The Real Reason Lake Mead's Water Levels are Rising

Lake Mead is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States. In 2022, it dropped to record low levels, and nearly reached dead-pool status. But today, the reservoir's condition is very different. Water Levels are rising, and snowpack on the Colorado River is reaching record high levels. Therefore, what does the future hold for Lake Mead, and how will rising water levels affect the future of this reservoir?
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[@kurtp8833]

Let's see...more rain and increasing snowpack can result in the water level rising. Brilliant!

[@ThomasStuart]

you saved me 8 minutes even though I kinda figured :D

[@TheLittlered1961]

And CA was going to have a dry winter, Brilliant. Like we can trust any of the predictions coming out of the government agencies?

[@edwardtobiasen3386]

Nope, all the lakes need to make a bottom, and that will use around half of the surplus water coming down.

[@VICSWEB1]

that took 8 painful minutes. LOL

[@rainmaker3700]

Facts!!

[@everydaysql3832]

This video HAS reached Deadpool status.

[@jeffrippe6559]

Welp, I wonder if Lake Mead has been close to Deadpool status in the recent years? You’d think they would address the Deadpool question in this video…. I just had to say something to recognize you comment. I just about sent a mouthful of soda headed straight towards my wife when I read that comment! Hilarious. 😂

[@mondavou9408]

Best Comment!

[@IvanJeta]

Drinking game right there... xD

[@twinkietwinkerton7514]

He’s awesome

[@grizz1108]

Right?

[@sebastiandorian9421]

The state of Nevada only uses 1% of its allocated share of water from lake mead. The southern Nevada water authority has been able to recapture, recycle and reuse 98% of the water we pull out of Lake mead. We are definitely not the problem. We are currently the only state that has been able to conserve such a high amount of water.

[@stick004]

@Maria CANCER , why are you posted this as a reply. The OP didn’t make this video. This smells like a scam a mile away.

[@gens0kyo]

W.

[@shelbyfredrickson1384]

Yeah,,, tell that to alll the people in Las Vegas who have grass lawns...

[@breft3416]

Ask the northern Nevadans about that.

[@Steve_Reject]

@@shelbyfredrickson1384 there aren’t very many homes with those anymore. Been here 32 years and it’s way different now.

[@jimjam2024]

I have a question. Has Lake Mead almost reached dead pool status?

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

😂

[@dethray1000]

lake mead will never reach dead pool--only if the colorado river went dry--this dead pool is 100 percent nonsense,media drama

[@shanghaitriad99]

😅

[@ThatOpalGuy]

it will when ryan reynolds takes a swim.

[@tommurphy4307]

find a private spot on the lake and start peeing to do your share....

[@TrendyStone]

California, the state that lectures the other 49, but makes the worst decisions.

[@jjgreek1]

We don’t lecture anyone…is that what Fox News tells you? California is banning lawns…Arizona is building millions of with huge homes with lawns in he desert. Now hush up or we’ll cut off your subsidies. We’ll also cut off your fruits and vegetables…Enough with your jealousies

[@terryperrott8567]

I agree 💯

[@davidsnow791]

Here is the thing California more than likely pays your states bills, with the exception of Texas the rest of the red states are welfare states…more than likely your state 😂

[@brucearterbury1856]

Remember, every city on every river treats river water, uses it, treats it again before releasing it downstream to the next city… except coastal cities. I. E. LA, California.

[@TrendyStone]

@@brucearterbury1856 The point is 5 states share the reservoir…but only California refuses to reduce the amount of water it takes.

[@soinicx2]

Take a drink whenever he says deadpool status

[@picklerix6162]

Hi Bob

[@thebluetarp]

this Bob did, drunk now

[@theabristlebroom4378]

Especially when he NEVER defines it. SMDH

[@nekbiodieselworks]

No, I don’t want alcohol poisoning

[@ThatOpalGuy]

I'm wade wilson, and I approve this message.

[@peggyfa]

I have watched your KZbin every day since the fire in Lahaina. In my opinion, you are an angel here on earth. I'm not kidding. I'm 69, and going to Hawaii is on my bucket list. My grandmother told me that of all her travels, Maui was the most beautiful island of all. I am devastated about this tragedy and want to say God Bless You, your sons, and wife for what you are graciously doing for your neighbors. I know people may say rude things, but your honor shines shrough.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

When a video with the pretentious phrase of "The Real Reason" in the title claims to explain something it is almost a given the video will come up short. The video does use good graphics to explain the circumstances of Lake Mead, but ends coming short on a lot of details. At the beginning of the video the narrator stated that Lake Mead had fallen so much in 2022 that was at almost at Dead Pool status. Lake Mead dropped to 1040' as stated at another point, but that is still 145' above dead pool (which is 895') and 90' above Minimum Power Pool. So how is 145' from Dead Pool ""almost dead pool? That is a vague statement totally lacking any attribution in this video. And that latter term, Minimum Power Pool, was not even mentioned in this video. In addition later in the video the narrator said that Lake Mead dropped to a record low because of high water use, but the video says nothing about the extreme drought affecting the region which was a second big reason for the record low level Lake Mead reached in 2022. And there is still another reason why Lake Mead dropped as low as it did and that had to do with Colorado snow pack. Colorado actually had a normal snow pack in 2022, but because of a warmer than normal temperature in late winter much of the snow sublimated!! In other words much of the snow evaporated away because of warm dry weather and never reached the river channel. What water run off from the snow pack that did make into the river channel was absorbed by the dry river bed. Consequently, a much smaller percentage of snow melt reached either of the two main reservoirs downstream. This video was also repetative in repeating the same facts several times which indicates that narrative was poorly written as well as lacking explanation for statements made.

