What happens if Lake Mead runs dry?

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@teresapribilski1493
@teresapribilski1493 Жыл бұрын
Bottom line is everyone sat on their hands while people filled their pools and watered the golf courses. They are 25 years late and still hand sitting.
@dethray1000
@dethray1000 Жыл бұрын
more on--->
@dethray1000
@dethray1000 Жыл бұрын
drama kings,queens---lake mead is the colorado river!! your saying the colorado river is going to go dry!! nope--80 percent of the river goes to ag,farm use in Az,Calif--they will cut the water off to them when necessary--they will first cut off the hydro power water--not needed--there are coal fired power plants all over the west tied together,one just north of of vegas at Moapa Valley--lake mead will never be dead pool,never--get a grip--all you lake mead doom and gloomers are full of it--the lake was empty in 1936 while the midwest was in a dustbowl for about 10 years in the 1930ties--look it up--geezuz
@teresapribilski1493
@teresapribilski1493 Жыл бұрын
@@dethray1000 The Hoover Dam wasn't completed until 1936.
@miadel5846
@miadel5846 Жыл бұрын
Golf courses are actually exempt from any of the water scheduling rules! They can still water whenever they want to under absolutely no restrictions! And why is that you ask? It's because the rich don't give a living f*** about the planet or anybody else
@928gto
@928gto Жыл бұрын
You're correct
@harrywernsman9045
@harrywernsman9045 Жыл бұрын
Here's a thought. Giant hoards of people were not intended to live in the southwest to begin with because the land cannot support that. Any attempt to make it so, will, sooner or later fail.
@donaldteuber8588
@donaldteuber8588 Жыл бұрын
Someone who has a brain..accepts reality and isn't afraid to speak the truth.
@maximuskhan2100
@maximuskhan2100 Жыл бұрын
That is what is always at the forefront of my mind completely drowning everything else. No pun intended.
@curtthomas79
@curtthomas79 Жыл бұрын
absolutely correct! --But we don't want their "thought-processes" & "politics" in Oklahoma--so, Henry, we sending them to a neighborhood near you? I'd almost support an aquifer cost just to keep the "crazies in their current pen"
@MayorMcheese12
@MayorMcheese12 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention the rising population
@edsnotgod
@edsnotgod Жыл бұрын
yeah but bush persons of the Kalahari have been living in the desert for millennia without running water. Surely the woke can get a few water conservation tips from them?
@The1cdccop
@The1cdccop Жыл бұрын
California desert communities grew at such a rapid in the 1990's, there is little doubt it has taken it's toll on water usage. The desert along the I-15 corridor alone has expanded from just a few little outpost towns to a major urban sprawl from San Bernardino all the way to Barstow, with green belts, lawns, parks and shopping centers. That in itself is going to put a lot of stress on the reservoirs along the Colorado River basin. You can't transform the Mojave Desert into a tropical paradise without some fall out.
@liveyourbestlife1513
@liveyourbestlife1513 Жыл бұрын
People: "Let's move to the desert and pretend it is full of water!" Reality: "Nah. I'm not feeling it." People: "Who is to blame for this?"
@nathanielovaughn2145
@nathanielovaughn2145 Жыл бұрын
Socal is dead.
@starzanhorse4758
@starzanhorse4758 Жыл бұрын
Yup, it’s a desert.
@jerlasvegas
@jerlasvegas Жыл бұрын
Most of that area uses groundwater
@jerlasvegas
@jerlasvegas Жыл бұрын
@@liveyourbestlife1513 People living in the desert use a fraction of what California and Arizona use for Agriculture
@mobigsly9595
@mobigsly9595 Жыл бұрын
It's going to be a total shitshow when all the states that use that water battle for water rights after Deadpool is reached.
@ErocNelson88
@ErocNelson88 Жыл бұрын
when will it be reached
@ytzpilot
@ytzpilot Жыл бұрын
That part of the USA will abandon just like Detroit was once one of the wealthiest city in the world with 2.5 million people then went bankrupt and a remaining population of under 1 million, people left
@favored545
@favored545 Жыл бұрын
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but wars over water in the West is not a new thing. Just in case you were wondering. Lower basin states & Mexico have been drawing over their allotted share of over 10 million more acre feet of water for some time now. Now the faucet is closing.
@annabellelee4535
@annabellelee4535 Жыл бұрын
@@ErocNelson88 It's about 150 feet from dead pool and is dropping 2 ft a month for Lake Mead and Lake Powell is at 3523 feet and when it hits 3490 feet it is dead pool and won't be able to generate power or flow downstream using gravity. That's 33 feet and it's dropping. It will be catastrophic when Powell disappears and Mead will disappear faster when Powell is gone.
@sharonrichards1627
@sharonrichards1627 Жыл бұрын
No worries Bill Gates will swoop in and save the day. (Sarcasm)
@tykellerman6384
@tykellerman6384 Жыл бұрын
Politicians need to be held accountable for the things they screw up
@doyourbest.9554
@doyourbest.9554 Жыл бұрын
Don't blame politicians blame those who vote them in!
@looneytoons2878
@looneytoons2878 Жыл бұрын
Not a screw up this is being done on purpose
@larragunn2809
@larragunn2809 Жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣 I wish, seems as though the laws don’t apply to politicians…
@issacehowardjr679
@issacehowardjr679 Жыл бұрын
By time they become accountable it'll be too late if it ain't already. 🤔😟
@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic
@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic Жыл бұрын
The Constitution gives us the means to do that. That's why we have elections, instead field battles for leadership.
@dorispowers9060
@dorispowers9060 Жыл бұрын
I will predict they are still issuing building permits.
@702_smoov
@702_smoov Жыл бұрын
Yep everyday seems like a new resort is being announced
@jasonsimpkins9069
@jasonsimpkins9069 Жыл бұрын
Yeah and?
@FLYBOY-eh5th
@FLYBOY-eh5th Жыл бұрын
The desert always wins.
@dethray1000
@dethray1000 Жыл бұрын
you have no idea what your saying nit wit----->drama kings,queens---lake mead is the colorado river!! your saying the colorado river is going to go dry!! nope--80 percent of the river goes to ag,farm use in Az,Calif--they will cut the water off to them when necessary--they will first cut off the hydro power water--not needed--there are coal fired power plants all over the west tied together,one just north of of vegas at Moapa Valley--lake mead will never be dead pool,never--get a grip--all you lake mead doom and gloomers are full of it--the lake was empty in 1936 while the midwest was in a dustbowl for about 10 years in the 1930ties--look it up--geezuz
@sentientflower7891
@sentientflower7891 Жыл бұрын
It is climate change.
@kirkcaricosr5382
@kirkcaricosr5382 Жыл бұрын
Exactly and people are in Denial big time
@daleburrell6273
@daleburrell6273 Жыл бұрын
...MOTHER NATURE ALWAYS WINS-!!!!
@duanemansel5704
@duanemansel5704 Жыл бұрын
YEP, THE DESERT IS NOT RECEPTIVE TO GOLF COURSES
@coreyh7323
@coreyh7323 Жыл бұрын
This is what happens when we have more politicians stealing all the resources than those trying to fix things.
@onlythewise1
@onlythewise1 Жыл бұрын
greedy ones
@kentmains7763
@kentmains7763 Жыл бұрын
When you overpopulate a desert, this is bound to happen.
@janinemonetta7501
@janinemonetta7501 Жыл бұрын
So agree!!
