]

Very enlightening !

[@b_uppy]

That's aqueducts and desalination plants are still the most expensive and frankly destructive approach. It is vulnerable, brittle, and fails to address concurrent problems. You will end up using a ton of electricity to pump water in the aquifers, as well as desalinating water. It would increase brownouts. The better approach is the prevent collecting too much water at dams in the first place. It is better to do smaller, decentralized, water-harvesting earthworks/techniques starting in the foothills, and continue thru to cities. These would include keylining, check dams, bunds, swales, gully repair, planting pits etc. More bioswales with curbcuts to feed street runoff into them is a start in urban areas, as well as encouraging the purchase of cisterns, using greywater for watering lawns and trees, as well as using roof runoff for water, flushing etc. Decentralized efforts can reduce fire danger, flooding, lessen drought impacts. Bioswales planted with trees can reduce heat island effects, allow pavement to last longer. By passively using rainwater in bioswales, reusing greywater and roofwater you can reduce the amount of electricity used to irrigate and reduce the chance of brownouts. Keeping landscaping hydrated this way also keeps the soil biota hydrated and allows water too seep better into the soil instead of running off. Overall using rainwater harvesting techniques/earthworks recharges aquifers and surface water in a positive downstream effect. Brad Lancaster has YT videos and books on the subject. Lots of water falls there, even during droughts but as you said, it is squandered. You need to back up and reassess where you look for problems/solutions... Farming and ranching could be done much better. 'Sustainable ag' is a greenwashing term to sell more products to farmers and ranchers rather than solve deep ag problems. Restorative ag techniques work much better and for less while producing more food.

[@calisingh7978]

And how much does the state spend on weather modification activities with Colorado blm?

[@wraprock-itroll-francisfra9370]

this happens when you continue to take more then you need. The Native Americans knew this 400 years ago.

[@RobertMJohnson]

the native americans' way of life is about as relevant as the ant shit in the junkyard right now

[@wraprock-itroll-francisfra9370]

@@RobertMJohnson thanks 🤣

[@bobjones2041]

Really. So they never suffered drought, flood, famine, I just bet

[@karlfonner7589]

@@bobjones2041 I keep on thinking what happened on Easter island. I mean the statues are there but the means and Ways to put them up are gone

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

@@karlfonner7589 capitalism has replicated the easter island experiment globally and literally functions like a cancer cell until there is nothing left

[@snappybabby4646]

Blaming residential use is NOT the answer since agriculture uses 80%. WHAT is being done in the State Capitol? Where is the coverage? Get control over the farms growing crops for use in other countries.

[@kimjones2056]

Why not stop pulling water for man made lakes and golf courses. We need food, not enjoyment water activities.

[@thesilentone4024]

Yep and its going to be 115f or more tomorrow guess where yep where the farms are. The city is going to be 105 to 110 hmm funny when the city is cooler then literally miles of farms.

[@Trey4x4]

This. Stop growing almonds, our climate in CA cannot sustain that water thirsty crop anymore. Sell the trees **FARTS**

[@sanbruno6010]

PEACE PROSPERITY BONANZA FREE THINKING HONESTY OPTIMISM

[@bookbeing]

If we end water supply for the farmers who produce our food, what will we be eating? Soylent Green? I'd like to shut down the bottling companies first before I touch the farmers and maybe restrict the levels and numbers of people immigrating to California with a limitation ( no one comes in until someone dies or leaves). We have too many people, too many corporations and two many counties (l.a. county comes to mind) that are badly managing our water resources. If these large water draining corporations, densely populated metropolitan areas had to get their water from the ocean instead of piping it out of other regions, (like the owens valley), the inland parts of the state would be faring a lot better as the water would flow into those parched areas that have been dewatered by these water hungry entities. Our local farmers wouldn't worry about their flocks and fields drying up and everything would be altogether better.

[@hotchicsf]

There is no reason to plant rice in California. It is a water-intensive crop, and we are in a serious drought right now.

[@comfortouch]

@@imd1b4u Seriously? Aside from a few tree crops, the entire Sacramento area grows mostly rice.

[@sanbruno6010]

PEACE PROSPERITY BONANZA FREE THINKING HONESTY OPTIMISM

[@jasonnarayan7759]

Almonds are worse than rice

[@yuppers1]

There's a video on here called 40+ ton California Corn that shows 12+ foot corn stalks being grown (according to the poster) with flood irrigation. It's grown monocrop-style in massive fields for silage (livestock food) which will feed cows we're shipping out of the country. This video is showing just fruits and vegetables being grown but the big water waster is this stuff.

[@LeckieInstallsLondon]

@@jasonnarayan7759 beef and dairy is worse than all combined for water usage and uses 70% of the Colorado river, emits the most harmful warming ghg emissions, and produces the most harmful waste which ends up in the water. They could cancel animal ag and almonds to grow beans and reduce the water usage by more than 90% since people dont actually need to eat any of these things to survive. In fact, cutting beef and dairy will lead to massive improvements in population health which would save billions in healthcare.

[@JosephGarbett]

I hope you’re making people aware that dry, burnt ground is less permeable by water, which is why water sits atop (and floods) 👊👌

[@dmorgan5010]

Hydrofoil

[@dmorgan5010]

Here in South West Texas it has to rain for hours before the ground starting to absorb the water. It is so hot and Dry here it's as if it burnt.

[@victorhopper6774]

@@dmorgan5010 divets are amazing

[@bookbeing]

Two things would help: Stop fast tracking water from storms and runoff out to the ocean. Keep waters inland and in Mountain areas as long as possible so they can recharge the water underground.

[@robertttttt716]

Problems with doing that Oregon Washington and Northern parts of California have to let water get to the ocean because if you lose the salmon they're gone forever. They won't be coming back I say tell people to get the hell out of the area like the desert I'm sick about people living in the desert wanting a farm in the desert and then whine about not having enough water during times of drought. Yeah there's global warming but when you use more water than you store each year by 100 fold you're going to go dry there's only so much reserve. There's still making electricity and billions of gallons of water are being just dumped on the ground because farmers don't want to pay the extra expense of drip irrigation. They want to go by the old rules that were made 80 years ago. Which were fine because I don't use 20% of what they're using today. Yeah the California desert was great performance now they're too many of acres.

[@b_uppy]

Curb cuts, bioswales and harvesting greywater and a lot more rainwater can be recaptured in urban areas to curb water waste/effects. Cisterns to harvest roof rainwater runoff make sense, as well. Site-appropriate plants make a difference in the landscape. In rural areas they need to consider decentralized practices as well. Check dams, bunds, gully repair etc are important. Switching farming and ranching techiniques to ones that have continuous living, diverse greenery are really important in dry, flood-prone areas so soil keeps its ability to allow water to soak in. Rebuilding soils is important. Growing more site-appropriate crops would make a huge difference.

[@borsu6076]

what does that shit has anything to do with what I said? I never mentioned Florida, it's not like I dont know about oranges and Florida, have seen them stupid oj commercials from 80's minute maid men. Orange farms are as Californians as they get, you need to think before you talk, both of you are hypnotized and lost.

[@Greenswan1000]

Stop human population

[@thesilentone4024]

Don't grow thirsty crops in a desert stop selling most of are crops and grains/animal feed to different countries. Don't think of food as food but a different form of water now where selling 40% or more to different countries like why.

[@Video2Webb]

Great film. Well done to the entire team who pulled it together. Bookmarked because of its high educational value. Thank you!

[@BigGuy8059]

Very few people know that the state water agencies use more electricity to transport an acre-foot of water from the Sacramento Delta to Southern California, than the Carlsbad Desalination Plant uses to desalinate an acre-foot of water. They use about the same amount of electricity to move an acre-foot of water from the Colorado River to Southern California, as the Carlsbad Desalination Plant uses per acre-foot. Not to mention all the infrastructure cost to maintain all the aqueducts, pumps, and reservoirs along the way. Desalination does use a lot of electricity, compared to getting your water from a river flowing through your town, but LA and San Diego essentially have no rivers. We would actually save a lot of money if we built desalination plants along the coast, and stopped moving water South and West. Central Valley agriculture could have ALL the Sierra water, and Imperial Valley agriculture, Arizona, and Mexico could have all the Colorado River water they wanted, and Lake Mead would refill gradually. I'm not making this up: The MWD publishes a report every year that states their water totals and electricity used, and the Carlsbad Desalination Plant does too. I looked at them, did some simple math, and figured out the big secret my self. You can too. Meanwhile, my water district buys some of the 50 million gallons of fresh water the Carlsbad Plant makes every day.

[@klayvonisme]

Thank you for this important information.

[@vancelacarte6563]

Greenhouse gasses and emissions be damned soon as blackouts and water shortages start. So funny how the greenies shut the f up once their lawns brown and their kurigs don't work.