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

❤

[@mrwess1927]

@@Christopher-qq4dl SHALLOW AND PEDANTIC!

[@JamieTheSassenachLass]

Remind me to never read your comments while high. 😵‍💫🤣

[@gbg2003]

Great summary! The graphics were good, but the facts were lacking. And as you point out, while Lake Mead was dropping drastically, it wasn't near dead pool as was mentioned several times.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@gbg2003 Thanks for responding. The southwest was fortunate to catch a break with the heavy precipitation over the winter. But it is likely only a temporary reprieve. Stay well!

[@eugenebeck6593]

If you took a drink every time they say "dead pool status" you would be hammered.

[@stampede251]

Let's try to depress people further than they are already by minimizing the effect of the largest, best snow pack in recent history.

[@Prolificposter]

How much of that will California waste while telling other states it won’t cooperate? Will it flush millions of gallons into the ocean to preserve a fish or some other nonsense?

[@drrexol]

CA democrats pray for drought and big fires

[@peteparker7396]

After 20 years of drought one good snow pack isn’t going to help. Every square mile between lake mead and the hugest mountain it comes from is dry. That soil will soak up a huge amount of the snow just to try and fill up the soil profile. It will take years and years of it to improve. That’s the truth of the matter.

[@bid84]

@@peteparker7396 Very true Pete,

[@drrexol]

@@peteparker7396 How much water has CA released out of the dams this winter

[@DavidVanHelden1]

Wow !... who would have thunk that rain and snow could make a lake rise.......

[@deliciousfoodranger]

Wow,,nice lake..beautiful nature

[@debsweetcakes6594]

​@@mariacancerris❤

[@richb2229]

It’s always been a water usage problem not a supply problem.

[@grantmccoy6739]

It is the American desert though. Low water supply is it's defining characteristic.

[@marshallsmith8010]

Same old story, conservation is for “Thee not for Me”.How many of us moved here and expected to have the same broad leaf forests that we had in the Midwest? The nurseries were happy to accommodate us.

[@83btm]

@@grantmccoy6739 Your use of the word "though" suggests you have an argument that disagrees with the OP...and you don't have that.

[@badawesome]

Most of the water is used for irrigation, not watering lawns. So if you want your vegetable prices even higher, just cut off the water to California.

[@83btm]

@@badawesome Watering lawns _is a form_ of irrigation. People don't rely on CA to feed them to the extent you think they do, and we'd all do just fine without desert-grown almonds.

[@clarestucki5151]

I'm guessing the reason the lake is rising is because more water is coming in than is going out. Wow, I must be a hydrologic engineer.

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

This is a wonderful reprieve! The only downside is the encouragement it gives climate change deniers who base their opinions on a narrow focus on what the weather is doing this year, or this season, or even just today.

[@pcmountaindog]

I live in the Utah mountains. We have 4 times the snow we had last year. Flaming Gorge will fill this summer then they will need to spill down into Powell. Lake Powell will go up 45 - 50 feet by this summer. They have bought themselves at least 3 more years to build golf coerces. Long term the problem is still here but for then next 3 years the emergency is over and it's back to wasting water like in the past.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

golf courses?

[@tommurphy4307]

gotta go and wash my car and water my tangerines and cannabis

[@amiedavis5257]

I predict serious flooding this summer. The Rockies here in Colorado are still getting snow.

[@Scepticalasfuk]

Good time to sell property there, don't wait until the next drought. A lot of property will lose a lot of value when they hit dead pool.

[@keinlieb3818]

CA is supposed to be the most environmentally friendly state out of all the states in the south west yet it's the only one not will to reduce water usage.

[@darrenlane6316]

California needs to get it's house in order.

[@jab2able]

This narrator used the term “ Dead pool status “ multiple times but never once told the viewers what in the hell Dead pool status is. Some one needs to explain to this genius to tell the viewers at least once whatDead pool status is.

[@watchinglistening]

Dead pool is the point where the water level will be too low to enter the intake towers to pass through the dam. So at dead pool there is no movement of water, the reservoir would become effectively stagnant. There will be water still entering the reservoir (hopefully), but none passing the dam to continue down stream. Effectively the river stops flowing. There are pipes in the reservoir that can draw water out to continue to supply a few communities but I am not sure how many or which ones. With water still flowing in to the reservoir and these pipes drawing water out hopefully the water quality would not become completely stagnant,but the quality would suffer. I am not an authority on this, but it is what I understand from what I have read.

[@hivlozt]

Did you say - dead pool status?

[@wowguy3562]

maybe I didn't listen hard enough, I didn't hear dead pool mentioned at all... then again, I have a.d.d.

[@gladegoodrich2297]

California needs to look north if it wants more water. All that rain waters just going into the ocean!