@porkchop2218
@porkchop2218 Жыл бұрын
That is so true
@duanemansel5704
@duanemansel5704 Жыл бұрын
YEP, LET'S WATER SOME MORE GOLF COURSES
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
@@duanemansel5704 Hey, don't worry! The rich can afford it! Just tax the poor more! Or raise the price of gas and food! This way there is no net cost to the rich! Raise the price of water to whatever! 100$ a gallon should stop those pesky poors from wasting it with baths and cooking!
@daleburrell6273
@daleburrell6273 Жыл бұрын
@@jsmdnq ...SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE SOCIALIST!!!! I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU: WHEN IT COMES TO BEING TAXED- "THE RICH" ARE SURE AS HELL NOT GETTING OFF LIGHTLY-(!) GO BACK TO KISSING KARL MARX'S PICTURE- AND STOP BOTHERING THE REST OF US-!!!
@jamestuccillo
@jamestuccillo Жыл бұрын
Who knew a city in a desert could have a water problem?!
@jbar_85
@jbar_85 Жыл бұрын
These are the same people you see walking around at the mall with a million kids and driving huge SUVs. They live a life in Lalaland and their heads in the sand.
@adventureseeker9800
@adventureseeker9800 Жыл бұрын
The high water marks on those bathtub rings - almost 200' above your head if your standing there is mind blowing! Also, I do not understand why there's this idea floating around to basically transport water from the Mississippi! The infrastructure required to pull that off sounds insane. I live on the west coast. Yes, it's dry here. Bad water management practices are most likely to blame. Wouldn't taking water from the Mississippi completely ruin that area? We can't take water from the Midwest to fix our mess. How is that fair?
@dogbarbill
@dogbarbill Жыл бұрын
You are correct. Transporting water from the Mississippi to Lake Mead or Powell is an insane idea. The cost for that would be astronomical along with the infrastructure and maintenance for it, not to mention planning a route for it up and over the Rocky Mountains. Not feasible or practical.
@adventureseeker9800
@adventureseeker9800 Жыл бұрын
@@dogbarbill OH geez, I forgot about that giant mid-continent mountain range.
@Michael-sb8jf
@Michael-sb8jf Жыл бұрын
and lets not forget all the lawsuits over water rights and eminent domain to actually build pipe dream
@donalbershardt9290
@donalbershardt9290 Жыл бұрын
That Shortest Route is 1500. Miles it would take Billions and Years to Build a Pipe.. And the Environmental Impact would be Horrendos.. DESALINATION or WATER From The Colombia River at Oregon is what needs to happen.. But neither of those will happen Either.
@arcanewyrm6295
@arcanewyrm6295 Жыл бұрын
@@donalbershardt9290 Tapping the Columbia would still require a thousand miles of huge pipes, pumps and canals. It's only a LITTLE more feasible than trying to cross the Rockies from the midwest with such infrastructure... But still would be both financially and environmentally devastating in cost. On desalination, I agree - large-scale DeSal plants are probably the best way to go. A) You're not sourcing fresh water from another series of communities who need it. B) With rising sea levels, taking some water OUT of the oceans, desalinating it, and after using and treating it, return the freshwater to the groundwater supply (aquifers and reservoirs) to replenish what has for so long been overexploited. Two birds, one expensive stone.
@joshuapatrick682
@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын
So we’re in the driest period in the region since we have recorded if I’m not mistaken, a drought that has lasted almost my entire lifetime, while water is carelessly used to try and turn various properties into attractive “desert resorts”. The consumerism of the area is to blame, needless consumerism in many cases. And yet here we are, wondering why.
@anthonyweibel
@anthonyweibel Жыл бұрын
It took 80 years to fill the lake up when there was no drought.
@dmac7403
@dmac7403 Жыл бұрын
They can let water in .
@Thingsyourollup
@Thingsyourollup Жыл бұрын
I can't understand why Californa feels entitled to even a single drop of that water anyway, considering the leaps and bounds that desalination technology has advanced over the last couple decades. When California gets cut off from the supply it's their own damn fault for not having the will to build anything other than unaffordable luxury housing.
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
That is not the issue in the sense that the water should evaporate and return back to the lake. The problem it is it is being shipped off too far so that it doesn't return. It's no different than a fat person raiding a refrigerator.. it will eventually end up empty.
@3John-Bishop
@3John-Bishop Жыл бұрын
Developers took the money and ran
@joshuapatrick682
@joshuapatrick682 Жыл бұрын
The best part is the line of boats trying to get on what’s left of the lake today. Everyone talking about how they’ll miss it and they wish it wasn’t happening, as their big truck idles for 2-3 hours while they wait to launch their sport boat to go churn up a bunch of spray which hastens evaporation.
@tazzthedoodle7861
@tazzthedoodle7861 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like your a bit sad because you don't have a boat?
@bobwoods1302
@bobwoods1302 Жыл бұрын
You sound like a bitter peasant. 🤣🤣
@scd603
@scd603 Жыл бұрын
It is that boat spray that is the issue...
@j.l.salayao8055
@j.l.salayao8055 Жыл бұрын
"What happens if Lake Mead runs dry?" Well, what happens is that it will be now called Dry Mead.
@brokendownoldman9547
@brokendownoldman9547 Жыл бұрын
It becomes Las Vegas trash dump.
@JoeyLawerence2
@JoeyLawerence2 Жыл бұрын
Or simply Mead-ow
@Mikefngarage
@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын
@@brokendownoldman9547 actually Vegas will still get water but water wont flow downstream. Which means No aqueduct. AZ no water for them or LA.....San Diego will get nothing.
@hurstw1
@hurstw1 Жыл бұрын
@@Mikefngarage wrong, it will be the Colorado river again and it will not be able to produce electricity but will still flow down stream, people do not realize that there is still a lot of water going down the Colorado each day, theres just is not enough to keep those 2 large reservoirs from going down.
@user-zd5lz7su9t
@user-zd5lz7su9t Жыл бұрын
@@Mikefngarage tbh tho fuck LA
@scottmarlow6018
@scottmarlow6018 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, people sit around in astounded wonder while the world changes around them but at the pace of geologic time. There is enough history in this area that should have set off alarm bells decades ago.
@andyd9900
@andyd9900 Жыл бұрын
The willfully ignorant have filled their pockets off those that bought their BS and left them holding the bag.
@uelld.8371
@uelld.8371 Жыл бұрын
If the dam unable to provide enough electricity for the demands of the AC usage during heatwave plus the shortage of water resources, a lot of people will be struck by the heat stroke.
@MayorMcheese12
@MayorMcheese12 Жыл бұрын
They'll be forced to move. Then we will be even more overpopulated because there'll be less space to live in
@johnlux6635
@johnlux6635 Жыл бұрын
Generating electricity has always been secondary. The dam is there to send a constant flow of water downstream. The electricity is nice but that is not why the dam was built.
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
Maybe that is the point?
@graces5634
@graces5634 Жыл бұрын
way too many people in California, it's going to be a disaster
@robertfrye3651
@robertfrye3651 Жыл бұрын
A good place for one of those nukes to go off. A really big one. California and D.C. , wouldn't hurt my feelings at all.
@leejames6800
@leejames6800 Жыл бұрын
@@robertfrye3651 Are you literally calling for the mass murder of millions of people? Just making sure I understand what.
@robertfrye3651
@robertfrye3651 Жыл бұрын
@@leejames6800 what is your point? There's many that feel this way but won't say it Anyway, It's only a dream. But if Russia or China lot them up, I would give no phucks.
@robertfrye3651
@robertfrye3651 Жыл бұрын
@IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME! Sir, I must inform you that the folks I refer to are worthless commie basturds that keep reelecting other worthless commie basturds, over and over again. I know exactly how my statement makes me look in the eyes of some. Just as much as you are entitled to your feelings and beliefs, I to have that right. I said what I said, and meant every word. Sometimes the trash has to be taken out. The politicians need to be dealt with, because NONE of them has the best interests of the U.S.A. as their call to duty.