[@vancelacarte6563]

acre feet of water is like saying a football field of popcorn, so far as people know. gallons are a great unit of measure for water, real perspective for the average joe

[@BigGuy8059]

@@vancelacarte6563 I acre-foot of water is 325,851 gallons. That's how the water agencies talk about it, since it's a one acre reservoir raised by one foot. Even more confusing for consumers: Water bills talk about "units" of 100 cubic feet of water, which works out to 748 gallons. That's what you need to know to calculate how much it will cost you to fill up your pool, except it's tricky because water districts charge about four different rates depending on how much water you use. And no, they don't give you a discount for using more!

[@johngillespie3409]

Having a pool in the desert is pretty dumb and probably contributing to the lack of water. Hope your grass and flowers are green and blooming. Sick

[@yn5568]

This is what happens when you let corrupt water board supervisors linger around for 3 terms, then vote to extend another term… There were enough funds to build more reservoirs, and we the voters decide to waste that for bureaucrat raises and consultant fees that did nothing

[@sentientflower7891]

No, that isn't the case at all.

[@Deno2100]

What are more reservoirs going to do for you? A lot of the water running out is ground water. Not the kind you collect from rain. There are to many people in that state. It is unsustainable.

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

reservoir is not the issue. The amount used is the biggest problem for various superficial uses, such as: pools, lawns, watering produce that don't benefit the population as a whole. Don't forget 40% of alfalfa grown in California is exported to China, 80% of almonds are exported out of the country, 25% of hay is exported also out of the country, 50% of limes, lemon and oranges are exported out of the country. And the total lack of charging or the absurdly cheap price for this natural product. Even us in Canada (which has also a tremendous quantity of water) where the average consumption FOR two person is 3,222 gallons per year for an annual cost of 1025$ usd. California consumes 56 gallon per person per day ( 20,440 gal per yr) at an average price of 0.03$/gal so only 613$. Right there that's a huge problem. Think about it logically, if the price was higher people would budget differently and instead of putting a pool in the back yard put one for the community; indoors to reduce evaporation just like every "normal" society.

[@simplethings3730]

@@robert-antoinedenault5901 Over half of my water bill in Texas is for the monthly meter fee. If I decrease my usage by 50% it would reduce my water bill by about 20%. This is kinda stupid if you want to encourage water conservation. Residential water fees should also be incremental. It should cost more for a gallon of water based on the amount of water used. For example $7.00 for the first 500 gallons. $14.00 for the next 500 gallons.

[@yn5568]

@@jackiepaper101 climate change is the norm of living on earth, with or without humans. Humans can easily adjust to climate change by environmental engineering. All you need is science based governance, which we haven’t had in CA for decades and now haunts us

[@kimleone5496]

Reduce birth rate... Reduce migration and immigration. Stop tearing down hillsides to build large houses. If you must build, tear down old industrial areas, clean them up and build there. Redirect rainwaters to retention ponds.

[@RobertMJohnson]

Kim you really don't understand anything about humans.

[@daleslover2771]

👍👍👍

[@mexico14000]

Some industrial areas are too contaminated for housing. It would be great to have those lots for public events or anything that doesn't require any plumbing of sorts

[@kimleone5496]

@@mexico14000 actually a lot of these areas are a lot more easy to clean than they look. Some of the most expensive homes on the coast in Orange County are on top of what used to be the OC dump in the '60s. There's a lot of area in Orange Tustin, Irvine, Costa, Mesa, etc. that could be rezoned for housing

[@eugimon]

We can't talk about water and agriculture in CA without talking about how much of that agricultural water use is for water intensive cash crops like wine grapes and nut trees. On our way to yosemite from the bay area, we can see acres of tree nut orchards that are irrigated by flooding with standing, open air, water in 90 degree weather. Drive down the 5 and you can see unlined, open air, irrigation ditches. And then lets talk about all the golf courses, an average of over 100 acres for an 18 hole course that use 90 million gallons of water per year. We have 921 of them.

[@sujimtangerines]

Billions of pounds of those nuts - almonds - are exported as well. 70% of the entire crop. That's billions of gallons of water being exported. Alfalfa for exported feed is water intensive as well. Japan & China still buy their feed but Saudia Arabia, in a plan to conserve their own freaking water, BOUGHT farmland in both California AND Arizona to grow & export alfalfa for their dairy cows. They're pumping out groundwater by the billions of gallons from land they're leasing as well!!! Regulations have got to be implemented.

[@dwee6469]

We are building new houses by the thousands all over CA, yet they continue to tell us to stop using water and power….WTF?

[@lisad2701]

I moved to the forest just outside Mena, Arkansas from Temecula, California in 2004 after 42 years of residency. Best decision that I ever made! A reliable 60" of water per year - it's breathtakingly beautiful here. I've got 36 acres...1/2 forest, 1/2 rolling meadow, 2-1/2 acre lake with huge largemouth bass and nesting egrets. The house is modest but the horse facilities excellent. I'm on a paved road with city water, natural gas and electricity. The hospital is 15 minutes away. A MAJOR resort area/casino/Air BnB's is being developed less than an hour away. It's so safe that I don't lock my doors at night. My property taxes are $46/year. It's paradise!

[@3DLasers]

They gotta be hitting you somehow there. Income Tax ?

[@neatstuff1988]

How about a date Lisa? Serious.

[@MS-st1zb]

Get a security camera and yes you will lock your doors.

[@davidgraham2673]

That sounds awesome. Good for you.

[@AnotherAmerican91]

@@3DLasers I live in st. Louis on a half acre of property in a nice neighborhood. My mortgage is $900 a month with insurance and property taxes. With utilities it's probably around $1,200. I feel like California's generally just don't understand how cheap living in that big empty section of the country really is comparatively.

[@dorispowers9060]

It's a proven fact that trees shade the ground to keep the dirt from drying out. Just a though when cutting down Forrest for farming , solar farms and housing developments.

[@frankyflowers]

my trees use water they don't save it

[@TobyCostaRica]

Where do you get your information ? lol no forests were cut, solar farms are out in the wide open deserts

[@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667]

Do you know what people also pretended was a proven fact even though the word theory was right in the name? The Big Bang theory. Is it not taught every day in schools Across the Nation The Big Bang Theory was the start of our universe? And now the famous Webb telescope has debunked it entirely. Everything they knew they were going to see out at the edges of the universe to prove the Big Bang Theory correct is exactly the opposite of what they are seeing. There are now scientists lying awake at night wondering if they've wasted their entire careers and lives doing everything wrong. I would be careful what you pretend you are so sure of from here on out.

[@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667]

Oh by the way, the reason that trees shade the ground so the dirt doesn't dry out quickly is because their feeder roots are very close to the surface and groundwater might be very deep so they keep their feeding area and their watering area shaded so that instead of evaporating, the tree can use it. What, did you think the tree was just being kind today? Ridiculous hippies.

[@dmorgan5010]

Solar panels are providing a water source because as it rains it providing shade for the water to have time to absorb into the ground.. not kicking anything that you are saying. I have a 7 phases and 3 phases each to solve this matter and I am watching for anyone who is interested in being the investor and board members to accomplish this project.

[@quocd5580]

10% of our water in CA goes to Almond trees…..bye bye almonds

[@JakeP2013]

While I do think its important to not carelessly waste water, it seems pretty insane to suggest I should be concerned with saving a handful of ice cubes I drop on the floor, compared to the other astronomically larger wasteful practices going on. Residential conservation is only a very small piece of the puzzle for sustainability.

[@jestexgarcia3601]

Yes agreed. The picture is much larger than that.

[@b_uppy]

Ever hear of curb cuts, bioswales and harvesting greywater? Lot more water going to waste that can be used to mitigate drought effects. Cisterns to harvest roof rainwater runoff make sense, as well.

[@justiceevans1720]

the whole point is that it's not just about you. if 5 million people drop ice cubes on the floor that's a lot of water.

[@b_uppy]

Aqueducts and desalination plants are expensive and frankly a destructive approach. It is vulnerable, brittle, and fails to address concurrent problems. You end up using a ton of electricity to pump water in the aquifers, as well as desalinating water. It would increase brownouts. The better approach is the prevent collecting too much water at dams in the first place. It is better to do smaller, decentralized, water-harvesting earthworks/techniques starting in the foothills, and continue thru to cities. These would include keylining, check dams, bunds, swales, gully repair, planting pits etc. More bioswales with curbcuts to feed street runoff into them is a start in urban areas, as well as encouraging the purchase of cisterns, using greywater for watering lawns and trees, as well as using roof runoff for water, flushing etc. Decentralized efforts can reduce fire danger, flooding, lessen drought impacts. Bioswales planted with trees can reduce heat island effects, allow pavement to last longer. By passively using rainwater in bioswales, reusing greywater and roofwater you can reduce the amount of electricity used to irrigate and reduce the chance of brownouts. Keeping landscaping hydrated this way also keeps the soil biota hydrated and allows water too seep better into the soil instead of running off. Overall using rainwater harvesting techniques/earthworks recharges aquifers and surface water in a positive downstream effect. Brad Lancaster has YT videos and books on the subject. Lots of water falls there, even during droughts but it is squandered. Back up and reassess where you look for problems/solutions... Farming and ranching could be done much better. 'Sustainable ag' is a greenwashing term to sell more products to farmers and ranchers rather than solve deep ag problems. Restorative ag techniques work much better and for less while producing more food.

