What if Lake Powell just…went away?

What if, instead of trying to keep Lake Powell filled, we just let it drain?

[@waxedtaters]

lol I love this blame the lake. People don't want to hear that continued irresponsible use of water, particularly in southern California agriculture that is in a FREAKING DESERT, is what has been killing these reservoirs for years. Slower water flow is what the Colorado gives, and the massive reservoir that is Lake Mead has been taken for granted for decades; these reservoirs just can't keep up anymore even if Lake Powell is drained. It would just be a band aid for an ongoing problem.

[@wjonthetrail]

What if we just don’t put stupid ideas on the table 1: weather has cycles Even if you don’t understand this 2: cut off California They have over a thousand miles of ocean front property And not one desalinization plant Just look at what has been done to destroy what once was Look at what lake Owen use to be there was once steamboats that carried people and supplies and across it Look at the Salton Sea this was once a tourist hotspot for rich and famous people But Southern California has sucked it dry Pulling water from the Colorado River basin Never allowing it to replenish the Salton Sea killing it The earth is over 70% water and California has a front row seat but refuses to take advantage By building desalinization facilitates that could more than fix the problem Leaving more available water for those up stream I blame our education system for this lack of innovation our kids leave school just trying to figure out what pronoun to use or what gender they could be What the f~~k has happened to us

[@Chris-ml8hs]

So true , perfectly said .

[@yhird]

Agreed. The real problems are human nature and normalcy bias. Most people, especially politicians, will only adapt when they are on the precipice of a cataclysm that they cannot kick down the road.

[@weldonparmley8147]

Here's a idea that is not stupid: Don't water grass of any type including the kind you smoke.

[@joelb360]

Bam!

[@benjaminwright5936]

So you're willing to pay more taxes to fix these problems.

[@tvviewer4500]

These "experts" keep thinking you can "save" water by keeping it from draining to the water table. It is this very thinking that will be the downfall of the southwest. That water table is super necessary.

[@a-testforthefuture1817]

Experts?🤡 You mean universal restricted willed beings, operating on a FREE WILL planet, they look like us, bu they ain't US👽 That's why there is so much misery and tyranny! if you know what I mean✅ We know how, to manage water, But this is, is A Master plan!!!🔱 on our - Soul Training Simulation Planet- you being Tested by Big Mamma; she said , it's only FREE WILL if you use it!!!

[@donHooligan]

History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of men Godzilla!

[@jamesmnoblesjr9062]

Yes. Lose it here or there, no difference

[@tvviewer4500]

@@jamesmnoblesjr9062 you don’t ‘lose’ water in the water table. That helps keep the basin full of moisture.

[@ralan350]

If people would quit trying to grow crops in the desert it would go along way to help the water issue that area can only support so many people

[@alvindrevnak4917]

In the coming years? This is happening now and requires a now solution.

[@a-testforthefuture1817]

AHHHHH,no this is a master plan by design! they did't tell you? Your DNA is a Cosmic code, Tap in!

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Uncle Scam will never give up his “cash register” dams.

[@dknowles60]

they dont make much megawatts or much money

[@dragoonseye76]

It’s going to be a real shame that people can’t go use water toys for $10+ a gallon of gas. Also, those canyons hit some crazy high temperatures. I have been there many times

[@ntlrancho4life120]

Hiking enthusiasts all over the Southwest are going to flock to this Glen Canyon when it is restored! I'm excited to live to see it.

[@markadams5823]

Lakes in deserts with millions of people drawing water from them. It's only a matter of time.

[@ellerykaibetoney8267]

No Electricity, Water! I think everyone would freak!

[@thechiefwildhorse4651]

Not Indigenous People lol We are use to it -COMANCHE NATION

[@ellerykaibetoney8267]

@@thechiefwildhorse4651 sup fellow native! I’m Dine’ from da Navajo Nation! I don’t have running water, Electricity, still use an outhouse. I haul water to my fam, an animals(horse, sheep, goats, steers, cows, dogs, an cats!

[@rbrown335]

Stop growing crops in the desert? Just my humble suggestion.....