@nathanielovaughn2145
@nathanielovaughn2145 Жыл бұрын
Here's hoping for the "big one" sooner than later! 🤞
@keyboarddancers7751
@keyboarddancers7751 Жыл бұрын
Lake Mead was *only ever completely full,* such that Hoover Dam's overflow channels were put to use, for *one specific and short period* during the 1980s.
@nicodemus7784
@nicodemus7784 Жыл бұрын
doesnt help that they planned all of the water usage and reservoirs during an unusually wet couple of decades either.
@keyboarddancers7751
@keyboarddancers7751 Жыл бұрын
@@nicodemus7784 Hey, you've really done your research! The Hoover Dam project is like a giant Ponzi scheme except the currency is water! It's purely incidental that Charles Ponzi's shenanigans took place at the same time as the planning stage of Hoover Dam!
@nicodemus7784
@nicodemus7784 Жыл бұрын
@@keyboarddancers7751 it has more to do with the unexpected exponential explosion of population in the southwest after WW2 and the booms of agriculture using cheap desert land over the last 30 years and that there just is not enough free and cheap water sources to support it. Those reservoirs were over estimated and over sold. End of story.
@johnlux6635
@johnlux6635 Жыл бұрын
There never was an intention to be "completely full." That one period took them by surprise. Same with Lake Powell, they thought they might lose Glen Canyon Dam. That would have taken out Hoover as well.
@ldmax
@ldmax Жыл бұрын
Nope. You're thinking of Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam. That was only "full" once.
@ronhammons9264
@ronhammons9264 Жыл бұрын
I've worked in all aspects of water distribution for over 40 years. 10 of those years was at a water district in southern California, from 1979 to 1989. Back then, as it is now, the area was dependant on the Colorado River as well as pump stations to pump the Colorado River water from the river to flow into the aquaduct conveyance system. We would fill our water tanks at night to allow for adequate distribution of potable water to our customers during the day. One thing that many don't realize is that 80% of the stored water in those above ground water tanks are kept for fighting fires. That doesn't leave a lot for domestic use. On a recent trip to San Diego County (I left the state in 1990) I witnessed widespread building of multifamily apartments, townhomes and abundant single family dwellings. This is the kind of stuff that used to keep water district managers awake at night. Now, it seems as though construction developers, with the blessing of local and state governance, are placing profit before the people's welfare. Where is the polital and moral will to address this? Wake up SoCal, your property values, jobs, and very future depend on securing and keeping adequate drinking water flowing. Good idea if you want to keep your hydro-power flowing as well.
@Denali_Rebel
@Denali_Rebel Жыл бұрын
So what youre saying is that if we let nature happen and allowed fires to burn then we wouldn’t have this issue. Seems like a real easy fix to me
@ronhammons9264
@ronhammons9264 Жыл бұрын
@@Denali_Rebel Hello Ian. Those of us who work in water distribution systems have the responsibility to not only serve clean drinking water but have available capacity should a fire break out. The ability to save peoples lives and property in an area known for seasonal fires is crucial to the safety and welfare of the populace. Without adequate water storage, yes, fires will burn and people will suffer loss. Now is the time to make sure the existing infrastruture is maintained and not add to the problem by increasing the demand on drinking water (which is becoming more precious every day).
@Denali_Rebel
@Denali_Rebel Жыл бұрын
@@ronhammons9264 my point was that we are ruining our ecosystem by not letting fires happen. Fires get out of control because people are so quick to put them out. Then dead wood and vegetation builds up so much that eventually the fire takes everything out.
@ronhammons9264
@ronhammons9264 Жыл бұрын
@@Denali_Rebel Hello Ian. I agree with you on the need to manage the ecosystem in order to minimize fire destruction. I was referring more to homes and businesses needing the stored water to quickly put out structure fires. There is never going to be enough stored water to fight the large brush fires SoCal are famous for. Typically, those are fought by planes perrforming water/chemical airdrops and dozers cutting fire breaks. Water is essential for life, and fighting fires is just one reason we need to do a much better job in protecting this essential resource. Thank you for your thoughts on this. I wish more people would take this situation seriously.
@robertswift8708
@robertswift8708 Жыл бұрын
It's going dry very soon.
@dethray1000
@dethray1000 Жыл бұрын
drama kings,queens---lake mead is the colorado river!! your saying the colorado river is going to go dry!! nope--80 percent of the river goes to ag,farm use in Az,Calif--they will cut the water off to them when necessary--they will first cut off the hydro power water--not needed--there are coal fired power plants all over the west tied together,one just north of of vegas at Moapa Valley--lake mead will never be dead pool,never--get a grip--all you lake mead doom and gloomers are full of it--the lake was empty in 1936 while the midwest was in a dustbowl for about 10 years in the 1930ties--look it up--geezuz
@joyn6654
@joyn6654 Жыл бұрын
Good, back to God's plan for us, not MAN'S.
@billycooper8729
@billycooper8729 Жыл бұрын
@@joyn6654 Allah is the son of imaginary invisible 🫥 superstitious Sky 🌌 Lord amen 🙏
@franciscobotello630
@franciscobotello630 Жыл бұрын
We need to cut off California from water comming from Colorado river
@travelguy1564
@travelguy1564 Жыл бұрын
California has the MOST legal rights to Colorado River water!
@cessealbeach
@cessealbeach Жыл бұрын
old gomer, CA owns colorado river
@johnlux6635
@johnlux6635 Жыл бұрын
@@travelguy1564 Yes but why is that?
@judithbg5588
@judithbg5588 Жыл бұрын
I traveled over the Hoover Dam and along Lake Mead in 2004: the ‘bathtub ring’ was already so clear. You could see where things were going.
@Alfred.E.Newman
@Alfred.E.Newman Жыл бұрын
COME ON MAN we in colorado told everyone way back when that the winters were becoming milder and that snow that did fall would start being sucked up by the surrounding slopes and well the rest is history
@CrusaderSports250
@CrusaderSports250 Жыл бұрын
But you were just scaremongering, things like that will never happen!, oops😀.
@Wickid_Blitz_Editz
@Wickid_Blitz_Editz Жыл бұрын
@@CrusaderSports250 it can.
@CrusaderSports250
@CrusaderSports250 Жыл бұрын
@@Wickid_Blitz_Editz the humorous notation at the end denotes that I agree with the post and was poking fun at those calling them scaremongers. for true water use lunacy look no further than the Aral sea, communities and ecosystems just gone, should be a warning for everyone.
@jwarmstrong
@jwarmstrong Жыл бұрын
Lucky CA has an ocean full of water if they really need it -
@ramblingsadrift6477
@ramblingsadrift6477 Жыл бұрын
There was a plan introduced to pump and then convert the ocean's salt water for use. Activist groups claimed it would harm vital marine life. They won in court and the plan was halted. It's the CaIForma way.
@jasonsimpkins9069
@jasonsimpkins9069 Жыл бұрын
They probably never thought of it. It's common sense. Not sure why they would pull from so far away.
@bonnieupton4114
@bonnieupton4114 Жыл бұрын
Salt water
@jwarmstrong
@jwarmstrong Жыл бұрын
@@bonnieupton4114 177 countries desalinate ocean water - & - CA only wants free clean water ?
@jonescrusher1
@jonescrusher1 Жыл бұрын
Desalinate enough water to supply CA? You've got to be joking.
@roypublic3269
@roypublic3269 Жыл бұрын
Lake Mead and Powell will be dry by the next two years. Should be interesting when TSHTF in five states.