[@Robert-vh2cl]

Yes, that’s true. But it takes just as much effort to drop a few ice cubes somewhere useful as it does to drop them in a sink, it’s more about attitude.

[@TheFarmanimalfriend]

We need to create a lot of water retention structures everywhere, to hold rainfall so it will replenish the water table. We have to be smart and not degrade the environment we share with others. We don't need additional reservoirs to support our wasteful lifestyle. We need to use our intelligence to get us out of what we have created.

[@GottaWannaDance]

They never said it, but look at where the alfalfa really goes. Alfalfa wastes a LOT of water. There are Republican states like Wisconsin that allow unlimited pump depth and power. We have lakes drying up ever since Walkers 2nd year of destroying this state.

[@villagelightsmith4375]

@@GottaWannaDance Beef and dairy, for the alfalfa.. And of course, your pet ponies. But if it isn't harvested, the population of Belding's Ground Squirrels (sage rats) increases to meet the carrying capacity of the fields. Then they multiply .... by the millions.

[@vancelacarte6563]

Northern Canada, No shortage of water here. Population, exploitation, overuse and greed. California Nevada like all of Vegas can suffer from the greed and profits they have taken over many years. Put a city in the dryest place on earth then whine about it...

[@harlzaotearoa7769]

To greedy and dont give two fuks about the land NEK MINIT DROUT take that you filty humans hahaha

[@francoamerican4632]

@TheFarmanimalfriend And we need to put the brakes on population growth by banning development of new housing tracts throughout the state. Continuing to build new homes is counterintuitive to the need to conserve water in the state.

[@flydubs792]

It’s important to note in this piece. When referring to 80% water used in agriculture. “Agriculture” is farming and water pushed directly into river/deltas. Approximately 50% of the 80% is used for farming. The other 50% is diverted directly to waterways leading to the ocean. This leads to a whole larger and more important debate which this news piece does not mention.

[@emilylouden3349]

They send the unused fresh water into the oceans?

[@frankyflowers]

@@emilylouden3349 they don't send it they just don't block it because of some stupid fish.

[@frankyflowers]

they should block the water from the ocean until they fill everything up.

[@richard8031]

@@emilylouden3349 TRUE,!!!!

[@leftifornian2066]

@@frankyflowers Fish gotta swim frank, cali is doomed either way

[@blackrocks8413]

Californias overpopulation, overuse of resources and apalling factory farming....

[@ahoyforsenchou7288]

Indeed. Close the border and watch the demand for our resources drop drastically.

[@RM360CR]

@@ahoyforsenchou7288 This mess started when certain people arrived and they started chopping down all the old native forest killing the wild life to mine gold this is not a fresh new thing plus horrific farming practises look at the forest in california it all looks the same because such trees are for loggin making money but in case of wild fire the burn like matches......game over people its time to move....

[@sentientflower7891]

@@ahoyforsenchou7288 Racism is very appealing to racists.

[@Deno2100]

@@ahoyforsenchou7288 The US economy would also drop drastically.

[@docholidays1374]

the biggest problem is the misuse of water we have. they let too much water out of the resorvoirs to feed the salmon because they think it will help them when it just doesnt. the salmon dont need an artificial environment they need a duplicate of reality and slow flows in late summer should be the norm. that equates to 98% of all water is used for agri business including keep ing the fish in deep water that isnt necessary. they wont let the saline levels go past a certain point in the delta and that too is wrong. residential use is 2% in california because of idiots running the show. their science is faulty. if they reset to 30 yrs ago it would probably fix the issues. we had more salmon back then.

[@madusmaxamus8670]

The major user of water in California are farmers and they are the ones screaming the loudest for people to use less water. Farmers have better ways to water their lands and crops, but they won't use it. Changing their crops and they way they water those crops need to change. This drought is not going away. The weather change is not going away either. We need to change to address it. Nothing else will do.

[@robertttttt716]

People want to live in and farm in the desert and then whine about not having enough water.

[@sanbruno6010]

PEACE PROSPERITY BONANZA FREE THINKING HONESTY OPTIMISM

[@paparazziphotography6712]

This was EXCELLENT! Thanks for putting this SPECIAL together.

[@13MAM13]

Maybe just maybe 40,000,000 people sucking down water, in addition to the even more use from agriculture could be a teeny tiny reason why the water is running out. 500 years ago the state had a few hundred thousand people and life was just fine

[@raygottschall3137]

We have reached the end of man’s life on earth. Denial will not halt the inevitable. Only Love will take us home. ❤

[@papasquat355]

Ironic that the "extreme drought" area on the map was a huge lake once. Then Californians drained it.

[@pwrhr]

Not taught in California schools

[@enmodo]

Exactly Tulare Lake, Owens Lake, Bishop Lake, Mono Lake. They should all be restored and LA can get its water from the ocean.

[@bobjones2041]

@@enmodo they'd dump all the salts and toxins back into the Pacific and kill the seals and whales and blame the Nestle water bottles floating in the Pacific vortex

[@oldman2800]

I've noticed when California is in serious drought here in Australia we're getting above average rainfall along with lower mean average temperatures as the troposphere has more moisture in it blocking sunlight and vice versa when we're in drought Californiais enjoying above average rainfall and cooler temperatures. La Nina, Elnino phenomenon. ATM we have enjoyed a protracted period of above average rainfall, our climate like California s is notoriously unreliable and variable, so it's part of our furniture and we have to suck it up and learn to live within its vagaries. Blaming BS for it is a profound waste of perfectly good finger pointing.

[@frankyflowers]

we should war and take your water

[@harlzaotearoa7769]

@@frankyflowers lol. You just better watch out for russia and china lmao. Think you tuff aye you little weasel haha.

[@frankyflowers]

@@harlzaotearoa7769 im Chinese

[@johnschuh8616]

In the 13th Century, there was no snow cap for about 100 years. That ended with the Little Ice age, which ended staring about 1700, Yes, the climate is changing and development from 1850 until today did not take into account what is probably what part of a cycle in which it took place. We will not know whether present policy is what we ought to do until years after most of us are gone.

[@cwill321123]

Complete mismanagement 🤷‍♂️

[@thenerdnetwork]

Sounds like you know so much about the topic at hand. Why don't you explain even SOME of the mismanagement happening? What can they do to correct it? Tell people "YOU CANT LIVE HERE!!!!"? I am extremely interested in your take on this since you sound so educated. You should also try and help Texas with their wild mismanagement that is causing a drought. It sounds like mismanagement is really causing havoc on our country's weather patterns. I nominate YOU to help make everyone aware of the mismanagement affecting the weather!

[@ahoyforsenchou7288]

@@thenerdnetwork "Tell people "YOU CANT LIVE HERE!!!!"? " Yes. We're full.

[@cwill321123]

@@thenerdnetwork texas is causing the drought? I get it u don't like texas because we vote republican but yes when I lived in Northern California on a house in the self proclaimed olive capital of the world I was completely shocked at the mis management. The 4k Acre orchard I lived on had acres of irrigation leaks creating ponds, cal trans waters the grass in the highway landscaping including during the rain, illegal cannibis growers on a vice documentary were using 100,000 gallons each watering cylce in Tehama county without permits while claiming asian hate against them for using the water out of permitted canals. Yes it is complete mismanagement. We've had 4 days of no electricity in my 37 years, California is expecting rolling blackouts starting this week like they do every year. I get it you don't like texas but that dosent make California awesome. I love California I just don't like what three cities have done to the other 75% of California's. It's ok tho, not my problem I can sit here in my ac while the blackouts roll around California 🤷‍♂️

[@thenerdnetwork]

@@cwill321123 I was saying, Texas is in a state of drought too, so criticize THEIR mismanagement too. Don't just be like "Oh California Blue, California bad". But if you honestly think mismanagement is 1 4k acre farm with leaks, and a (this made me literally laugh out loud) ILLEGAL marijuana grow op, and watering the grass on SOME parts of the highway... then you are delusional. There is no way correcting any of those things would solve the drought issue. Now, this may sound crazy, but try to stick with me on this... ready? You know what would solve the unprecedented drought issues in California? Precipitation. Shocking.. I know.

[@reptaloid]

You know they made it illegal to catch Rainwater if you don't look it up

[@njcanuck]

Adopt the Israeli water conservation practices! As well, every house in Israel has a rooftop cistern to capture rain water. How about replacing lawns with clover and using xeriscape methods for landscaping.

[@sanbruno6010]

PEACE PROSPERITY BONANZA FREE THINKING HONESTY OPTIMISM

[@blackfootindian7371]

People still forget man-made lakes aren't supposed to exist old immigrants from Europe came over and terraformed the land they stole from the Niiji who were the original land cultivators. Now all these decades later the terraforming has fallen apart.