[@Sanguinista.Daywalker]

I guess you don't require food no?

[@cowboyken8042]

Your a nut if food isn't growing everywhere you don't eat dumb dumb

[@dknowles60]

@@Sanguinista.Daywalker it can be grown in other places in the us

[@mdj864]

Glen Canyon Dam was a mistake. Annually, almost one million acre feet of water is lost from Lake Powell to evaporation and bank seepage. Somethings gotta give, so the dept of the interior needs to get moving

[@marthashipman9010]

What idiots thought building on sandstone was a good idea?lol

[@poetmaggie1]

Conservation is essential but it isn’t actually conservation that is being used it’s politics.

[@zAlaska]

I was thinking the same thing. It was built to store excessive water that is not there now. And it leaks and evaporation. After the drought ends and excess water becomes available again it will be ready to refill. It will still be a great asset sometime in the future if the water comes back. Until then, it's wasting water.

[@bargdaffy1535]

"After the drought ends" Sure, when is that appointed to be?

[@Favorite-catNip]

Have any of u been to Page & the Lake Powell. It's like a major power Generating system. That supplies Los Vegas & Phoenix with PWR. This REPORT IS RIDICULOUS. NO wonder everything is drying up. Idiot's NOT* reporting facts

[@itzcaseykc]

Definitely drag an iceberg to the upper rivers and supply channels. I even mentioned this to various conservation departments regarding solutions to the drought out west. Something definitely needs to be done on a practical level.

[@bigpardner]

They just tried this in Germany to bring up the levels in the Rhine but it melted even before it got past Bonn.

[@itzcaseykc]

@@bigpardner I wonder what would happen if they could drop multiple *large* pieces up river where all the tributary streams, etc were so the level would ultimately flow down into the troubled regions. Doubt that'd work either.

[@eckankar7756]

That guy flips his hands around like a battered butterfly.

[@donHooligan]

he flew into the path of a fan.

[@deanjernstrom3760]

Hope it does go away.Maybe at that point s....hole Vegas will go away.

[@jcarieri5435]

Could they just leave the dam and open all the valves, leave them open so water flows to Mead? When enough water starts flowing again, close some valves and refill Powell. I am probably thinking to simple. Just throwing it out there. Page, could probably make a small off shoot lake, lake Page. Maintained by the passing Colorado river. That would probably me a rather small amount.?

[@JEEPIMPACT]

That guy is full of you know what!

[@janaburritt6939]

Hanksville would dry up. No water upstream. Grand Junction has a trickle with the Gunnison River and the once Mighty Colorado

[@rdallas81]

Its going to happen here. Its going to happen in Europe and UK. You are watching everything that is prophesied in the bible.

[@goatrectum]

Religion teaches people to overpopulate, consume, & subdue the earth. This will kill humanity and the earth as we know it. God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Religion also teaches people: -god has a plan for them, & for humanity. -Anti all forms of contraception. -Subservience of women. -Belief in magic. Religion will overpopulate the earth & suck it dry of every resource faster & faster until everything falls apart. It’s impossible to have a real conversation about the future of the earth & humanity with people that believe in Magic. Overpopulation & finite resources are of no concern when god has a plan.

[@westernstateswaterreplenis4612]

WSWRP can fill both lakes back up entirely and quickly, but there is just way too much red tape to ever let this happen. It is a terrible shame, but it is what it is. If the lakes are not filled back up for humans, please let them do it for all of the animals who are suffering. Also people need to stop building in the desert, until there is enough water to support all new construction.

[@blackwatertrs]

Is that guy with the Sierra Club?

[@ydne]

Will letting the lake drain now mean it will not be able to be refilled if or when the water returns? 🔛

[@kaninma7237]

Restore the Glen Canyon ecosystem. No more lake. Let it go.

[@bigpardner]

@@kaninma7237 Replace the dam with a nuclear plant.

[@heyRex]

As long as the hydroelectric power is replaced with coal energy so that cash crops can still be grown in the desert

[@XploreAz]

Coal? No. They just decommissioned and demolished their coal fired plant in Page. We need nuclear.