@oldowl4290
@oldowl4290 Жыл бұрын
Probably more like 5 years but with massive water restrictions likely coming in the next year they may be able to squeeze out 7 at most. Place your bets now.
@shanemike3070
@shanemike3070 Жыл бұрын
@@oldowl4290 I bet 3 years
@oldowl4290
@oldowl4290 Жыл бұрын
@@shanemike3070 Don’t forget they will have to drain all of Lake Powell into Mead first and it does still snow and rain in the Rockies which replenish both some each year. There are many ways to make predictions. From what I’ve looked at online my guess is 5-7 because of those factors and the increasing restrictions that will occur.
@frankcuritana8159
@frankcuritana8159 Жыл бұрын
What is interesting is that for few years now people knew what’s happening when Lake Meads water level is dropping but no actions were around far from solving the existing problem and yet when it comes to helping other countries in need the money is always available to be given away.If some clever countries that have less technology available for them to work out some solutions they managed to do it.
@robertfrye3651
@robertfrye3651 Жыл бұрын
I have no problem with nature reclaiming that which was her's to begin with. All that area is/was a desert to begin with.
@robertfrye3651
@robertfrye3651 Жыл бұрын
@Richard Hildebrand looks like you listen to Dr. Micheal Savage.
@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist
@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist Жыл бұрын
​@Richard Hildebrand yes it's man made from geo engineering. They are purposely causing certain areas of the county to not get rain by altering the weather in some way. The whole climate change thing is a scam created by the evil billionaire globalist who want a New World Order. Also the cockroaches in government are in on the climate scam hoax too.
@timkis64
@timkis64 Жыл бұрын
it would seem more "WHEN" not "IF".
@truthteller9154
@truthteller9154 Жыл бұрын
At the rate the lake is drying up it'll most likely be dry by 2025.
@piedpiper8355
@piedpiper8355 Жыл бұрын
$7.5 billion was borrowed by the State of California 8 years ago to create water storage and nothing has been done with it. Where did that cash go?
@edb3877
@edb3877 Жыл бұрын
"What happens if Lake Mead runs dry?" A lot of things that *should* happen, won't.
@daveanderson2865
@daveanderson2865 Жыл бұрын
Returns back to a river. You will have a Hoover Dam monument. Besides the design is old school.
@dethray1000
@dethray1000 Жыл бұрын
nonsense---->drama kings,queens---lake mead is the colorado river!! your saying the colorado river is going to go dry!! nope--80 percent of the river goes to ag,farm use in Az,Calif--they will cut the water off to them when necessary--they will first cut off the hydro power water--not needed--there are coal fired power plants all over the west tied together,one just north of of vegas at Moapa Valley--lake mead will never be dead pool,never--get a grip--all you lake mead doom and gloomers are full of it--the lake was empty in 1936 while the midwest was in a dustbowl for about 10 years in the 1930ties--look it up--geezuz
@Ezekiel903
@Ezekiel903 Жыл бұрын
Archaeologist will find the Hoover Dam and say, this monument was build to worship the water!
@teresapribilski1493
@teresapribilski1493 Жыл бұрын
Love the Art Deco vibe
@dannynye1731
@dannynye1731 Жыл бұрын
Put all of the dams up that you want but no water in the Sierras means no lakes
@StansWorld
@StansWorld Жыл бұрын
Its No Drought Its Water Use Abuse U cant use more than comes in They been using more than comes in for 30 years....
@decodr-ring
@decodr-ring Жыл бұрын
Salton "Sea" did not exist until 1905! A dry basin nicknamed the Salton Sink became the Salton Sea in 1905 after a irrigation canal flooded and the flow of the Colorado River was diverted into the basin for two years. Read the 1917 book "The Salton Sea, An Account of Harriman's Fight With The Colorado River" by George Kennan.
@ClassicStreetIron
@ClassicStreetIron Жыл бұрын
Having the Salton Sea dry up then could be considered returning it to its natural state.
@richardsanjose3692
@richardsanjose3692 Жыл бұрын
Yeah but once it was there at 400 sq miles it was undeniable and I visited it back in it's day and manmade by accident or not it worked and coulve still been if the overpopulation of that desert hadn't been allowed.
@qualicumwilson5168
@qualicumwilson5168 Жыл бұрын
When the "Salton Sink" reforms there will be another interest factoid. Death Valley will no longer be the lowest elevation the the USA. Salton Sink will be again.
@deptusmechanikus7362
@deptusmechanikus7362 Жыл бұрын
@@ClassicStreetIron three billion years ago animal and plant life didn't exist. The serface of the Earth was dry, hot, rocky desert covered by toxic gases. Maybe we should return to that natural state
@ClassicStreetIron
@ClassicStreetIron Жыл бұрын
@@deptusmechanikus7362 Southern California should.
@DerGlaetze
@DerGlaetze Жыл бұрын
I am good friends with a supervisor of one of the local municipal water districts in Southern California. He says the main reason California is screwed up with water is several things. 1. The state lets millions of gallons out to the sea, in order to protect a smelt fish that is not even native to California, at the behest of disproportionately powerful environmentalists. 2. Poor stewardship of water usage of the farmers, (who, BTW, use 85% of California’s water. 3. Lack of serious commitment to build more water storage dams. 4. Many residents in the area of Sacramento pay only a nominal fee, due to the lack of water monitors there. The list goes on.
@user-bd5md5cm2j
@user-bd5md5cm2j Жыл бұрын
Farming is 85% of Californias economy. Shut the farms down, the economy collapses, no water, no fuel, no electricity and no food.
@DerGlaetze
@DerGlaetze Жыл бұрын
@@user-bd5md5cm2j Of course. Agreed. But the California farmer’s technology is severely lagging behind in agricultural water-saving technology that Israel has. In fact, they now have a water surplus, despite the fact that they live mostly in a desert. We have so much to learn from them.
@user-bd5md5cm2j
@user-bd5md5cm2j Жыл бұрын
@@DerGlaetze well hopefully they learn something and soon. There's gunna be alot of people without water soon. Power too
@user-bd5md5cm2j
@user-bd5md5cm2j Жыл бұрын
@@ms.construed1305 👍🇺🇸
@johnwalters878
@johnwalters878 Жыл бұрын
Simple solution, stop eating, then you don’t have to worry about farmers using water.
@dorispowers9060
@dorispowers9060 Жыл бұрын
If the lake goes dry , more houses will be built and more land cleared for farming.
@nancysterns1565
@nancysterns1565 Жыл бұрын
Immediate cash flow blinds common sense from those making decisions. Greed
@nightreader1264
@nightreader1264 Жыл бұрын
Has there been a ban on filling up pools or refilling them and watering the golf courses in Vegas?
@climberis1
@climberis1 Жыл бұрын
Nevada takes up less than 10% of water usage of Meade. It’s cali and AZ
@thunderjet4294
@thunderjet4294 Жыл бұрын
@@climberis1 Vegas actually has cut back to 4% use and most of it is recycled at that there majority of use is California and Phoenix
@jasonsimpkins9069
@jasonsimpkins9069 Жыл бұрын
@@thunderjet4294 California doesn't think. I remember when i was young we were messing around saying California will break off the country and sick. Lol .. If there's anytime for that to happen it's now.
@johnsimion2893
@johnsimion2893 Жыл бұрын
@@climberis1 Not even 10%. It's 4% and we don't even use all that ... our water district even sells excess to Cali. Vegas recycles everything that goes down the drain. Our 2 million population using 4% is just an enticing target for people who don't realize that Cali has 40 million using 59%, or Arizona's 7 million using 34%. This is all in the 1922 Colorado River Compact for the Lower Basin. But sure, ignore the 47 million water users in California and Arizona that don't recycle and just focus on the 2 million in Las Vegas who do. Sheesh.