[@tombeilharz4880]

Look at the open soil between them furrows! It's time California farms learn cover crop and not till practices!

[@Xenon-4300]

They should absolutely NOT be growing alfalfa in the desert. And the fact that they are shipping it to Saudi Arabia is reprehensible. There are many states east of the rockies in the sunbelt where this crop could be grown, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, etc. which have a lot more water resources. I think that is wrong.

[@6thface]

I am a visitor from WA, and i have driven the length and breadth of the continental US. Never have I ever seen a lake drained dry as I did at Isabella Lake yesterday. You can see the bottom of the dam. It is scary.

[@bookbeing]

Isabella is dry!? I know this area well and that is shocking. Is the kern river still flowing?

[@6thface]

@@bookbeing the river looks like a creek. There is some water left in the basin, but it is below the bottom of the dam. I wish I had stopped for pictures, however it was too depressing.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

Oh my. Libtards failing to manage their water usage. Shocking. Perhaps eventually running out of other peoples' money and water to spend is true.

[@frankyflowers]

they should not let it drain into the ocean

[@consolemaster]

I find this story very funny because they had a chance to build the desalination plant, but, the commission voted not to approve the project. Now they're complaining about water? Why did they dissapprove the project? Cost of electricity? What!? Solar panels are cheap now. Ridiculous.

[@jacobmacpherson8181]

desalination is bad for the the environment

[@Me97202]

You’re oversimplifying. Desalination plants use A LOT of electricity and produce A LOT of toxic waste.

[@consolemaster]

@@jacobmacpherson8181 no, they are not bad....where is that data? I cannot find it.

[@consolemaster]

@@Me97202 this toxic waste is not toxic per say.....it can be recycled, unlike Nuclear wastes.....this is what I don't understand....lol.....electricity? 27 panels can produce 50-100kwh of energy.....the stupidity of using that as a reason to say it uses a lot of electricity.....reverse osmosis can be more efficient if people are educated what they are

[@Deno2100]

@@consolemaster You remove salt from the water, where do you think all the salt goes? You use a lot of electricity, solar panels are not sustainable. The problem is there are to many people on the earth...

[@trangia12]

Hey news agencies, when was the last reservoir built in California? What was the states population when that dam was built? How many dams have been removed in the last 50 years? How about doing your job instead of blaming Climate Change and using the democrats talking points.

[@Eusantdac]

Very good report - thank You. Need more of these informative reports.

[@joeforns]

What was so informative about being fed a bunch of lies . California has never had the water resources to support the amount of people that live there and now instead of actually addressing that fact they want you to believe it's all happening because of a crisis that does not exist . You keep letting these idiots feed you hogwash and see how far it gets you in life .

[@MonsterMacLLC]

Why aren’t there incentives for farmers to grow other water conservation crops during drought years?

[@MishaDaBear]

In my geology courses the water supplying California was 60% glacier melt, and the entire Cascade glaciers were shrinking 2% per year as of 1928. With that said California should have planned better and not permitted politics to dictate water planning doing nothing. Climate change is not the only cause, it may make up 20% of the problem! So what are the other contributers? Silviculture, farming, ozone layer damage, poor practices, poor planning and more. Silviculture, the practice of planting choice trees and not a native forest, there is a trillion dollar forestry company who lost a stand of Acadian forest species RED Pine like naturally growing in Maine, that company lost a almost mature five year old stand which would have been harvestable a year or two later but would have taken five times longer in Maine! The Red Pine had grown so fast that removal of undergrowth was impossible, and it was so tight that almost no life existed in the stand! That stand burned with more than double the dead tinder compared to a native forest! California, Navada, Arizona, and Utah are desert states, so desert crops should be planned or the farmers should have to filter the salt out of the Pacific ocean water and not use any terestrial water. Good no till farming can help too! Every farmer plus all owners of acreage should have to watch PBS Nature's Leave it to Beaver, show; then they should have to devote 10% of their lands to beavers. Why, beavers trap water for free! Their ponds can serve for emergencies and help recharge the depleated water table. The Ozone Layer, HUH, yes it plays a part, it permits UV and higher energy to reach ground. UV goes through ice and snow, but it becomes heat when it hits rock, so it melts snow and ice from inside and under it! The glaciers will NEVER come back so the drought is the new norm, that is occuring in India, Europe, China too. The glaciers in the Alps are melting at over 2% per year, so Central Europe will dry out too! Very likely Greenland will be 75% ice free by 2050 and the Antarctic ice will be half gone due to UV melting of the polar permafrost ice (not human climate change) but that melt of the permafrost will heat the planet by more than 10°c or 22°F also 2050 because of the extreme release of the green house gas methane. Move to any points east of the Missippi, or around the great lakes! Maine is prime, move there!

[@c.a.greene8395]

In bc Canada farmers have encased their fields in 14 mm poly to prevent soil erosion, they put in drip line water - saving 80% of the water once used to flood fields in the out dated method. You need to force farmers to change. Nut trees grown fine elsewhere, they are water pigs, need water all year round...produce very little usable food, for the amount of water used. As a former hatchery employee I see SO MANY MISTAKES in your trying to introduce salmon back to its waterways... 1) you can't use sterile water!! The waterway a salmon is born to has a scent. The minerals present in the soil they are BURIED under, have a smell to them...they remember it always, and return to within 1 foot of the riverbed they were born to...using chlorine tap water you are now imprinting their brains to seek out that scent when it comes time to spawn...these salmon usually avoid rivers seeking instead to travel sewage lines.. 2) After you have mixed the eggs and sperm together the salmon roe needs to be buried IN A RIVER BED IMMEDIATELY!!! The salmon Alvin will dart in and out of the gravel, underneath rocks is where they remain until they become salmon fry. The small version of a perfect salmon. 3) you are handling the eggs!!! With bare hands!! Are you f@%king retarded??? 4) you need a proper hatchery...usually on the river you intend to release them to...first you divert the river into the hatchery, running it over fake gravel river beds, the water runs quickly, so the salmon fry are flushed out to the river, this fake river bed inside the hatchery grounds protects the salmon. To do river burial first you need to keep tract of the river temperature after the first heavy rain...the fiver beds temperature is taken daily at the same time, if it is +2 - you add 2 to the total, if is is minus 2, subtract 2 from the total. When the river reaches 118 accumulated degrees, it is time to bury the salmon eggs 2

[@c.a.greene8395]

@Sheps are you high? co2 is a HEAVY GAS - it remains at ground level until it is used as food source by plants... Pot growers like myself who grow indoors use co2 bleeder systems in air tight rooms... Many people have died due to co2, because it is a heavy gas it stays at ground level, right where you are breathing while asleep in bed.... Look it up...I will wait...

[@markellyfarm]

There are no glaciers anywhere near ca! Its all yearly snow melt and rainfall.

[@jeffd4056]

Don’t leave your precious California You made your bed now lie in it don’t move to the upper Midwest we don’t want you

[@cbrashsorensen]

Well the ENTIRE West - not just California - is a perfect example of foolishness. There is Las Vegas and the completely destructive building of a "porn city" in the desert replete with golf communities and private homes with swimming pools. Then there is the destructive growth of Phoenix/Tucson for the old folks who want it warm but not hot. Then there is - have you been to Denver lately - the city is growing like a monster and the snows are not coming. But yes...keep pretending that YOUR state is better than my state or whatever? WAY too many people flocking to areas NEVER EVER meant to handle the level of population density. I live in New Mexico in a super trendy small city. 15 years ago a study was completed showing AT THAT TIME that there was adequate water to support a population of roughly 40-50,000. We just hit 80,000 and the real estate brokers and developers are making money for as long as they can. IT IS THE POPULATION!

[@kathleens7131]

Oh nobody is denying it now. But what about all those people, in the face of all the data, did deny it. They should be held accountable. Solutions could have been in place decades sooner if not for these people.

[@enmodo]

Maybe if California weren't still converting central valley land to orchards. And maybe if they weren't still growing rice in the central valley. And maybe if SoCal farmers weren't growing as alfalfa to ship to Saudi Arabia to feed their dairy cows. And maybe if Californians made a fraction of the efforts Nevada has made to reduce total usage even while doubling the population.

[@yuppers1]

Spot on. Yup. There's a video on here called 40+ ton California Corn that shows 12+ foot corn stalks being grown (according to the poster) with flood irrigation. It's grown monocrop-style in massive fields for silage (livestock food) which will feed cows we're shipping out of the country. This video is showing just fruits and vegetables being grown but the big water waster is this stuff.

[@radman1136]

You feel better assigning blame? You don't even understand what the problem is, how can you point your finger? Catastrophic abrupt climate mayhem is just one of the existential symptoms of the fact that there are nearly 8 billion humans on this planet now, and that is not even close to being sustainable.