[@rjones2000r]

I've wondered for years why California doesn't run a pipeline or two from The Columbia river in Oregon. It's huge and always full. Most of it's water dumps into The Pacific.

[@theshyguitarist]

Because the govt is draining it. That water doesn’t just release itself. Do some basic research, because these kinds of posts make some of you seem dumb.

[@fishmonger6879]

@@theshyguitarist Do you remember when then Gov. Of Alaska wanted to build a pipe line on the ocean floor to bring fresh water to Cali?

[@allenatkins2263]

"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."

[@fishmonger6879]

@@allenatkins2263 good one!

[@steveperry3572]

Be happy that you’re being blessed with water.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

having visited hoover dam two months ago, its good to see some recharging of the reservoir

[@tommurphy4307]

we need it full so it can't provide flood control any more- brilliant

[@fidelmontollaiii7866]

california refused to cut back, now they are getting flooded and buried in snow. kharma ?

[@JoshL1976]

😂😂😂😂great for the Lake . We dont need any water this year.

[@DarkPesco]

How many times in 8 minutes can someone say "Deadpool status"? This guy was seeking the Guinness Book of World Record status on this one....

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

😂

[@lonewolfrunclub]

I assure you nobody here in Las Vegas thought their life was in danger.

[@id10t98]

because everyone can go to Lake Bellagio for water?

[@dudeduderson3930]

@@id10t98 Lake Mirage?

[@dudeduderson3930]

And they died unaware of the situation that killed them.

[@chumleychumchizer9035]

I've been in Vegas for 24 years and it was definitely a major factor in deciding whether or not to sell and move back to Ohio.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

ignorance is bliss...happy guy

[@grantmccoy6739]

I was hoping for a success story like the ones in California I keep hearing about. Those reservoirs filled up already, but I think they were quite small comparatively. To be fair, even 6 feet of water at Lake mead is an absolutely incredible amount of water, but so is the amount they lost.

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

❤

[@larsfridtjofnrheim1638]

Build Sites, but it is not enough! Do this also: There is 11 times more water in The Columbia River. IT is easy to move 1 or 2 "Colorado Rivers", down to Red Bluff. No pumps are needed! CA`s water problem are fixed forever!!!

[@Instantpower332]

I was thinking the same thing. All of the rain in Ca was filling there reservoirs. But Mead is the largest in the US. We have to conserve water…

[@astutecultivator2418]

Lake Tahoe ain’t small

[@larsfridtjofnrheim1638]

@@SunriseLAW I belive if we check, your income is maybe 1/4 off my income.

[@kristinakahila8914]

That's very good news about Lake Mead.

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

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[@user-st2ti4wy1w]

Meed dam is a cool dude. Arch dam.

[@samuelangelus2652]

this guy really likes saying "Deadpool Status"

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

😂

[@heinmadsen-leipoldt2341]

Love this video, I was scrolling down looking for my next video to watch, another video loaded 5 days ago heading says it finally happened Colorado river dried up, so many videos says one thing and others says another about the same topic, so what is true, what is false?

[@dozer1642]

The real reason is the climate isn’t static and the earths climate isn’t controlled by the car you drive.

[@sabrekai8706]

Answer me this. What is the one thing no climate denier ever takes into consideration on conditions 10k, 100k, 500K years ago? You happily think that ever increasing populations, burgeoning industry, all burning anything and everything has ZERO effect. Keep thinking them happy thoughts. I'll be dead soon enough. You, on the other hand, will be FUBAR.

[@rainmaker3700]

Uh oh, now you have done it!

[@sabrekai8706]

@@rainmaker3700 If you are commenting to me, I gave up long ago trying to educate them. Like I said, I'll be dead soon enough. Trying to change their minds is like trying to teach a pig to dance. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

[@100pyatt]

#Milankovitch_Cycles the real climate change , not the Eco-Grifter agendas to steal wealth and power 🎉🎉

[@anthonymartinez4307]

The real reason is the Casinos hogging up all the water.

[@MichaelrennieG]

you keep repeating the same info, just give us what it was last year or past and give us data today, Stop trying to make it difficult

[@johntoes1260]

All data

[@Neocaridina]

Deadpool status.

[@patdombrowski7290]

I'm sorry it will take years to get back. Years of snowpack.

[@bryontharp5790]

I live at lake mead it ain't rising trust me.

[@pigboykool]

CA should have started building local-dometic water reservoir for both rain & river water. CA population doubled since 1970 but there has been NO water project to increase water supply. It is insane how in ineffective the CA state bureaucrats are and the insane amount of money they wasted every year. For example, CA state gov wasted more than 8 Billions dollar for the homeless, not counting the local county-city homeless spending, all these money were wasted.

[@stevefrench7015]

How does rain in California help lake mead?

[@racktech6384]

Uhhh high impact snow in the Rockies this season. You so intelligent !!

[@alchemicrb]

Does anybody know if Lake Mead has almost hit Deadpool status? I don't think he made it clear enough

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

😂

[@openminds8765]

Some KZbinr learned a new catchword and is trying it out Deadpool Deadpool Deadpool sadly we had to listen to it X100

[@tommurphy4307]

its all a big set of lies designed to work together

[@openminds8765]

​@@tommurphy4307 Ooooh this will be fun - hang on let's all putting on my tinfoil hat ⛑🎩👒 OK OK enlighten us with your mighty wisdom that you only know and the rest of us are just sheeppeople and go through life blind - pleasssssse.