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
@@climberis1 They are literally shipping all the water out and people are wondering where the hell it's going. Humanity is insane.
@Milo-nz5gf
@Milo-nz5gf Жыл бұрын
Question? Why did we think pumping water into the arid deserts of California to grow produce/nuts was a good idea? Let's give the Colorado river a break and return agriculture to the Nations original breadbasket: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho. Problem solved.
@covercalls88
@covercalls88 Жыл бұрын
Actually, Calif. Central valley is one of producers of fruits and vegetables for the entire west coast and the farmers there are the biggest users of water and rightfully so. People in California and the southwest needs to rethink the way water is used. I tore out my grass 40 years ago went to desert landscaping. Save about 1000 gal of rain water during the winter to water my vegetables.
@hurstw1
@hurstw1 Жыл бұрын
you are forgetting something very important, the country depends on our desert farms to produce the vegetables and fruit in the winter months when the farms in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia are not farm able because of winter.
@covercalls88
@covercalls88 Жыл бұрын
@@hurstw1 Good point. I think people are use to trying have it both ways, plenty of water and cheap food. I live in So Cal. so much of my spring planting goes in mid Feb. and last harvest is usually in late October to early November. I make up for much of my water usage by having desert landscaping, other low water usage plants, and saving about 1000 gal. of rain water for watering the garden, that is normally ,wasted as runs down the storm drains into the ocean.
@james5460
@james5460 Жыл бұрын
But it's "too expensive" for California to build more desalination plants.
@zollar98
@zollar98 Жыл бұрын
When they no longer have a water source, they will be forced to rethink that.
@johngrepo9976
@johngrepo9976 Жыл бұрын
The politicians who are voting against desalination plants will have to die off before reasonable people can do the right thing
@thunderjet4294
@thunderjet4294 Жыл бұрын
Too expensive maybe if they quit feeding the illegal population they can water their crops
@jasonsimpkins9069
@jasonsimpkins9069 Жыл бұрын
California doesn't care about their future. They care about criminals and electric cars.
@johngrepo9976
@johngrepo9976 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonsimpkins9069 the grid can't support all of the electric cars that they want
@kennethstine2419
@kennethstine2419 Жыл бұрын
My question is where does the water come from to fill these new reservoirs? Lakes Powel and mead are both at record lows. If the current amount of water can't fill those lakes how is creating more lakes going to accomplish anything?
@vchavez75
@vchavez75 Жыл бұрын
Politicians pretending to do something to stay in power...
@icebergrose8955
@icebergrose8955 Жыл бұрын
The more water you have, the more snow you have, the more water etc
@RMTrekker
@RMTrekker Жыл бұрын
Good Question. The Colorado head waters start high up in Rocky Mountain National Park above Grand Lake Colorado. The flow takes a Southwest flow into Southeast Utah, through places like Moab and Lake Powell. Continues on to carve out the Grand Canyon and filling Lake Mead. It heads South along the California and Arizona borders into Mexico. I have lived in Colorado my whole life, and since a kid water here has been a concern, but no plans to have a sustainable future. In the past 2-3 years we have seen a significant increase in population. This population increase is taxing on the water supplies we do have. Colorado receives a insignificant amount of the water that is produced in the mountains via snow and rain. The Denver water Basin though has a few reservoirs, nothing to the extent of Powell or Mead. We rely on Aquifers underground that replenish very slowly. The Majority of the water is sent to the Southwest, to places like New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California. The lights/power in Vegas rely on The Colorado River. Agriculture all along the river is taking water to feed crops and animals. Drinking water is also pulled along the river. Everyone is taking a part of the river. I was surprised on a family trip as a kid, when we crossed over the Colorado River at the Arizona/California border how this mighty river was barely a trickle. Colorado has not had a typical winter/summer from 2021/2022. We saw our first measurable snow after December. We usually see snow in October. Rain this spring/summer has been insignificant. When the mountains of Colorado/Utah have a dry winter/spring/summer, the water downstream will be less. The need is still high, so it creates even less downstream.
@duanemansel5704
@duanemansel5704 Жыл бұрын
COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS. SNOW PACK RUN OFF. HELL, LET'S JUST BUILD MORE GOLF COURSES IN THE DESERT
@rojoe3455
@rojoe3455 Жыл бұрын
The lake is just returning to its natural state and undoing man's disturbance to its little river
@seatime674
@seatime674 Жыл бұрын
If it does it does. Big deal we'll just get the water from somewhere else
@joyn6654
@joyn6654 Жыл бұрын
Man is ALWAYS trying to mess with what GOD has created. We were made to live naturally, so now I believe God is showing man who's really in charge and there is really NOTHING they can do about it. In short, we got too big for our britches.
@oldowl4290
@oldowl4290 Жыл бұрын
I live in San Diego CA, where it only rains (and mildly) a few times during the winter. Our winter's are like a very mild wet spring. It's indeed a desert by the sea. 10 years ago we were placed on water restrictions and were only supposed to water lawns a day or two per week. Depending on your house number it alternated the days. People were also not supposed to wash cars and there were incentives to replace front lawns with xerascaping and drought tolerant plants. I think that restriction only existed for a year or two and here we are a decade later with this mega-drought in full effect and our water board has done nothing to restrict water use again. It's really odd. And we only have a single desalination plant that provides just 2% to the county (yes..that's it) and they are planning to implement a sewage and waste water reclamation project which means in the coming years people will be drinking and showering in water made from urine and feces. My main concern with that is all the other chemicals that could still come through, like hormones from birth control pills and many other chemicals that are well known to not be filterable. Showering in it would be one thing..but cooking and drinking with it??? wow. I also can't imagine the costs of such projects which will undoubtedly be passed on to the public. The next 10 years is going to be very interesting because I just don't see how they, or anyone else in the southwest, can somehow quickly deal with this over the next 5 years before both Powell and Mead are completely empty.
@daveroberts7295
@daveroberts7295 Жыл бұрын
Do you have 10 years? Asking for a friend.
@oldowl4290
@oldowl4290 Жыл бұрын
@@daveroberts7295 Watch the PBS Frontline 3 part documentary series on Big Oil and their avoidance of climate change and you’ll quickly get some more answers about that. With not having any alternatives to burning fossil fuels and gas I think most life on earth has, at most, 100-150 years and things are going to get worse each year until then. Pumping carbon and CO2 into the atmosphere with no where else for it to go is simply going to kill us. I recommend all people watch that docu-series. It’s available on KZbin.
@MayorMcheese12
@MayorMcheese12 Жыл бұрын
@@oldowl4290 here for a good time not a long time
@oldowl4290
@oldowl4290 Жыл бұрын
@@MayorMcheese12 Hah, eventually everyone is only going to be here for a bad short time wishing it was good.
@MayorMcheese12
@MayorMcheese12 Жыл бұрын
@@oldowl4290 fuck it ill be gone by then
@travisgarrett9398
@travisgarrett9398 Жыл бұрын
The elephant in the room is agriculture. they use 80+ percent of the water, residential only 10%. It makes no sense to raise alfalfa in a desert to feed cattle, which will be exported to China. If you really want to solve this problem(besides doing a rain dance), farmers need to raise crops that are less water intense and more conducive to the climate they are in. Also, using farming techniques which require a fraction of the water like no till for example and more efficient watering techniques to prevent so much evaporation.
@kylewilliams450
@kylewilliams450 Жыл бұрын
The real elephant is, there are just too many people in urban areas. Never understood that myself. We really need to stop putting tags on hair dryers that say not to use them while showering. Or like the sticker on my truck battery warning me not to drink the contents. Too many damn people living too long. We can start small. Maybe don't wear that helmet next time you get on that motorcycle.