[@cbrashsorensen]

Ya might want to lecture those continuing to create a population that the Earth as it is today is not able to feed, house and cloth. No one has the balls to address the fact that the Earth is simply unable to sustain a population of 7 billion and growing. Just sayin'

[@sasham1280]

@@cbrashsorensen my father talked to me at length about this more than 30 years ago and I strongly agree, no one mentions it at all and if brought up they are very uncomfortable with it. Everything he talked to me about is all coming true because we are putting too much demand on our resources. I don't see how we can solve these grave situations without getting the population under control first.

[@philipbowles1835]

where else do you suggest the crops now grown in California should be grown?

[@aulusagerius7127]

The crisis in CA is too many people. I lived there 36 yrs.

[@misaelramos83]

I just drove from my hometown of Tulare all the way back up to my current home of Eureka California and the entire Central valley was 115°, peaking at 117° in the Sacramento valley. Completely unbearable and I can't see how agriculture as it has thus far can continue.

[@dmorgan5010]

I have a 7 phases and 3 phases each to solve this matter and I believe I can accomplish this project environment stabilization reboot project with the board members to over see operations my first area to attach is the coastal region of the west Pacific ocean after up and running other countries can follow by understand what time of the year the water current and jet stream is in the correct location for the project to work for them.

[@harleyrobles560]

I am here in Fresno it 115 today. I used live in Arcata I sure do miss the weather up there!!!

[@bobjones2041]

Tulare used to have a lake eons ago but nobody mentions that

[@misaelramos83]

@@bobjones2041 Not Eons, 150 years ago.

[@bobjones2041]

@@misaelramos83 it's long enough ago that not a single liberal Californian will pay reparations for their ancestors sins

[@freeheeler09]

We don’t yet talk about overpopulation. California has 40 million people, Texas has 26 million, the US has over 1/3rd billion and the world has 8 billion people. Simply put, there is not enough water or farmland or other natural resources to support much more than a billion people. The next few decades are going to be brutal!

[@canileaveitblank1476]

California was, originally, mostly desert. Now, maybe Mother Nature wants it back.

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

There is no climate crisis.

[@kevinkevin6806]

Follow the money

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Which one? They use an abnormal quantity of water; their yearly average consumption is only 1000 times the worlds average per person. For a fraction (9,166% less) of the global average price (one gallon for 0,03$ USA vs 1 gallon for 2,75$ World).

[@Healthytruth]

They are modifying the weather

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

yes humans are

[@humboldtdoomer866]

Californians still spend an insane amount of water to maintain grass lawns. do not feel bad for them.

[@sentientflower7891]

Most of California's water goes to agriculture and when that stops you aren't going to be able to afford to eat.

[@humboldtdoomer866]

@@sentientflower7891 except that i live on the north coast. water isnt a problem here, unless you dont like rain. i personally cant wait for the rest of california to run dry. the amount of water wasted in cities by people who believe water's source is the tap is insane and no one cares. if youve ever driven down the 5 and seen all the almond orchards, those are for export. we spend so much precious water, to export almonds. if califonia wont use water responsibly for their own, let it run dry.

[@sentientflower7891]

@@humboldtdoomer866 you live at a place with water adjacent to 40 million people who will soon lose their water supply. The future is going to be rough for you. As it should be. You have earned it.

[@humboldtdoomer866]

@@sentientflower7891 lol I don't think you realize how isolated we are. Of those 40 million, most will die waiting for the authorities to bring water to them. The few people smart enough to move for it will probably move to famil, . If they have family here they'll be welcome, anyone else will find it hard to find an in. Perhaps some of the north coast is more accessible, but it will never accommodate all of california.

[@sentientflower7891]

@@humboldtdoomer866 it doesn't have to accommodate 40 million nor even be known to 40 million, your abode need only accommodate 10,000 people and I can assure you that Californians have maps and cars and even remote places which have water will be overrun by new residents and you will have to accommodate them because they are going to be stressed, angry, desperate and armed.

[@allananderson6343]

California's water problems are the problem of California and its poor water management. NOT climate change. The world used to be a tropical jungle for crying out loud. With mega cities in the desert, poor water conservation practices, lack of energy for desalinization (due to 'green' energy initiatives) heavily water dependent (and often exotic) crops, combined with the fast tracking of water systems designed to drain areas as quickly as possible, this was always going to happen. Water is running out everywhere. There are too many people in the world, and many of our natural springs and river sources have been sold to coporations for bottling. This is the result of human ignorance/arrogance, and it's not going to change until something truly drastic happens.

[@bobjones2041]

Water isn't running out anywhere. Experts insist that warming will melt all glaciers and evaporate all fresh water and there will be nothing but clear skies year round and no more rain anywhere

[@PhoenixRiderII]

Earth population is getting close to 8 billions. The Earth is finite. The water is always there BUT it doesn't recycle fast enough to support our current system/way if life. Something has to give. Yes, the government must actively deal with this crisis.

[@bobjones2041]

@@PhoenixRiderII how do you get to decide what the best human population is? Native Americans, African tribes, Sunni and Shia were at each other's throats centuries prior to 1492, when there were nothing but lush forests everywhere, no hurricanes or tornadoes, only a few million timid people to share the Earths once plentiful bounties

[@PhoenixRiderII]

@@bobjones2041 Who said anything about who will decide...?!??

[@bobjones2041]

@@PhoenixRiderII you wrote that the human population is almost 8 billion. Why did you write that?

[@michaellalanae7228]

.dumping the water into the ocean and hiding behind regulation .

[@philippeplouchart8156]

More dusty days ahead, as in the 1930s.

[@williamressegue6758]

Yes farming uses water and a lot of water. So how much are you willing to pay to have your food and fiber trucked from 2000 miles away? So your going to use famers to solve the water problem while at the same time land owners, developers and builders cities and States will continue building more houses, apartments and condo's. Why isn't one of the solutions to the water problem a building moratorium . Why is what for people still so cheap after all the infrastructure for potable water is far more complex and expensive than water for irrigation . Sounds like you don't like farmers and Ranchers but who was here first and why? Do you really want to turn the Southwest into wall to wall people? So if we need water so badly why aren't there more desalination plants along the ocean? And why with all the flooding that comes every spring down the Missouri and Mississippi river every year some of that water isn't being channeled to the Southwest ? And again where is the building moratorium ? And by the way who really owns the water they have all been using?

[@user-cz2jq1fe6m]

Why is recreational boating allowed on a potable-water source when they are apparently in very short supply? Seems kind of silly to me.

[@bobjones2041]

Fossil fuels fossil fuels

[@philipbowles1835]

the water in those reservoirs needs to be treated regardless. Bating doesn't cause much pollution now that 2-stroke motors are no longer used

[@zenobiaw831]

I wonder why I can purchase bottled water from Mt./Lake Shasta while California is constantly insisting that my state (Washington), Oregon an B.C. reroute a portion of the Columbia down there? It makes very little sense. The bottled water industry is another thing that needs to go in California. That is just as absurd as selling alfalfa to Saudi Arabia.

[@derekeimer7758]

Refreshing, sparkling, bottled water from the Willamette River, Portland, Or. Get a six pack, or two.....

[@zenobiaw831]

@@derekeimer7758 The Kirkland (Costco) brand is bottled around Seattle. I feel much better about purchasing that if I have to. Portland would be fine too. These places are among the most water secure in the west. And we know Washington and Oregon have high standards compared to the majority of the U.S.

[@derekeimer7758]

@@zenobiaw831 Well, I would agree, just please NOT from the Willamette, yuck!! It reminds me of the old 'SWILL' commercial from Sat. Night live, LOL!!! bottled straight from Lake Michigan

[@zenobiaw831]

@@derekeimer7758 I didn't know it was that bad, but I suppose you'd be hard pressed to find a clean major river these days. I assume they have ways of cleaning it for culinary purposes.

[@derekeimer7758]

@@zenobiaw831 Every time there is a hard rain, sewage comes down the Willamette, it is a disgusting river... Just knowing what all ends up in that river..... wouldn't matter to me how many times they filtered it.... But now that I think about it, IF the water has always been on this planet... There's probably cave man and dino pee in it too!!! EEEKS!!!

[@simplethings3730]

When I started watching I figured I'd watch about 10 minutes and then move on. 45 minutes later I was thinking it was ending too soon. FANTASTIC video. I have 900 watts of off grid solar. Here in Central Texas it came in handy in February of 2021 when our world fell apart. We are at half our normal rain fall this year and only because our usually dry month of August has been freakishly cool and wet. Stay safe out there in California.