[@XploreAz]

@@steven4315 I work at the largest nuclear plant in the country. All of our water that we use for cooling, comes from sewage.

[@steven4315]

@@XploreAz I understand Palo Verde is the only Nuclear power plant in the US that does this. I understand most treated sewage in the west is reused one way or another. Before it closed Navajo Generating Station was allocated 50,000 acre feet of water a year for cooling. Water of any variety is becoming harder to come by in the west. I hope that Palo Verde continues to run safely for many years, but future generation in the southwest should come from sources that do not use large amounts of water.

[@Favorite-catNip]

Ja. Page loss 1000 jobs. Mostly held by Native Americans. The coal burning plant shut.

[@steven4315]

@@Favorite-catNip I feel for those people, I've had two factories close on me. In one case I had to pull up roots and move, that sucked but that is life. There thousands of small towns in America that died when the main business in town closed.

[@poetmaggie1]

No more hydro electricity and less water to waste.

[@XploreAz]

We need more nuclear.

[@jesvans]

i wonder what real-estate values are there. would be a fool to buy there.

[@straycat2253]

What if??? Really it’s pretty much gone now!

[@jewmenomorev2611]

Everyone must eat their first born son in sacrifice to the gods

[@AbominableIndie]

Lmaoooo

[@quesadilla9957]

The only true answer

[@williamfowler616]

to have water again you have to restore the land upstream to absorb water

[@iwitnessedit6713]

i heard that because the canyon is sandstone it seeps more water than Las Vegas uses every year. That is a Big deal. Glen Canyon also trappes sediment that supports sand bars in the Grand Canyon, elminating the dam would prop up that canyons ecosystem.

[@dragoonseye76]

Best idea I have heard

[@EATACO]

Solar power and wind power would help replace some of the energy that the same produces and it could help solve your energy crisis and save the damn and Keep it from being drained

[@dknowles60]

them dams dont make much megawatts Dte energy Monore Coal power plant make more megawatts then glen cyaon dam and hoiver dam put togeter

[@flagmichael]

It would be an environmental catastrophe. Lake Powell has an amazing 1960 miles of shoreline at full pool. According to the National Park Service, "Several federally listed species have been documented in the park, including the Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii). The Mexican spotted owl is a rare permanent resident, while bald eagles are common winter residents along the Lake Powell shoreline. Small numbers of Southwestern willow flycatchers, which are typically found in low, brushy habitat near water, migrate through the area in late spring. California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) were reintroduced to the Glen Canyon area in 1996 and are a rare transient resident. Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), delisted from the endangered species list in 1999, are common around Lake Powell and along the major rivers, occupying 80-90% of known nests in the area each year." To be fair, the NPS notes Lake Powell is not an ideal habitat due to the rather barren shores, but it is habitat nonetheless to a striking number of species.

[@rl9808]

At least the river will still run so page can survive.

[@markfornefeld299]

I support getting rid of Lake Powell and sending the water down to where it’s needed most and lake mead

[@angusbeef524]

Hang in there, it’s about to fill back up

[@livinincalifornia]

What an elementary "solution". Just open up the upstream dam, empty it out, deplete the only remaining emergency reservoir. Yeah how about NO!

[@007vsMagua]

Edward Abbey must be rolling over in his grave shaking his head.

[@bigpardner]

I have read that "The dam is also a major source of hydroelectricity, averaging over 4 billion kilowatt hours per year.[7]" How great a loss would this be? Any particular geographic areas benefit from this power? Has there already been a decrease in the power output due to reduced flows?

[@steve83333]

Apparently Lakes Mead and Powell are okay now with the huge rainfall. No more videos from Vegas I guess.

[@UncleFjester]

*all it takes is one big MAJOR FLOOD to refill the lake and this usually happens, give it time!*

[@jcgardner5852]

Your person from glen canyon institute was completely wrong glen canyon was NOT built to hold "excess" water. It was built to use potential power in watrt there and to add storage for those down stream. Unfortunately those downstream have abused and overused both leaving problems now that are exacerbated by current drought. Part of original thought was Glenn canyon would increase useable water it didnt.