@YearsOVDecay1
@YearsOVDecay1 Жыл бұрын
@@kylewilliams450 I've been saying to stop building, the greed to get money from new homeowners is fucking us. Stop increasing the demand by putting a plug on population growth.
@johnpeters9793
@johnpeters9793 Жыл бұрын
One of the few that gets it ... California needs to find another source of water. Like you mentioned, residential uses a small amount and Las Vegas uses way under its allocated amount.
@oldowl4290
@oldowl4290 Жыл бұрын
All of you are correct. There is in fact a full herd of elephants.
@svanteforsman8244
@svanteforsman8244 Жыл бұрын
It takes 1800 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of beef.
@stevenstair1068
@stevenstair1068 Жыл бұрын
The only reason the officials aren't saying how really bad it is there afraid of scaring off the public and losing all the tax revenues from them and businesses!!!
@zebradun7407
@zebradun7407 Жыл бұрын
They live in a desert, what did they expect.
@MrPALEHORSERIDER
@MrPALEHORSERIDER Жыл бұрын
Desalination plants should have been built years ago and they knew it
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
They were hoping to die before it became a problem... or, before it became someone elses problem.
@gmailcgs
@gmailcgs Жыл бұрын
Answer: time to move somewhere else that has water, DUH!
@JamesMcGillis
@JamesMcGillis Жыл бұрын
There may be little runoff available to fill the proposed dam. As you allude, even reservoir water has to come from some surface runoff source.
@JanetMurrayPickkle9
@JanetMurrayPickkle9 Жыл бұрын
Time for people to sell and move before they can't. Very sad!
@travelguy1564
@travelguy1564 Жыл бұрын
Oh they can move, but sell .... well that may not work out to well for them though.
@seatime674
@seatime674 Жыл бұрын
Oh calm down who cares if all the lake dries up tomorrow we'll get water from somewhere else it's not life-changing
@JanetMurrayPickkle9
@JanetMurrayPickkle9 Жыл бұрын
@@seatime674 LOL
@JanetMurrayPickkle9
@JanetMurrayPickkle9 Жыл бұрын
When Catrina hit they could not fix theor problem fast enough so they bussed people all over the country. I made friends in Colorado who were refugees. Please don't tell me this ca't happen because we are well on our way....water = life. No water people will start to move....
@JanetMurrayPickkle9
@JanetMurrayPickkle9 Жыл бұрын
the funny thing is peope are still buying! LOL The wise ones are selling! and renting
@bryanspayde8688
@bryanspayde8688 Жыл бұрын
Millions of more people and agriculture than it was ever designed for . The original engineer said it could never be used for irrigation of crops or it would fail …. Believe a engineer or a politician!!!
@ssgpentland8241
@ssgpentland8241 Жыл бұрын
If they stopped useing any water from lake Mead for the next 2 years, it STILL wouldn't refill the reservoir
@patfranks785
@patfranks785 Жыл бұрын
"Clickbait" title should be "What happens WHEN lake Mead runs dry."
@RobertGlazier
@RobertGlazier Жыл бұрын
New subscriber here. Very nice footage. Thanks for sharing.
@jimsannerud6254
@jimsannerud6254 Жыл бұрын
California better start building nuclear powered desalination plants now before the Colorado River water, and the power it generates, is gone.
@joyn6654
@joyn6654 Жыл бұрын
Still need water and other earth compounds for that.
@stoney2732
@stoney2732 Жыл бұрын
Nuclear power doesn't work without massive amounts of water.
@berniebernstein
@berniebernstein Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Unless Liberals don't want nuke powered plants?
@Eyecancounttopotato
@Eyecancounttopotato Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy I live right next to Lake Michigan.
@daschundloverable
@daschundloverable Жыл бұрын
me too.
@lotsofthisandthat9791
@lotsofthisandthat9791 Жыл бұрын
Joe z Biden need wrote order to pipe water from you Lake Michigan to lake meed. Michigan hording water no fair and thanks yuo
@Eyecancounttopotato
@Eyecancounttopotato Жыл бұрын
@@lotsofthisandthat9791 so your saying that because of mismanagement by politicians in your area justifies stealing water from the Midwest?...boo you!
@chadb7252
@chadb7252 Жыл бұрын
@@lotsofthisandthat9791 Ha ha ha. You think that the 86 million Americans living in the Great Lakes states and the 14 million Canadians living in Ontario are going to allow their water to be pumped to the desert southwest? Literally a pipe dream. The ironic thing is, the United States spent $15 billion constructing the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to store nuclear waste in a very remote, unhabituated area of Nevada, but the residents and politicians have thrown so much opposition to it that it has remained unused. But, Nevada and other states in the west think it will be okay to steal water from the Great Lakes states? 🤣
@FugitiveVette
@FugitiveVette Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@xizang3815
@xizang3815 Жыл бұрын
WHEN Lake Mead runs dry, Walmart and the various supermarkets will be selling a lot of bottled water. Bathing and flushing the toilet? That's another problem...
@kennickelson9070
@kennickelson9070 Жыл бұрын
There is going to be a huge amount of confused clueless people wondering why they can't take a shower before work..
@dennisrosenlof2829
@dennisrosenlof2829 Жыл бұрын
The process of putting in more dams was discussed quite a lot in the early 80s, but the special interest groups made it impossible to do so. I the dams were built then we would all be in a better place now. Having the government give money for projects only never having them built is common practice now. I am afraid that we are in trouble with no solutions in sight.
@dethray1000
@dethray1000 Жыл бұрын
drama kings,queens---lake mead is the colorado river!! your saying the colorado river is going to go dry!! nope--80 percent of the river goes to ag,farm use in Az,Calif--they will cut the water off to them when necessary--they will first cut off the hydro power water--not needed--there are coal fired power plants all over the west tied together,one just north of of vegas at Moapa Valley--lake mead will never be dead pool,never--get a grip--all you lake mead doom and gloomers are full of it--the lake was empty in 1936 while the midwest was in a dustbowl for about 10 years in the 1930ties--look it up--geezuz
@tiamariebatinich5948
@tiamariebatinich5948 Жыл бұрын
They get their water from Colorado the contract is already run up from Colorado to let Arizona Nevada are California have any of its water California will build more dams to save Colorado itself they have every f****** right it's their state their water therefore all 3 States will turn into ghost towns they will move East at a rapid rate hundreds of thousands if not millions of people will die in the process because they will have no way to go East where to go East it will be like a 100 years ago when they were on foot trying to walk Good luck with that I'm suggesting about 10 million people plus at least easy will die because that's how stupid people are I know let's all move into the middle of a desert duh What the f*** do you think's gonna happen so the so called million dollar houses are multi million dollar houses will be net thing and I think it's f****** hilarious that these multi millionaires and billionaires sink they're so f****** funny buying these multi million dollar houses casinos and what not they will get nothing back in return they will go from millionaires and billionaires to worth nothing 0 homeless oh homeless I can't wait for that day to happen I'm going to have the biggest party in my backyard just me myself and I and celebrate the f****** carnage of all these pieces of s*** m************ that will die
@Ezekiel903
@Ezekiel903 Жыл бұрын
more Dams will solve nothing, water in a dam evaporate much faster then in a river!!
@sentientflower7891
@sentientflower7891 Жыл бұрын
More dams? Did you not even hear the video?
@dennisrosenlof2829
@dennisrosenlof2829 Жыл бұрын
@@sentientflower7891 yes I did, building a dam today will take forever. Money being set aside is great but if it takes 10 years to get through all the regulations, it will cost 5 times more.