[@b_uppy]

Aqueducts and desalination plants are expensive and frankly a destructive approach. It is vulnerable, brittle, and fails to address concurrent problems. You end up using a ton of electricity to pump water in the aquifers, as well as desalinating water. It would increase brownouts. The better approach is the prevent collecting too much water at dams in the first place. It is better to do smaller, decentralized, water-harvesting earthworks/techniques starting in the foothills, and continue thru to cities. These would include keylining, check dams, bunds, swales, gully repair, planting pits etc. More bioswales with curbcuts to feed street runoff into them is a start in urban areas, as well as encouraging the purchase of cisterns, using greywater for watering lawns and trees, as well as using roof runoff for water, flushing etc. Decentralized efforts can reduce fire danger, flooding, lessen drought impacts. Bioswales planted with trees can reduce heat island effects, allow pavement to last longer. By passively using rainwater in bioswales, reusing greywater and roofwater you can reduce the amount of electricity used to irrigate and reduce the chance of brownouts. Keeping landscaping hydrated this way also keeps the soil biota hydrated and allows water too seep better into the soil instead of running off. Overall using rainwater harvesting techniques/earthworks recharges aquifers and surface water in a positive downstream effect. Brad Lancaster has YT videos and books on the subject. Lots of water falls there, even during droughts but it is squandered. Back up and reassess where you look for problems/solutions... Farming and ranching could be done much better. 'Sustainable ag' is a greenwashing term to sell more products to farmers and ranchers rather than solve deep ag problems. Restorative ag techniques work much better and for less while producing more food.

[@simplethings3730]

@@b_uppy I agree with some of this but not all. You still need lake Mead and lake Powell for electricity and as a main water supply. They are not going to pay for the infrastructure to send water to urban areas from dozens of smaller catchments. Also decentralized water catchment increases loss from evaporation which may not be that bad if the water comes back down as rain. I don't know. It would certainly be useful to contain water if and when there is an overabundance but if there isn't enough falling from the sky to supply demand then desalination would be necessary to make up the difference. As for brown outs doing away with Hoover dam isn't a good idea. Encouraging solar and wind generation is. I have 900 watts of off grid solar that I have built up over the years and hope to be independent from the grid some day. This should be encouraged not regulated against. The county I live in here in Texas is putting up a lot of wind generators in spite of Greg Abbott's best efforts to sabotage the plan. He even lied about them being the cause of the power outage we had in 2021. Ignoring climate change isn't going to make it go away and delaying mitigation is going to be far more expensive in the long run. Maybe more than we can afford to pay.

[@b_uppy]

@@simplethings3730 What I am suggesting will still recharge the lakes but you will also rehydrate the land instead of losing it to watershed and evaporation at the wrong times. They've shown repeatedly in Ethiopia, India, Australia, Tucson, etc that this works in an all-positive way. *The water seeps in there recharging the watertables and aquifers.* It's the point that they're stopping the need for gridded aqueducts systems. You're greatly reducing centralized gridded water systems. You're benefitting wildlife as well. You really need to take a deep dive into how decentralizing water is done and the benefits it creates. It's a way to create equity without the goofiness.

[@3DLasers]

900 Watts ? I’ve only got 500 Watt’s that we got from President Trump. Hey, you wouldn’t know where I can get a Colt AR-15 would you, I can clear the FBI Check. Joe Biden has been screaming BUY AMERICAN, BUY AMERICAN but my money doesn’t seem to be any good out here… 🇺🇸

[@b_uppy]

@@3DLasers Lol. All the complaints about Trump being a force of disunity and then here comes Biden's speech the other night...

[@anthonyenosis1]

i like this special. the first time i have seen broadcast tv talk about the effects of planting tress for effect of evapo-transperation and replenishing the ground water. would like to see more about how industry (ag) is allowed cart blanch rights to extract that water for free and ship it (as goods/products) around the world, yet individual residents are charged enormously or pledged into water poverty, with no running water while living next to (and working at) a green farm that feeds China or some other far flung land.

[@klayvonisme]

It’s a crime. Follow the money! Thanks for your valuable comment!

[@dmorgan5010]

Trees are at the end of my phases of operations trees don't grow on desert cap rock #2 the water just runs off to plant you will need desert type trees and they grow well when water is in the atmosphere trees even build up the medium needed to remain growing if they live long enough to build up the leaves around them lots of trees provide the leaves from blowing away a few trees just die and create silt in the creek

[@yuppers1]

Yup. There's a video on here called 40+ ton California Corn that shows 12+ foot corn stalks being grown (according to the poster) with flood irrigation. It's grown monocrop-style in massive fields for silage (livestock food) which will feed cows we're shipping out of the country. This video is showing just fruits and vegetables being grown but the big water waster is this stuff.

[@cagrowin1962]

Do you like food ?

[@cagrowin1962]

@@yuppers1 the 40 ton corn you are speaking of is for milk. And thats it. Milk. And the majority of it stays in the country. City folk need more education.

[@ChiefToad]

Just think of how many water projects could have been completed for the cost of one bullet train to nowhere. The estimated cost of completing that boondoggle is currently over $100 Billion dollars. 🤡🌎

[@Thegooblygoo]

Around 32:30* "I don't think farmers should waste water on crops that don't matter.... I just bought an estate in Los Angeles and I think I should be able to grow grass in my yard." The hypocrisy is strong with this one. What a bassturd.

[@thinmizzy365]

Actual Title: California's Leadership Problem.

[@vancelacarte6563]

First guy says its "one of the worst droughts he has ever seen", leads me to question how many others he has seen, where were the others he has seen, and how severe were they?

[@southernbreeze3278]

It's called a drought, they happen from time to time - it will end soon, be forgotten and the global warming crowd will find something else to spread panic over

[@southernbreeze3278]

@@roberthunt1540 your comment reminds me biden said, if you get the vax you won't get covid

[@donkanis6141]

The last time CO2 levels were this high was during the Pliocene era. During that time there were palm trees in Antartica. "global warming is a hoax and windmills cause cancer". Thats a quote from our brilliant President Donald Trump 2020

[@southernbreeze3278]

@@donkanis6141 If it's not a hoax or scam why do al gore and barry own tens of $millions in oceanfront property?

[@bobd251]

@@roberthunt1540 And when Biden said the vaccinations were safe and effective 😂

[@geneconroy7795]

Build 5 to 7 Desalination Plants along the coasts, droughts would be over. Enough said.

[@finn6988]

"The definition of a hot drought, is a drought where temperatures are above average." That reminds me so much of John Cleese's theory of brontosauruses. :O)

[@marinaclarasanchezsuarez2905]

lol

[@comfortouch]

The problem is, there's a bunch of dummies out there that need this explained to them because otherwise they would be 'left wondering' and 'be confused' as to what it meant.

[@jeremyhill2243]

I think the fish are receiving priority treatment over us.

[@t.r.campbell6585]

We have to understand that basically California is a desert state. They are one of the only states in the nation that has a, ‘fire season.” California has millions of people who are draining the reservoirs and the rivers in that state and leading to that state due to water consumption. The good news is that tens of thousands of people are fleeing California, moving away because of variety of issues and are moving to more tax friendly states.

[@b_uppy]

Aqueducts and desalination plants are the most expensive and frankly destructive approach. It is vulnerable, brittle, and fails to address concurrent problems. It ends up using a ton of electricity to pump water in the aquifers, as well as desalinating water. It would increase brownouts. The better approach is the prevent collecting too much water at dams in the first place. It is better to do smaller, decentralized, water-harvesting earthworks/techniques starting in the foothills, and continue thru to cities. These would include keylining, check dams, bunds, swales, gully repair, planting pits etc. More bioswales with curbcuts to feed street runoff into them is a start in urban areas, as well as encouraging the purchase of cisterns, using greywater for watering lawns and trees, as well as using roof runoff for water, flushing etc. Decentralized efforts can reduce fire danger, flooding, lessen drought impacts. Bioswales planted with trees can reduce heat island effects, allow pavement to last longer. By passively using rainwater in bioswales, reusing greywater and roofwater you can reduce the amount of electricity used to irrigate and reduce the chance of brownouts. Keeping landscaping hydrated this way also keeps the soil biota hydrated and allows water too seep better into the soil instead of running off. Overall using rainwater harvesting techniques/earthworks recharges aquifers and surface water in a positive downstream effect. Brad Lancaster has YT videos and books on the subject. Better farming and ranching techniques are important as well. Restorative techniques out there that would beat the heck out of the greenwashed, so called 'sustainable' ag techniques... Lots of water falls in SO California, even during droughts but as you said, it is squandered. You need to back up at where you look for solutions...

[@calisingh7978]

@@b_uppy Saudi Arabia a third world country says different

[@b_uppy]

@Cali Singh Saudi Arabia is creating more problems than it is solving. You might as well mention that China disagrees with me as well. Both (as well as many corporate/conglomerate farms and ranches are employing the same bad ag methods. Same general bad water practices, etc. Temporary perceptions of wealth and trying to buy one's way out of a long term problem is folly. It is avoiding key issues that could be solved through more durable means. Saudi Arabia, China and ourselves would do well to use decentralized rainwater solutions as well. Btw both Saudi Arabia and China buy land here to grow crops for *there... and uses water here wastefully.* Saudi and the US are depleting aquifers, and China is in a horrible drought currently. *Note is that India, the African Sahel, and even permaculturists in the US and Australia are using decentralized water harvesting and restorative ag practices to great effect. *

[@willisswenson3843]

We know. We just pray they aren’t stupid enough to keep voting democrat. But, alas, there’s only a small chance of that. Woe is me.