[@eddiew2325]

good. go away Lake Powell I dont need you

[@TecraX2]

What has Lake Powell ever done to you?!?

[@Alexander-xk2nb]

This guys right, let's not end up like Europe

[@anonobot3333]

Step one. Build more nuclear power plants. Step two. Pipe ocean water to desert. Step 3. Profit.

[@sketchimation_shorts]

Where do we put the nuclear waste? Your house?

[@Phidias1234]

Every solution produces a problem.

[@keeganbrown9967]

@@sketchimation_shorts The nuclear waste depository in Nevada. Like we've been doing for the last 50 years. Duh!!!

[@XploreAz]

@@keeganbrown9967 there is no nuclear waste stored in Nevada. Each nuclear site stores it's own spent fuel on site. Yucca Mountain has never been active.

[@XploreAz]

@@sketchimation_shorts spent nuclear fuel is stored onsite at each nuclear power plant.

[@frankblangeard8865]

What if Las Vegas just...went away?

[@denniscrane9753]

All by design!

[@richardthetroll6758]

Nuclear power energy.

[@elfiero50]

I have a great idea- let’s get rid of the entire city that should have NEVER been built! Las Vegas.

[@jwarmstrong]

Free/cheap power is the real question plus charging & taxing at fossil burning prices

[@jeffbybee5207]

Should take excess water from the Missouri missippie River system pump it up the north Plate with wind mills over the red desert and produce even more power

[@billridarelli5691]

Go back to the good old out house .put some lime on it good to go .the gov.has to add water to spread it more.

[@kenreilly5308]

The Glen Canyon Dam needs to be removed, it was only built as a cash cow.

[@halfpipefreak]

water needs to FLOW

[@TimothyMichaels]

GeoEngineering, make it 🌧️ rain.

[@ss_whole]

Why not just fill it back up with a fire hydrant hose?

[@bargdaffy1535]

What is her name?

[@JEEPIMPACT]

Dumbest idea ever. guess what, it was empty before and it will also fill again.

[@noahshields507]

Buddy explain how. It will when we been in a drought for 22 yesrs

[@JEEPIMPACT]

@@noahshields507 droughts do end eventually

[@steven4315]

@@JEEPIMPACT This is not a drought it is aridification.

[@MrNeptunebob]

Why is the reporter wearing swimwear when he is not going in the water? As Judge Judy would say, why is he wearing beach attire when doing a report?

[@redjetsen1002]

This has been going on for thousands of years...Humans think that they can actually change that? windmills and electric cars are not going to make it rain.

[@jadziadax5365]

Look at the property available for a Golf Course.

[@donreinke5863]

So what if it did? Its not like its always been there.

[@cowboyken8042]

That's ok then maybe los Angeles would just go away

[@tbugher62]

We dont need Lake Powel.

[@isartoraplatz]

That would be great 👍🏽

[@lg7014]

Duh, this eventuality was predicted before Glen Canyon Dam was built. Duh.

[@harleyv1969]

Fifty-six percent belongs to the Navajo Nation but I bet they won't even consult

[@zeke5491]

Properties will get real cheap

[@kaninma7237]

Hayduke rejoices. Go ask Abbey. I think he'll know.

[@carolannmiles-hughes6222]

Yep! Turn it off. Huge relocation program on the horizon

[@jamesmnoblesjr9062]

Hello . Not even a great idea. Drought can last 200 yrs.Population will increase, more water will be needed eventually. Dig wells and steal ground water and start pumping. Dig a canal up stream to the nearest major river not connected to the system.Plant water Lillie’s or hydrilla grass to hold water or shield it from the sun. How about an umbrella the size of New Jersey:)))

[@truther001]

Shouldn't have killed Gaddafi. He could have shown these clowns how to construct a man made river from under the desert.

[@MUCKFOOT399]

more off road vehicle area ✊️.

[@netstarr77]

Build pipelines NOW!.