@justinwinters6579
@justinwinters6579 Жыл бұрын
Over developed desert … who would have thought that might be a bad idea…? Better roll those dice in Vegas while you can!
@halnogaies1256
@halnogaies1256 Жыл бұрын
There is a solar thermal facility that is in disuse because PV solar is cheaper. We can convert it into a solar desalination facility with the ability to use the brine as a heat storage battery.
@davidsmith1225
@davidsmith1225 Жыл бұрын
What happens? Nevada suffers from thye stupidity of trying to green a desert and the foolishness of California's destruction of their own dams and lakes.
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
This is what happens when you let morons and lunatics run the show. Of course everyone thought it would be fun and cool 40 years ago...
@andrewstafford-jones4291
@andrewstafford-jones4291 Жыл бұрын
Americans and "Conservation" aren't words that go together !!
@shoersa
@shoersa Жыл бұрын
Spot ON!
@MikeBaxterABC
@MikeBaxterABC Жыл бұрын
At one time the the silver and lead mining town of Cerro Gordo .. had the same population as Los Angeles, They ( the city of Los Angeles) actually drained (to this day it is a dry bed) Owens Lake to supply water to the city of Los Angeles ... can you imagine!! Cerro Gordo resorted to pumping water up from the 700 foot level of the mine .
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. [Oh, and make sure to blame the poors for all the problems! Always makes it easier to delude oneself]
@anthonymartinez4307
@anthonymartinez4307 Жыл бұрын
Notice how nobody is saying how dangerous it is to live in such areas? People still buying homes in those states……..
@darronshirley7886
@darronshirley7886 Жыл бұрын
And the money is all gone California has spent every single penny on fake expenses they did tiny sheds for homeless and charged the citizens $78,000.00 for tuff sheds that you and I could buy for $1700 each but the governor was able to purchase a 7 million dollar vineyard in Napa valley
@shoersa
@shoersa Жыл бұрын
You forgot the fast rail boondoggle.
@jerrywoods4845
@jerrywoods4845 Жыл бұрын
IF it runs dry? Oh to be sure it's going dry. Estimated dead pool date is 10-2023 based on current projections. Officials better face the fact they need to either build canals or pipelines from the north and east and very quickly neither of which will be cheap.
@slickwillie9526
@slickwillie9526 Жыл бұрын
15,000 cubic feet per second flowed into Lake Mead the other day. The daily average for the past 14 days is 14,000 cubic feet per second, ever second. The problem is not inflow, it's OUTFLOW! They are letting more out than is flowing in. Vegas uses very little compared to what is used for electricity production and farming. It's been lower inflow than usual for the past 10 years, but everything runs in a cycle. They closed Death Valley down yesterday for FLOODING!.... Don't let a created crisis to get you ginned up.
@byronharano2391
@byronharano2391 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I was wondering this
@4wheelliving132
@4wheelliving132 Жыл бұрын
I think if I lived in Vegas or other areas directly effected by this I think I would seriously be thinking about re-locating. I agree with what he said about property values plummeting, and that may not be that far away
@kauntroap6339
@kauntroap6339 Жыл бұрын
I've been telling my family for years they need to leave vegas cuz of that but do they listen? nooo
@jeffs4483
@jeffs4483 Жыл бұрын
They should have built water pipelines decades ago.
@dd1862
@dd1862 Жыл бұрын
The problem is a lack of water to go through those pipelines. Too many people living in a desert.
@maryharris5324
@maryharris5324 Жыл бұрын
So,people are going to see a consequence of years of overuse and waste . Sucks for them.
@HazeOfWhearyWater
@HazeOfWhearyWater Жыл бұрын
Rather than expanding reservoir capacity in California Gov. Newsom prefers building trains to nowhere.
@newtonlee7849
@newtonlee7849 Жыл бұрын
There needs to be a 180deg re-think of using water more efficiently both by commerical & residential users. One way is to raise the cost of water use & severely penalize those that waste water. It's really sad to say that we are raised here in North America with a consumption rather than preservation mentality. Unless this can be miraculously reversed, God help those in the areas dependant on Colorado river water.
@jsmdnq
@jsmdnq Жыл бұрын
Raising the cost only hurts the poor and does nothing to stop it by the rich and corporations. They will just raise the prices of whatever they sell or do and pass the cost, ultimately, to the poor. You can't charge your way out of this. Stop shipping out the water to other states... it's so damn simple. If I moved all your furniture out of your house in to mine you going to wonder when it magically pops back in to yours?
@rodhester2166
@rodhester2166 Жыл бұрын
advice, never build your home in the desert and never build your home in a flood plain but people still do it everyday.
@Youngstown529
@Youngstown529 Жыл бұрын
The coffer dam erected during construction on the Lake Mead side of the dam was left in place when the dam was activated (it's now under water). How low does the water have to get before it becomes visible?
@dennisbebout6285
@dennisbebout6285 Жыл бұрын
Its a desert not a rain forest!!!!!
@Youngstown529
@Youngstown529 Жыл бұрын
@@dennisbebout6285 And your point?
@hurstw1
@hurstw1 Жыл бұрын
I live in Arizona, the fix is complicated but doable- it is a continuation of water conservation and reuse that Arizona has pioneered. Then combine that with a project to bring water from the gulf of Cortez to be treated at desalinization plants in Tuscan and Phoenix. The governor has already proposed this plane in the state assembly
@F-N-C
@F-N-C Жыл бұрын
I'm from California, they don't manage S there. I was only allowed to use a certain amount of gallons of water per month without facing a fine.
@chrishood7968
@chrishood7968 Жыл бұрын
So much misinformation in the comments 😂. Vegas actually uses the least water and is in the best position to survive this crisis. Las Vegas isn’t going anywhere unfortunately can’t say the same for the rest of the southwest.
@renee6771
@renee6771 Жыл бұрын
🎯
@colineaston6305
@colineaston6305 Жыл бұрын
Just been watching you tube of Yellowstone flooding. Could they divert any of this to the Colorado river?
@juliaelrod2154
@juliaelrod2154 Жыл бұрын
As a resident of norcal, I can tell you we don't want to share our water with socal. It will have a huge enviromental impact and only work in the short term. How about we build desalination plants and pump the water into existing reservoirs? Or we could ionized our clouds and get more rainfall like Dubai does.
@billya3628
@billya3628 Жыл бұрын
What happens WHEN Lake Mead runs dry?
@csh000
@csh000 Жыл бұрын
Nothing happens. No electricity is produced and no water is available for communities and farms.
@jeffjohnston6384
@jeffjohnston6384 Жыл бұрын
I understand there has been a long drought upstream reducing the inflow. So why have they not reduced the outflow to a reasonable amount instead of just running them dry? Excellent management by our elected officials from Federal to local. We elected,and keep re-electing those corrupt baffoons.
@johnlux6635
@johnlux6635 Жыл бұрын
The reason for the dams in the first place was for a more consistent flow of water down the Colorado River. You obviously don't understand anything about the topic but think you do.
@briandavenport8971
@briandavenport8971 Жыл бұрын
The water levels started dropping 22 years ago. They had 22 years to figure out a solution.
@oldrudedog
@oldrudedog Жыл бұрын
And the Government has been told for 50 years that we need more water storage and they have done nothing! That's who is to blame!