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

can canals be dug from nearby water sources to Lake Mead, almost like another river, perhaps from Rocky Mountains where there is a lot of snowpack?

[@steveakin1103]

I enjoyed a new drinking game. Every time I heard the phrase “dead pool status” I took a shot. I’m about five shots in, and I’ve lost count. Re-watch this video with that in mind and enjoy!

[@skjenco]

Colorado river rights support Colorado and Utah--not Mead. I believe Utah gets the majority of their Colorado river rights by by using the Strawberry reservoir to divert some of the water that would normally flow into the Green. Eastern Utah does not have a lot of agriculture. There is not aqueduct or pipe from Powell or Mead to populated areas in Utah. Of the upper basin water Utah is entitled to 7.5% which they use around 60% a year. The vast majority of Colorado river is used by California and Arizona. This also makes sense due to geography. Just want to make sure it is clear what Lake Mead supports. Utah and Colorado is supported by all the great vegetables they get from California. I don't think Almond milk is all that important IMO.

[@skjenco]

I missed something. The Virgin River feeds into Mead and Utah gets a lot their water from the virgin (Probably the majority). Again geography would make it very hard for water to run in but one direction. Bottom line I am for Utah also cutting for many other reasons (Great Salt Lake), however, our impact on Mead is not going to be that significant. Only California and Arizona will be able to make meaningful differences in their cuts. BTW populated centers in Colorado and agriculture all feed to the Gulf.

[@crankyoldguy2]

An acre of almond trees require 5 times the water that an acre of vegetables does. There are almond tree farms in the Imperial Valley that are 5 MILES square. Do the math: the rest of us could use the water.

[@dondiddly8942]

@@crankyoldguy2 Almond trees are fed by natural aquifers and water supplies in Northern California. Southern California (which is supplied by Colorado River sources) is not a substantial producer of almonds. I have an almond tree at my So. Cal. home, and it produces quite prolifically without me supplying so much as one drop of water to it. Last time I checked, Northern California's reservoirs are past capacity and water is being dumped into the ocean. It's the same with the Colorado River right now. They are releasing abnormally high amounts of water into the Gulf of California right now.

[@wayward03]

​@@dondiddly8942 probably shouldn't be releasing a whole lot of Colorado if the reservoirs are that low.

[@pcmountaindog]

Like the world will end if they stop watering almonds. If all the almond trees die, no one will even notice.

[@michaelpeck1346]

It’s crazy how much water is used in az, Vegas and so cal to water grass. Get rid of lawns and there’s no longer a water shortage.

[@jamosgarage9006]

And St George, Utah. It's ridiculous.

[@marquesmarchand722]

Golf courses. Research Golf courses. The amount of water needed for golf courses is insane.

[@PlaneJaneCars]

Deadpool status - I wanted to say it too. Deadpool status, ok that’s my last time. Deadpool … status

[@Korndog88]

How many times did he say “dead pool status” ?

[@watchinglistening]

About as many times he repeated HIMSELF. A Higher educational performance obliviously meant for folks like me who couldn't get the sum of his 8 minute narration in the first 2 minutes. I hope he's making student loan payments.

[@Imaseeker13]

With historic snow packs this year then how can they say it will be lower like last summer? There will be snow in the mountains till July so snow will be melting into the lake all summer

[@Dick_Z_Normas]

Fear porn sells, that's why.

[@tommurphy4307]

undoubtedly trumpies telling lies- getting ready for 2024

[@jldude84]

It's now July, is there still snow in the mountains?

[@philiprose7942]

Build a 8' high pressure water line from the Mississippi to Lake Powell!

[@graderboy41]

Mississippi River dry also

[@philiprose7942]

@@graderboy41 Only pump during floods. It's a win, win.

[@user-st2ti4wy1w]

3:31- Black mesa surface Tension dam canyon. ❤

[@jaco7675]

If 3 months of monsoon rains haven’t fully replenished water levels, then Lake Meade is a lost cause.

[@stick004]

It didn’t monsoon rain anywhere near Lake Mead and Powell. Can you use a map?

[@jaco7675]

@@stick004 Thanks for the ad hominem attack. News reports in the Midwest are filled with images of streets underwater and rains which are unrelenting. I suppose if you live in CA, the dots are easy to connect.

[@stick004]

@@jaco7675 , thanks for proving me correct. You don’t know how maps work. It is flooding in California. Which is the West Coast. It is not currently flooding in the Midwest, which is where I live. Neither of these 2 places are even in the same Time Zone as Lake Powell and Lake Mead!

[@jaco7675]

@@stick004 You’re welcome. You are a very wise and astute man for recognizing my deficiencies.

[@nomad58257]

It would take a decade of rain to fill those lakes back up.

[@AmethystPrince22]

This is such a good video!!! I love Lake Powell…Page is a a breathtaking city! Better views than the Grand Canyon in my opinion.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

Page id "breathtaking"? Really, you haven't been out much.

[@ev1558]

I'm amazed that nationally/globally wide that when dry seasons hit, inland waterways are not recut. When areas are dry or even relatively dry, dig out the creeks, rivers, ponds ect. That rich soil could be used for farmland. The tuns of soil removed will allow for more water to be displaced where you want it.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Oh, the unintended consequences.