[@terryschnereger8531]

You can compress moon dust and purify it into drinking water.. just sayin.

[@georgelayton6641]

Fill in the back portion of the lake and keep moving up until it is full at the dam.

[@The_Vaporizer]

Millennial mind set "Let's just give up" 🤦

[@jp7489]

I guess all the rain wasn't enough🤔

[@Daniyoyo]

The rain you experienced is needed every year for the next 20 years

[@harleyv1969]

Need heavy snowpack for at least a decade

[@Sanguinista.Daywalker]

BINGO! SNOWPACK!

[@jackwilliams8272]

We need monkey bars back n school so these ideas won't exist

[@blueeyedsoulman]

I'm going' Cloud Wranglin'! Who's in?

[@dr.projectx5142]

I'm. Ready to set off some hydrogen balloons into the thunder ⛈️ Strom. That make some more rain. Let's go.

[@BruceHeffner]

Don't cry now, it's too lake baby. Seriously, this guy makes sense. Let mother nature take over what politicians and developers have ruined. Think of all the carbon emissions eliminated by getting rid of boats, watercraft, motor homes, pickups, campers, autos and quads. Perhaps the Navajo Generating plant can be reopened. As for the town of Page..................put it on the Arizona Highways list of ghost towns. When I grow up I wanna be a politician and let Biden's be Biden's. You need a sense of good humor to get out of this world alive!😂

[@patrickredinger6735]

Get a life

[@bigpardner]

You're concerned about emissions from boats and campers but yet propose starting up a coal fired power plant?

[@BruceHeffner]

@@bigpardner 🤣 Where's your sense of humor Bro? Shut'em all down and let's go on Gen 5 nuclear power plants, Elon will launch the waste on a transport to the sun with a trajectory over China. Any syndromes peak your fancy Bro?

[@gregknipe8772]

remove the dam let the sediments find the flow, and stop losing water to porous sandstone. stop building dams. ridiculous.

[@MJ-fj9yv]

What if people….just went away?

[@Sanguinista.Daywalker]

Are you volunteering to be the first one?

[@MJ-fj9yv]

@@Sanguinista.Daywalker yes, to make you disappear

[@robertswift8708]

Then it would just go away.

[@battlebotts]

Just bad water management

[@mothercomet]

This woman supports a knee jerk reaction. I am like slow dawn. Knee jerk reaction usual dose not work well. We are in a droit. It will end.

[@poetmaggie1]

Typical political error robing Paul to pay Sam

[@stephenblake2196]

Like DUBAI AND START CONVERTING SALT WATER ??? THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY IN PLACE?? JUST NEED TO BUILD STATION AROUND THE COAST ?? CALIFORNIA HAS ENDLESS OCEAN SUPPLY??? THINK ABOUT THAT PEOPLE??? DUBAI IS IN A DESSERT???

[@tylergoswick4536]

12 News please stop. All you are doing is creating fear about something that we all see. Literally every story you run about this beautiful lake is that we need to get ride of it. This is a thriving economic engine for Arizona and Utah and for the power grid. The hard truth is that we have to keep it for all of those reasons. Yes the southwest is in a drought, one day the drought will end and everything will come back. The climate is cyclical even if we are changing it a little with man made things. It will come back, STOP THE FEAR MONGERING AND PANICKING. No good decisions weee made in a panic

[@patrickredinger6735]

Eric baulkin needs to change his goups named to the destruction of glen canyon damn ..keep lake powell forget. Mindlless ppl like eric

[@lillyblack3322]

I ve got the solution for 100 billion Euro.

[@johnalver]

🐒oo🐒oo or a freeze ray

[@kennethhanaburgh6877]

It doesn't belong there anyway

[@icecold1958]

It is gone

[@billridarelli5691]

Go solor and wind like your president told you people to do you have to.

[@johnsorenson8735]

For power start putting in SOLAR AND WIND power.

[@flowrob6861]

U'll Destroy most of CA Az nm. Economy

[@Saxxin1]

What if media propaganda went away?

[@lauriebrown1166]

More lies