[@mostlyorchids]

Our fire season is due to poor forest management as well as climate change because indigenous tribes managed the forest with controlled burns but that stopped after colonization, which has led to massive amounts of tinder building up in CA forests.

[@billbryce2538]

Does anyone have any data on how much evaporation there is from open canals? Got to be lots lost there.

[@LK-pc4sq]

The Penman formula for the evaporation rate from a lake is simplified to the following: E 0 = 700 T m / ( 100 − A ) + 15 ( T − T d ) ( 80 − T ) ( mm day − 1 ) where Tm = T + 0.006h, h is the elevation (metres), T is the mean temperature, A is the latitude (degrees) and Td is the mean dew-point.

[@benbrown8258]

I'm confounded. Living in the Great Lakes, but in New Mexico for a forum some 15 years ago, I mentioned my region was promoting water saving devices. At least two people from that region all but swore at me for giving up my farm's 'water rights' permanently. If you don't use it you will lose it was their explanation. From where I stand at this moment it seems the truth is, if you use it you will lose it. Consider, grass, we have culturally made it a requirement of being civilized and of the right type of place to be. Grass lawns did not exist before 1600's Europe. Thomas Jefferson did not remotely have a grass lawn even in the 1800's. Lawns are not necessary for human survival even if plants are. They are not even icing on the cake. We (including financial institutions) have been encouraged to force the environment to serve us without regard to its own vitality, taking it to its tipping point paralleling just in time manufacturing. Non human living systems like ecosystems don't operate that way and its an ill fit. They operate more like a massive flywheel moving the direction we pull them in with great inertia. If we make a mistake, there is no simple stopping the spinning... Ecosystems should be given first, not last, priority in economic decisions. Even though situated in the Great Lakes basin, the growing beds and orchard on our mini-farm rely 90% of the time on just controlled released rainwater (60% water reduction over conventional water practices, estimated 95% total municipal water reduction comparison.) In the home, we use water conserving showerheads and mist showers with between 1-2 gallons consumption per mist shower. (Mist shower based on NASA rather than commercial mist shower.) My local college uses waterless urinals and we are researching waterless on site collection as well. Post cooking liquids are frequently reused for stock or otherwise used to keep the compost site moist. Our paved drive/pads use split design to capture rainwater. What lawn we have is in orchard/vineyard space and while fruit plants are watered, the legumes are not. A majority of the plant varieties are either native or water frugal. IF food production is more important than tradition AND we've learned disrupting natural systems is not as sustainable as working with natural systems (despite what banks and corporations will encourage) my suggestion is we may want to consider changing what we are doing or where we are doing it at. I wonder how many millions of acres of lawns and gallons of swimming pool water there are in the US? Hearing about things as simple as covering the aquaducts with solar panels is encouraging...

[@strat5395]

Funny, I stopped watering my lawn back in 2008, knowing were already in a drought. The city code enforcement tagged me for my weeds, and after a fight with them almost 8 months long, they threatened me with jail. I won the fight. They can't step on my constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Remember this, "One mans weed is another mans flower".

[@yuppers1]

True. Though the report says 80% of the water produced in California is used by agriculture. And it's not just fruits and veggies. There's a video on here called 40+ ton California Corn that shows 12+ foot corn stalks being grown (according to the poster) with flood irrigation. It's grown monocrop-style in massive fields for silage (livestock food) which will feed cows we're shipping out of the country. This video is showing just fruits and vegetables being grown but the big water waster is this stuff.

[@bobjones2041]

Lawns don't retain water. Weeds do, forests do.

[@strat5395]

@@bobjones2041 And pulling up to my house as I got home from work just now, seeing how little growth I have had on my weeded yard that I hadn't mowed for a month, it should be 2-3 feet tall, but with our current drought out west, I'm in Denver, it's 8-10 inches at best. And pulling CO2 out of out over polluted air, hey, every bit helps. Can't see the Rocky Mountains today, but at least I got to see them as they may have been in the 1600's when we were in lockdown from covid and no one was driving. What a majestic site it was.

[@bobjones2041]

@@strat5395 the slightest bit of rain here in the Blue Ridge will cause an uncultivated patch of lawn to explode in every direction with impenetrable weeds. My sunflowers outgrow everything at about 6 inches per week. These weeds choke out anything suitable for human consumption and they retain a lot of water. Ground hogs, rodents find refuge in there, Asian tiger mosquitoes are everywhere, too. Bermuda grass is still greenish but patchy and stopped growing If giving rain water back to the skies and to people who deserve it more is the goal, i would argue that grass does a way better job of that

[@billykuan]

We are at the part where nothing we do will catch us up and every year a new record. Enjoy your rights, 30 years in the making.

[@mikeraccooneyes4509]

As the Vice-Chair of the United Urban Warrior Society a 501(c)3 Native American non-profit, we thank you for sharing all of the work and advocacy that Chief Caleen Sisk and her Nation of the Winnemem Wintu are doing to save the Chinook Salmon from extinction. UUWS-California Chapter definitely are opposed and do not support the proposed eco-rape of the Sacramento delta of sending water to Southern California!!

[@daver00lzd00d]

Chinook salmon will not go extinct due to this situation in California, there are tons of them in Lake Ontario on the other side of the country above NY

[@D1090-s6s]

If you put an ad halfway through a video i no longer have an interest in watching the rest Future refference

[@bugzy510_]

This was REALLY good & very informative 👏 bravo 👏

[@kennywagnon2944]

He who controls the weather . Controls the human race. And I control the weather and disasters. Enjoy. How about more CME.

[@Cherrytea558]

Some crazy and non-sensical uses of water happening in the South-West. I love the story with the Salmon but unfortunately it's a small chapter in a grim novel.

[@strat5395]

Very grim indeed

[@RobertMJohnson]

nothing that can't be solved

[@shepherdsknoll]

There’s plenty of water in California for human consumption but 80% of California’s water goes to agriculture. Here’s the kicker; only 3% of California’s GDP comes from agriculture. What consumes the most water - alfalfa that goes to feed dairy and beef cattle. What crops consume a lot of water : California rice, tomatoes and fruit. Water ought to very expensive for any of these crops. You can get great beef and dairy from areas of the US that have lots of water for agriculture. Growing rice is senseless, Southeast Asia can grow it cheaper and it sells for less in the store. Ever had tomatoes or onions from the Midwest- they run circles around California produce in taste.

[@levmoses742]

Really good segment. Should be easier to digest for those to traumatized to look. Meanwhile: “California “style” vs CA “friendly” is part of the problem. Green lawns, golf courses, towns built up in 🌵 deserts… People still planting and watering lawns today in total denial.

[@lyudmilamaduell6449]

The problem is not a climate, which the most rely on sun activity:) The problem is “too many people”

[@kevinkevin6806]

It’s called a drought! It happens every few decades

[@sentientflower7891]

No. Listen more carefully.

[@kevinkevin6806]

@@sentientflower7891 you listen

[@jamezbrian4135]

Here in MI we got all kind of water.

[@dannybrooks2784]

Having lived in California most of my life I noticed Fresno has got underground water storage we need more of that in California for some reason they just let it run into the sea.

[@dannybrooks2784]

@@imd1b4u no I was thinking of the underground man-made water storage facilities close to the Costco closer to Clovis actually.

[@zzzzzz4556]

Why do we hate on desalinization so much?? Why not just come up with ways to make it safer for the environment? Its not like we have a lot of options..

[@crazyeightsable]

I feel bad for those living in california.those of us in west virginia have had the oppsoite problem..it's been monsoon season.It's rained over 2 feet here this summer.There's been some serious flooding.If I had the power to do so I'd send the excess water out west.It's been crazy.It's either feast or famine.

[@anthonyenosis1]

dont feel bad. We, those who care, know how to increase moisture and how we jacked up the state. There is less known about how to divert monsoons away from a region... our solution is to plant more trees...idk for you maybe cut down some trees?

[@crazyeightsable]

@@anthonyenosis1 true.

[@dmorgan5010]

I lived in east Tennessee and I think 98 that was the year it flooded I think it has been a while since I was there but people don't need to build in flooded low level ground now it's very nice there after the flood they didn't allow anyone to build back around the river now it's cleaner than it was when I was living there. Lots of people have septic system running into the river just hidden. It's better than ever before in my life time so in stead what I am saying is if you live near the river you might should reconsider because to restabilize the environment it's going to be flood more than ever before.

[@indianastan]

And to think. They can sell their one house 🏠 in California and buy up a whole block in WV.🤓

[@cbrashsorensen]

Not feast or famine but climate change?

[@remlatzargonix1329]

Maybe it is time to setup massive desalination plants on the coast....so that LA, SF, SD, and so on will be ensured of running drinkable water.