[@ev1558]

@@UncleKennysPlace Agreed, of doing nothing or the same old status quo

[@davedixon2068]

Problem is that would destroy most of the flora and fauna using/in the river, possibly cause shifting of the river course if you don't do it right, if the river is deeper it runs slower drops more sediment and that affects places down stream. As the reply said Oh the unintended consequences!!!

[@wasupfool5692]

Record snowfalls in the mountains will help big time this summer

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

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[@83btm]

only if elected officials allow it to

[@slythewhyissilent]

Huge pipelines from flood prone areas to supply water to lakes in drought ridden areas. Every year great bounties of water come down from the sky and cause insufferable damage on the effected communities. Areas that are prone to regular flooding would be great candidates for fresh water retrieval BEFORE it floods and becomes mixed with waste water and other undesirable contaminates.

[@monstirz]

If this was a above record snowfall year in the Rockies and El Nino is just beginning will that make another record snowfall year? In 1996 there was a El Nino year and the desert was flooded in Ridgecrest Ca where I was living.

[@georgiebestmanutd4746]

So happy 4 Lake Mead

[@wowguy3562]

Groundbreaking news, I just found out lake mead is in a different state @ :24, so much has changed in the last few months, what state is it in now? Utah, maybe California

[@palace927]

It borders Arizona and Nevada.

[@Absaalookemensch]

It's been relocated to the state of Change. When the normal weather cycles are wetter, the lake is high. When they're dryer, the lake is low.

[@wowguy3562]

@@Absaalookemensch Thank you, I feel much better now. My only issue now, is I really don't like Change, that was a great comment, I got a good laugh

[@villageidiot9867]

Idaho.

[@davidtyra1441]

Here in Michigan we have lots of water

[@johntoes1260]

Enriched

[@mmetzler77]

IN FLINT?!?!

[@49erDiner]

Flaming Gorge in Southern Wyoming is also a major back-up source -

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Much to the chagrin of people in Wyoming who use that reservoir because it has dropped at least 12 ft due to twice sending water downstream.

[@jimjam2024]

seems like calling it Gay Gorge would be more politically correct.😊

[@03jalapeno]

The water level in Lake Mead has been falling for over a decade, not just because of high water usage in 2022

[@maxpower8916]

This didn't happen overnight. It's been happening over years. Great that's there is an above average snowpack but far from solving the problem. It's going to take years to come back to old levels but the demand outweighs the supply for years now. There isn't an easy solution in order to solve the problem. The future for Mead and Powell doesn't look promising at this point.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

The future will be fine, what are you talking about?

[@brucearterbury1856]

Please, look up Bi-National Laguna Salada project! In a nutshell, flooding Laguna Salada, Mexico increases precipitation in the whole Colorado River Watershed by 15%

[@anthonymartinez4307]

Natural cycle is needed hence when they built dams it killed many species of fish that swim up stream. But over all the reason Nevada is running low is because for decades they wasted on lawns and golf courses. Today Nevada keeps building big companies and casinos and homes to keep their workers close by along with the visitors that scale past 50, million visitors that can waste more water than lake mead holds. Stop blaming others when it’s your own city recklessy building and growing as if we can’t see why they are running out of water for building a city in the driest place in the United States. Why doest any one regulate those casinos? They should have never continued building homes.

[@eleventy-seven]

Hey, I live in Northern California and Im also sick of Southern California taking water from up here.

[@tommurphy4307]

i need to drive up and fill my rig- can you spare 3700 gallons??

[@jakemarlow8998]

Drinking game: Each time "deadpool status" is mentioned, you have to take a shot.

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

might California review it's opposition since it's reservoirs and snowpack have improved recently?

[@fishdog1000]

How much of this water is granted free to old water rights for farms in California ??? Residential water use in California is only 15% the rest is agriculture and and left over for environmental purposes like water for our salmon that have been being killed because of lack of water.

[@Dick_Z_Normas]

So let's screw farms even more. Can you raise your own crops?

[@fishdog1000]

@@Dick_Z_Normas it’s not screwing the farmers, there need to be a balance. As of now the agricultural industry has been getting far more water than everybody else. The last 20 years there has been an increase in agricultural acreage and a decrease in water flow in Salmon. Is it OK to kill off one industry and species for another industry? I know small commercial fisherman that are going to be out of work this year and will have to give up their businesses. And any disaster, relief money that may come to them will be too late. It’s not the small farmers sucking up the water, it’s a big corporations that are growing to export out of the country. We don’t need to feed the world.

[@Slowbravic]

​@@Dick_Z_Normas let's get rid of almond farms. Who the fuck needs that many almond farms that use 5 times the water of normal crops? To hell with California's water rights.

[@LuisManuelHdez]

On another note, flooding across California for the past few months results in all that water going back in the Ocean! No reclamation!! Let's continue to raise pricing!😂

[@tommurphy4307]

what do you think fills our reservoirs- mass pee-ins??

[@LuisManuelHdez]

@Tim Murphy Don't know bout you but mine might!