@coyoteself
@coyoteself Жыл бұрын
The problem isn't downstream users! The REAL problem is happening upstream in all the mountains that feed the Colorado and other rivers. Sadly everyone pointing a finger at CA and Las Vegas are missing the MUCH BIGGER issue; very little to no water entering those lakes means very little to no water leaving. Meanwhile the Great Salt Lake is rapidly shrinking as well for the same reason
@kingduckford
@kingduckford Жыл бұрын
The California and Las Vegas posters seem to forget that NOBODY IS BLAMING YOU FOR THE SHORTAGE. They seem to forget, that while being defensive, that they are going to be the VICTIMS of the water shortage wither they are at fault or not.
@thomasm.7058
@thomasm.7058 Жыл бұрын
What if? I ask myself, why isn't there a team who work on the answers or on the solutions?
@goatrectum
@goatrectum Жыл бұрын
Because the real problem is Overpopulation. And people won’t even say that word out loud, let alone admit it’s a massive problem.
@thomasm.7058
@thomasm.7058 Жыл бұрын
@@goatrectum That's BS. There is no overpopulation, not in western countries with a birthrate under 2.1.
@goatrectum
@goatrectum Жыл бұрын
@@thomasm.7058 When there are not enough resources for the number of people that live somewhere it’s called what?
@thomasm.7058
@thomasm.7058 Жыл бұрын
​@@goatrectum There is no lack of resources, everything is artificial, including the issue with the so-called overpopulation, as can be seen reasonably well in the birth rate in the Western world. Normally, countries would dissolve themselves.
@goatrectum
@goatrectum Жыл бұрын
@@thomasm.7058 Denial, and conspiracy theories is what you offer? The SW is rapidly running out of water. Water is a resource. Water grows food. Food is a resource. 385,000 humans are born on this planet every day. This math is not difficult Thomas. I’m sorry to inform you that there is only one planet, the western countries don’t have their own.
@MM-fh6kp
@MM-fh6kp Жыл бұрын
Politicians should be ashamed of this catastrophe!
@SRM_NZ
@SRM_NZ Жыл бұрын
I guess if Lake Mead runs dry...people will understand what 'water restrictions' actually means....I wonder if anyone will start to consider rain water harvesting?????
@pamandmikemcdermott9605
@pamandmikemcdermott9605 Жыл бұрын
We need more dams, less money laundering, lower taxes for farmers/ranchers and a building moratorium in those water strapped desert areas! We need better mgmt of all this!!
@gregoryschmidt1233
@gregoryschmidt1233 Жыл бұрын
How about if Imperial Valley farmers stop trying to grow almonds and alfalfa in the middle of a freaking desert????? "Hey, i want to grow corn at the north pole. Give me a government subsidy so I can build a heater big enough to heat my entire farm when it's 70 below outside."
@kansaskactusiijlk4986
@kansaskactusiijlk4986 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of money laundering, and people of that ilk, is anyone else thinking 2 bodies? Only 2? I've noticed a lot of barrels in the pictures. Just saying.
@gregoryschmidt1233
@gregoryschmidt1233 Жыл бұрын
@Old Blue Witch Agree about native landscaping and golf courses, but Vegas uses FOUR PERCENT of the total allotment from Lake Mead. In 2013, they dropped Lake Mead THREE FEET to "freshen" the Salton Sea, an artificial agricultural runoff lake in California that should never have been there in the first place, to keep rich homeowners happy. Lake Mead is being drained so that $1 BILLION in water-intensive crops can be grown in what would natively be California scrub desert. Stop blaming VEGAS!
@sahhull
@sahhull Жыл бұрын
What you need is less people living water rich lifestyles in the desert
@gregoryschmidt1233
@gregoryschmidt1233 Жыл бұрын
@Old Blue Witch And the state of Arizona claims the right to 912 Billion gallons of water from the Colorado River. 900 times what Vegas gets. 72% of which goes to agriculture. I'm not saying that Vegas (and other municipalities) don't have a role to play, but I'm tired of hearing people who don't even live here say that it's all the fault of Vegas (because they think Vegas must somehow uses the majority of Lake Mead water due to its proximity). The VAST majority of Colorado River water goes to industry and agriculture in AZ and CA so that crops can be grown on arid land, enriching a select few businesses and land owners. It's NOT ordinary residents taking showers and flushing toilets that is draining the reservoir.
@CATownsend777
@CATownsend777 Жыл бұрын
California, Arizona, should get their act together and build several desalination plants and then pump that water inland. More reservoirs need to be built for Arizona and Southern California. These new water sources and plants will pay for themselves. More reservoirs are need across the country. One is needed outside San Antonio, Texas. This is needed to start now to plan for the future.
@dougpoulton5544
@dougpoulton5544 Жыл бұрын
The Salt River Project in Arizona consists of four well managed lakes that are full or near full capacity. California gets the lions share of water from the Colorado River and everyone knows how they manage their resources.
@acy0029
@acy0029 Жыл бұрын
And where exactly would Arizona build these desalination plants? You do realize Arizona is a land locked state right?
@johnsimion2893
@johnsimion2893 Жыл бұрын
I agree California needs to build desal plants, but there is no need to send the water inland. As long as the desal plants could supply California's own needs, they wouldn't need to take their 58% of Lake Mead and voila, the lake will fill back up again.
@johnsimion2893
@johnsimion2893 Жыл бұрын
@M Since Arizona has its act together, I guess it doesn't need the 34% of Colorado River water it gets under the 1922 Colorado River Compact. Cool. I guess we don't need to worry about Lake Mead anymore. Just shut off the Central Arizona Project, it's obviously not needed.
@MCPorter83
@MCPorter83 Жыл бұрын
Arizona definitely doesn't have its act together, just like Nevada and California, they are asking for 500 Million gallons from Great Lakes aquifers, and another couple of private companies from the SW wanting to secure a pipeline from the Mississipi River.
@TheMetalmachine467
@TheMetalmachine467 Жыл бұрын
If you own real estate in South West better keep an eye on this Because if goes past the point to dead pool nobody will want to buy a house with no water. you'll be stuck up the creek without a paddle
@jjano2320
@jjano2320 Жыл бұрын
Might be panic selling that will collapse the market.
@bug2011
@bug2011 Жыл бұрын
Thousands more moving to the desert every year. Makes apsolutly no sense to me.
@chadvail4436
@chadvail4436 Жыл бұрын
The planet will stop rotating we all get launched into space and the sun goes black .. hurry everyone go there right now and pee in it
@nunyabizznizz7326
@nunyabizznizz7326 Жыл бұрын
..........you mean when it runs dry keep building more houses and golf courses in la and vegas, phoenix......grow more veggies in the desert
@kris9872
@kris9872 Жыл бұрын
Just shift the pipes and make sure Las Vegas get water! Sounds like we getting ready to have a water war! Between states…..should be made for television reality show!
@wkgurr
@wkgurr Жыл бұрын
"What happens when Lake Mead runs dry" would be a better title.
@johnjohnson2855
@johnjohnson2855 Жыл бұрын
Why does California get any water from the Colorado river when there on the ocean and can desalinate as much water as they want.
@uss-dh7909
@uss-dh7909 Жыл бұрын
That requires common sense. And money, but that's going towards their social programs and the illegal immigrants. So yeah, about that common sense...
@LittleGidget1
@LittleGidget1 Жыл бұрын
I think this is being drained for a reason. And the reason is going to occur soon.
@JMRabil675
@JMRabil675 Жыл бұрын
and that reason is the second return of Christ and the tribulation of those that dwell on the earth. Accept Jesus now before you run out of time. Please consider
@Jim_Fries
@Jim_Fries Жыл бұрын
Did they mix info about the great salt lake with lake mead?
@kevinmiranda1769
@kevinmiranda1769 Жыл бұрын
To think in the 1800s California had one of the biggest lakes in the United States called Tulare lake and it was eventually dwindled to nothing through canals and reservoirs… California never used to have a water problem until recently…
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