[@tuckerbugeater]

time to drink bill gates poo water

[@philippeplouchart8156]

Yes, desalination is overdue. If Israël can do it, so can California, a rich state.

[@JeffreyAllanBackowski]

Or we could stop dumping 70% of our fresh water into the Ocean?

[@yn5568]

Building more reservoirs with the money we already dump to pay consultants and corrupt water board supervisors would be much cheaper

[@RM360CR]

desalination needs massive amounts of energy and the toxic brine left over kills the micro life in the oceans which are the base for having a healthy oceans this is a well known fact and probably the reason why this has not been done yet.... imagine a city like los angeles of 14 millions or bay area realsing this toxic brine day in and day out I mean seriously you have one mess only fix it with a different mess.... this logic is why the US is heading down the toilet.

[@johnwonder8720]

California had a budget surplus of 15 billion last year. Start building desalination plants . They say the oceans are rising with climate change. Use that ocean water. It means people in California will pay more for water but so be it .

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

What makes no sense is the fact that the price is already too cheap. It's 0,03$/gal and the world avg is 2,75$/gal (Canada is 2,45$/gal). Think logically if it was expensive prior to this, people would have not used as much.

[@laurie113]

Than don’t grow Almonds? It’s a start

[@alanaustin9594]

Just one example of poor water use, is, growing alfalfa in the desert,and shipping it to China and Saudi Arabia. One of the farmers on this report was showing water flowing across a hay. Flood irrigation is the most extravagant use of irrigation water There are many states east of the Mississippi where people food and animal forage can be grown profitably and environmentally sound.

[@hhwippedcream]

Perched: Trapping, sending and keeping water as high up in the watershed as long as possible - a solution to replenish local aquifers and watersheds

[@hhwippedcream]

Rewilding cannot be a retread of conservation past - active management has been present in the state since people have lived here.... that is at least 13K years - during which "wild native vegetation" communities were interacted with by humans....

[@nicoleklover]

Unless the air is too thirsty

[@hhwippedcream]

@@nicoleklover yep, I guess if you moved the water to fully exposed non-vegetated, unshadeable reservoirs. The wind is thirsty but it can only drink if it has access to exposed surface water and mal adapted species.

[@hhwippedcream]

@@nicoleklover Thanks for pointing this out as well.... so many people don't get that impoundment is not the end of the story.... it is merely a purgatory.

[@frankyflowers]

they want stupid fish to swim uphill.

[@occamsrazor7939]

The climate has been changing before humans came along

[@jaimetorres3113]

California should be primarily used for growing food for human consumption, given the limited areas in the USA suitable for this year round. Furthermore, the produce grown should be heat and drought resistant and should NOT require large amounts of water. Growing water intensive crops like alfalfa and rice is a foolish use of limited water supply and land. The federal government needs to step in and disincentivize illogical practices that continue in California. Lastly, California can not accomodate its population. We need to stop people moving to the drought stricken southwest now or they will be forced to move in the next decade when drought conditions worsen.

[@johnpacker1]

How come no mention of desal optons?

[@RooseveltTruong]

Don’t worry. The sea level will rise then California won’t be in a drought.

[@sentientflower7891]

The sea level is rising but when the Pacific ocean takes the Sacramento delta you aren't going to eat.

[@johnmahan172]

@@sentientflower7891 Ya sure, that's why all these wealthy climate hypocrites have so much beachfront property. I can tell they are really concerned when they own 30 gas eaters, fly around in their private jets and sail the seas in their yachts ..I'm sure they really believe in man made global warming...Do as I say not as I do🦄🐑

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Don't worry no one will be living there anymore as there will be an inlet sea where LA is right now

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Why no mention of Southern California sucking the water out of Northern California? Or wastes like golf courses or huge lawns that benefit a very few? Following the advice of the experts got us to where we are. What will be the result of listening to them some more.

[@strat5395]

So, green lawns were mentioned twice during this "Special report". One said his rights are to have a green lawn because he bought a house in LA, and the farmer shouldn't have his water, and another was mentioned on how gray water can help keep lawns green. How stupid of a species can we be if we can't understand how serious an issue both the drought and climate change, both go hand in hand, are to the survival of not just our species, but all species. We're running out of water all over the world. And the changes are happening faster than predicted. I feel so sad for those being born into such a world today. And how can anyone from California forget Don Henley from the Eagles saying "We have mortgaged our future for gain and greed". And the comment below about "some stupid fish" shows how clueless some are and reflects how true Don Henley's comment from almost 40 years holds true today.

[@strat5395]

@@Think-dont-believe You can look up what desalination processes there are. Yes, one is very toxic, But I hope this news documentary gets you to think on the right track with out a knee jerk reaction, advocate for a change for the better and to speak up, speak out and get involved.

[@kayakMike1000]

Almost certainly a result of climate change? Where is your evidence for this hypothesis? What was your methodology for attributing climate change to this drought?

[@RUBBERNUGG3T]

Maybe living in a desert isn't sustainable?

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Well it can be sustainable if they used a normal quantity but their average consumption yearly is only 1000 times the worlds average. For a fraction (9,166% less) of the global average price (one gallon for 0,03$ USA vs 1 gallon for 2,75$ World)

[@VinayTruth]

1. Overpopulation ( Do not give citizenship to foreigners) 2. One child policy 3. Banning pet dogs & Cats ( they consume lot of meat) 4. Heavy taxing on meat. Only the rich should afford meat as most of the water goes to meat production. 5. Raising cattle for their manure to increase soil fertility ( forget about methane) 6. No softdrinks production in the country. No food exports. 7. Decrease obesity by raising all taxes. People must have less money to eat so they eat less and work hard.

[@1ApeinSpace]

Lets start by eliminating the use of potable water for these golf clubs, parks and the strip between the curb and sidewalks, not all the signs you see saying "recycled water are true". Lets start installing desalination plants before its to late.

[@sentientflower7891]

It is already too late. Begin your migration planning for implementation no later than 2030.

[@roberthicks1612]

But... but... but... then the elite would have to suffer.😄🙃🤣😂

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Just use the normal global average consumption on the planet of 2000 gal person per year at a normal rate of 2,50$/gal. Instead of 20440 gal per pers./yr at 0,03$/gal

[@1ApeinSpace]

@@robert-antoinedenault5901 For starters Robert, the average per person usage is 150 gpd (gallons per day) which comes to 54,759 gallons per person per year. And the average cost paid per gallon is normally less than $00.02 per gallon from a public water system. This usage does not include water for fire protection that systems are required to provide.

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

@@1ApeinSpace Right there you explained the problem. If your price is only 0,02$/gal and the world average is 2,75$/gallon; people will end up using more as the price is cheap. Augment the price to 2$/gal and limit the consumption to 4500 gallon (far more than the worlds avg) instead of 54,759 gal. You'll be surprised how long you will have reserves for after implementing these policies. And the profit from this sell will permit new infrastructure to be built and ease to fix the one already in place and offer incentives (credits, loans,...) to farms and homeowners to renovate their own water infrastructures to reduce usage.

[@Macncheesee]

When everyone is thirsty, the liberals will reap what the sow

[@williamdriver2883]

Yes, we are in a drought and this is a very dry region with a large population. But the lack of water is because Environmentalists stop all infrastructure projects that would bring us fresh water from desalination or the capture of additional water. All residential water usage in California is only 10%, that includes all residential homes pools and lawns. So if we cut water usage to residents by half we would only save 5% which is not enough. Environmentalists need to step aside and allow California the ability to desalinate water from the Coast and capture and save more water.

[@RJL612]

That might hurt the fishies though! Good luck, eco warriors are the worst.

[@Dr_Manhattan_Phd]

If it was that easy, there would be a ton more desalination plants all over the world. One, it's very energy intensive. Desalination plants require a lot of power which makes the water very expensive. Two, the plant itself is prohibitively expensive. The biggest plant in the Western Hemisphere is in San Diego and cost almost $1 billion dollars. It supplies only 10% of all of the drinkable water in the city or enough for 400,000 people (there are 10M people in LA). Three, sea life. The "waste" from treating the water is concentrated brine. Concentrated brine has been shown to kill sea life including plankton. If plankton dies, so does every single living creature in the ocean and that's not something we want.

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Explain this to me...Why is that region using more water than any other nation on the globe and only charging 9000% less than the global average? Even Canada (not as hot; so uses less) charges 4,900 times more than California. California avg per person is 20,440gal/year at 613$/yr and Canada 1611gal per year at 650$/yr. Now this is the problem your consumption (216 trillion gallons) is the highest on the globe right now (even China consumes less 362 trillion gallons for a population that is almost 5 times yours) learn to use only 25% of your present use and you will see a difference but you will still be the highest. If you want to reach global average levels you should consume no more than 2000 gal per year per person(that's 10% of your present usage)

[@desi4lyfe379]

There are some out there who wants to push desalination which will increase the water prices by 5 folds & eventually water will turn into commodity.