[@Crewsy]

For a minute there I thought the video was looping. For a minute there I thought the video was looping. For a minute there I thought the video was looping. For a minute there I…….stopped the video because Lake Mead is rising because it’s not summer. 🤯🤯🤯

[@pete7178]

Maybe it would help if people quit trying to grow lawns in a desert.

[@cp1699]

or avocados got to hand it to the cartels feeding off the weak!

[@Fenril76]

The lawns stated to go back in the 90s. Less than 10% has lawns, except the rich asses who uses more water than the other 90% of us.

[@BlackCeII]

Talk to Arizona who grows water-intensive crops like cotton and cashews in the middle of the freaking desert

[@grasm03]

@BlackCell22 same with Utah, but I don't think it draws from the Colorado more from the Bear, which feeds into the Great Salt Lake.

[@BlackCeII]

@@grasm03 not anymore it doesn't. That's why the Great Salt Lake is disappearing. And that's going to be an environmental catastrophe for Salt Lake City because of all of the heavy metals trapped in the sediment that's already moving around and causing health problems

[@terryperrott8567]

Well,all these golf courses, rather than usen good clean water, use "" reclaimed water"" , if you know what that is. That alone would save a huge amount of water.

[@user-st2ti4wy1w]

6:25- Hoover dam.

[@id10t98]

It took some 30 years to fill Lake Mead after Hoover Dam was completed. One winter's rain and snow will not be enough to even make a noticeable difference and water restrictions are only months away again.

[@tommurphy4307]

nonsense its already made such a difference

[@icanteven5537]

It made a difference at lake Powell now the water actually reaches the boat ramp at antelope point.

[@jerrykr7kz]

Congress should tell California, TOUGH LUCK.' All States receiving water from Lake Mead will receive an equal share of water. If the farmers complain, let them find another occupation or move to Nevada or Arizona and start a farm there...

[@tommurphy4307]

when you guys in other states start conserving and banking water like the people of california have, then it just might happen....and grow something to EAT or SMOKE while youre at it....

[@wyominghome4857]

It's my understanding that California has removed 80-90 river dams in the past 30 years while insisting on its right to suck water off the Colorado River. Much of the Southwest is subject to drought/flood cycles historically. Now we're in a flood cycle and I'm wondering if missing dams are part of the reason California has so much property damage.

[@anthonymartinez4307]

No it’s because developers build on river path ways. If you don’t know the reason behind it stop misleading. The greed of selling land, same in Arizona and Nevada they get rain and many parts flood. Do your research before just talking. Now, Nevada wasted water for decades ( golfers and casinos) they continue wasting water they regulate small home owners but ignore the heavy Casino waste. The casinos like you mislead people saying it’s recycled water lol maybe the water fountains but all the visitors ( 50, million plus) that’s where your water is going. End of story. the percentage of your water has outgrown it’s self and by the looks of it you keep building big places casinos and new companies and homes you continue to outgrow your percentage of water use stop building and close half of your casinos.

[@kscory8577]

They dump most of their fresh water back into ocean from what I understand. They would have plenty of water. But you know its California where they love creating problems instead of fixing them

[@antonego8356]

It’s part of their plan, apparently

[@palace927]

80-90 river dams have been removed nation wide, not just in California. California is only removing the 3 in the Klamath River. California is building the Sites Reservoir at a cost of 260 million and is also making improvements in the millions to Lake Isabella Dam.

[@joshuatoro8977]

you said it well and you said it best maybe we should make you governor of California you definitely seem like you have your head on right

[@operator9858]

So nothing happened...great vid man lol

[@LDQBBQ]

There has been a La Nina the last 3 years which creates drier than normal conditions for the southwest. Fortunately it is predicted that El Nino will return this year perhaps increasing rainfall totals there this year.

[@edwardsullivan5481]

All of the alarmist chatter about dead pool status is always done while never mentioning the numbers. Dead Pool is a water elevation of roughly 900 feet. Last July Mead was at 1041 with 89% of average snow pack. It's now 1046 and rising with a massive snowpack nearing 200% of average. No where near dead pool. And there is no currently defined scenario for the catastrophic dead pool any time soon or even in a distant future. So why is it constantly being suggested & implied as a real worry? It's not. The real worry is how politicians will address the growing demand and consumption.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

Politicians don't have any power to do anything, or don't you think they would have years ago? The water rights are in stone, politicians can only "ask" and try an assist in a reduction of usage. The rest of your comment was spot on.

[@edwardsullivan5481]

@@Bouncer-id1rh Politicians and bureaucrats have much ability to worsen what is not even broken. There are many water mistakes they have made and can make. But I get your point.

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

@@edwardsullivan5481 Well, I'm just stating the fact that politicians didn't create the issue, and have no power to fix it. The C.R. was over allocated 100 years ago at 16maf, when the 300 year study showed it's actual statistical ave was closer to 14maf. Once that 16maf came to fruition early this century, the system entered into a deficit, which is why NOAA made it's Agricultural & Hydrological drought designations over 20 years ago. Everyone virtually thinks the C.R. has been in meteorological drought all these years which isn't factually accurate. This issue has been brought to the courts, and in every case, judges have ruled that the 1st rights holders have to renegotiate the original compact. The fact is, the states, politicians, even the president don't have any power to change anything. As I stated, if they did, they would have tried. Anyways, thanx for the convo.

[@gtbproductions1]

The best way to conserve water/use less is to CLOSE THE BORDER. The problem is not lack of rain/snow BUT OVERUSE on the river. It was never designed to support the numbers of people in the southwest along with agriculture use.

[@paulanstett1562]

The real reason for rising water levels in Lake Mead has been me peeing in it for the last year...

[@andybilakshow260]

I'm wondering if all this new weight is going to trigger the big one🤔

[@MaskHysteria]

Would love to see you do a video on the *real* reason Lake Mead dropped so drastically over a few years. Hint: it has almost nothing to do with climate change.

[@centralscrutinizer6108]

It has ABSOLTUTELY nothing to do with climate change. Everything to do with Califorlornia.

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

But everything to do with human action..

[@sexydesi7435]

Has NOTHING to do with it 💔

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

@@ralphmacchiato3761 Wow, that was enlightening.

[@robertreynolds1044]

Lake mead and powell continue to fall, Arizona, Nevada, and California contribute no water to the Colorado River, last River that flows year round into the Colorado is the San Juan. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message and Heyduke lives!

[@Sins83]

Arizonas Little Colorado River flows year round. And when grand falls are pouring that little 400cfs "year round" bright blue water can turn into 100,000cfs. Grand falls are very common during Monsoon.

[@robertreynolds1044]

@Sins Grand falls access is currently closed to outsiders, I myself live on the Navajo res near Gallup and the little Colorado doesn't flow year round and is the home of the Sipapu,the navel of the earth in Hopi folklore.

[@Sins83]

@Robert Reynolds I can't say much about it upstream and only seen it from a grand canyon tour where I'm 100% sure the guide said it was spring fed flowing into the Colorado. Also went to Havasupai falls about 6yrs ago in the dead of summer where we were told its also spring fed. There's many areas along the canyon with natural spring sources even below the Hoover Dam. They all seemed to be on the AZ side of the canyon. One thing I know for sure, if the Mighty Colorado carved the grand canyon the Little Colorado must pack a punch as its canyon is pretty impressive.

[@robertreynolds1044]

@Sins I live on the Rio Puerco,a tributary of the little Colorado at the confluence of Black creek, which currently is flowing more than the Puerco. Even Las Vegas wash has a minimal year round inflow, mostly treated sewage and really nasty seepage runoff, but these tributaries contribute less than 1% of the annual flow. I'm waiting for the El Nino to start and then we'll actually see what happens to the Colorado River.

[@Sins83]

@Robert Reynolds according to the gage it's currently flowing at 4680cfs as of today. It was flowing New Years day at over 1000cfs and I was there. Not sure how Grand falls being closed to outsiders is relevant but just to put that to rest my wife and I both have our tribal cards. Choctaw, Yurok and Yaqui here. We frequent the region but live in the city. And the Gila River at Yuma is flowing at over 7000cfs. This helps Lake Mead more directly than one would assume. It's being diverted into the American Canal for Imperial Valley which is 7000cfs of California and Mexicos allotment that can be retained behind Hoover.

[@kenniema5234]

It's a good news👍

[@prayonkreutz2398]

California has seen record rainfall & an above average snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Their reservoirs are filling back up. They shouldn't be sivening water from Lake Meade at all. If I were negotiating Lake Meade's & the Colorado River's water useage, I would definitely take those conditions to the table. California should NOT be able to use the water coming from Lake Meade & the Colorado River this year (or, years when they don't need it do to their precipitation & storage levels.) Cut em off!

[@harpintn]

California is dumping a lot of that water into the ocean because they don't have the capacity to store it all.

[@nomad58257]

Most of California's use goes to farmland irrigation in the Imperial valley which is way closer to the Colorado than the rest of California's water infrastructure. If you like eating, you'll understand the need for irrigation.

[@willward9199]

Where is the major tributary for Meade in California?

[@Brian_Vallejo]

Cali’s farms feed you 🤷

[@jeromeross9247]

Here in california we are wasting so much water growing almonds. If we get rid of the almonds and gow actual food rather than a luxury we'll be fine

[@clemdane]

If Lake Mead gets so low it can no longer flow as far as California, I see that as a problem solved. The other six states can get their water and California can figure their own shit out.

[@palace927]

Your grocery bill would triple in cost.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Wow!! Dumbest comment yet! Clemdane obviously has no idea how reliant the six states not named California are on the Colorado River. You would be talking a mass migration of people out of the southwest if the Colorado River stops flowing!!

[@davidhirsch2980]

​@Kristin Parks lol it already is, and your taking all my water.

[@sandramiller1988]

Rain. Or specifically, storms coming in dumping snow, which melts into water.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

Western Colorado uses very little of its allotment. Since most of Colorado’s population uses water off the Atlantic drainage, water that flows east of the continental divide. The lower basin states take most of the water. If you look at the big picture, Colorado contributes a major addition to the water, but takes very little. It’s gravity!!

[@richarde.rednerjr.5142]

Take a note from the book of The Euphrates river in the fertile cresent. The more reservoirs/dams you tax a river with, the populations around those massive reservoirs explode and the consumption goes through the roof and then you start choking off supply downstream which causes even more demand. The hoover dam lake Meade reservoir was at capacity until the Davis dam came into being. The consumption tripled and it doesn't matter how much snow or rain you get, it's eventually going to dry up. They need to look for other sources of water. Maybe extending the aqueduct system from the high Sierra down into death valley and into the Colorado. They've been talking about bringing in water all the way from the coast but they won't spend the money.

[@dethray1000]

LA owns the the eastern snow pack,water--on the western side of the sierras the water is already allocated--go to plan b,c,d,e,f,etc

[@willisswenson3843]

How about building desalination plants on the ocean? What California should have started doing sixty years ago.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

the drying up of the euphrates river is a prophecy coming true; it has to, in order for the kings of the east (likely rusha and shi na) to march onto israel and attack it, as stated in th bk of revelation.

[@willisswenson3843]

In the 1960’s there was a drought in California and the SW. there was discussion then about building a desalination plant for the LA basin. But, as now, it cost too much. The cost? About $468 million.

[@donhagerty5669]

But they always have money to support their wars

[@KellyJernigan]

Just a few months ago, we heard it would take 10 plus years to reverse the past 5 years. Here we are 5 months later.

[@Sailor376also]

Mead is up one foot. And it is expected that Lake mead will rise another one foot in the coming days because of the Grand Canyon high release; (They are giving the Grand Canyon a rinse and spit for three days. Helps moving sand, beaches, fish, debris, rocks,,, to help natural processes.) Note,,, One foot,,, another one foot,, ONLY 170 more feet to go.

[@bimmjim]

I am amazed that you allow recreation in your water sources. People drink that water, don't they ??

[@Bouncer-id1rh]

Doesn't that happen everywhere. You mean people don't use the Great Lakes for recreation? Duh!

[@callandaly3256]

Click bait

[@metaljacket866]

Before people rag on California , remember that California has a much larger population and a lot of farms that use up much of that water. Also these farms produce food for those other states along with california . Limiting California's water will effect food prices even more than the high prices we see already and that would be for all the states ..

[@nomad58257]

Yep, 75 percent of California's use of the Colorado is for crop irrigation in one of the most fertile valleys in the country with a year long growing season.

[@tommurphy4307]

EAT my tangerines- sorry, my current crops of kush and khali mist are all spoken for....

[@Joe-lb8qn]

"by looking at this map we can understand how snowpack affects the lake" - immediately switches away from map.

[@sextoyrepairman1621]

You can thank the eruption of the Hunga Tunga volcano last year for all the water and as i predicted both Powell and Mead will be completely full by mid june, im here in slc Utah and Alta ski resort has a record snow about of over 900 inches and winter here isnt over yet and i predict that Alta ski resort will get an ideational 5 feet of snow by the end of may, back in 1986 it snowed the 4th of July

[@jldude84]

Considering it's now July, tell me how full these reservoirs got in June. Pretty sure they didn't fill completely...

[@dannydinh3244]

Too repetitive. This video could have been made in 3 min!

[@Summitclym]

Goal of this stupid video: how many times can we say “Deadpool status” in 8 minutes.

[@keithfaulk1354]

In the headline you say lake mead is rising!! I thought it was dropping!!

[@angeltv6031]

Please take care water ...💧is live

[@TheLiamster]

Lake Mead should be managed at the federal level and water should be allocated by a states population

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

❤

[@DesertMariner2007]

Did anyone freak out in the late 50's and mid 60's when the population wasn't what it is today? As we already know, mis management was the cause of this. Me watering my little putting green of a back yard and washing my truck had nothing to do with it.

[@anthonymartinez4307]

4, million people moved and those casinos continue building. 50, million plus visitors all the wasted water on Golf courses I counted about 100 golf courses I kid you not. Now let’s talk about why they keep building new facilities like Amazon or companies and more stadiums? It’s not regular people that lived there since your era it’s all this explosion of more places and millions who recently moved there. Add the 50, million visitors and yes that lake will dry up in 2~3, years from now watch the summer time…….

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

What you are ignoring in addition to the burgeoning population expansion is the effects of climate change. The southwest has been in a drought for the last 22 years which intensified last year resulting in an especially rapid decline in both Lake Mead and Powell. The snow pack may provide a temporary reprieve assuming we don't get unusually warm temperatures like last year in the last winter and early spring. The trend however is warmer drier weather because CO2 and CH4 are continuing to rise in the atmosphere.

[@DesertMariner2007]

This whole climate change thing is so absurd. Earth and it's climate has been changing since it's creation over 4 billion years ago. Of course it's changing, and it will keep changing. The fear mongering and banning of plastic straws, and telling cows not to fart is ridiculous. We've only really been studying weather with technology, for what? How many years? Not that dang many, and yet people like Greta think they have the world all figured out. Get out of here.

[@johntoes1260]

10,000 people to feed as if we were cattle being slaughtered created openings for you to do what you do people need to die for you to live in your small cubicle to drive in your small cubicle to enter a big institution/ facility/ big belly looking like they have eaten big boss is looking down and saying that the debt/ balance you have ain’t shit to them. Large companies influence the actions of Stupidity and ignorance along With positivity and change.

[@icanteven5537]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 but the fact that the snow pack is projected to keep going up is a good thing because it will help even more.

[@Dahc99]

I think he just likes to say "Dead pool status". 😂