What’s Causing the California Water Crisis? | NowThis

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

It's ridiculous that those people and the people in Flint still have to pay their water bills when the water is unusable.

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

discorperted Unusable was the wrong word. More like cancer/general sickness inducing and genetically damaging. Burnt food is still technically edible, but when restaurants incinerate our food we rightfully put up a fight when the check comes. This is that to the tenth degree.

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

discorperted I'm not from California and that wasn't my point at all. 😑

[@therandomsound4222]

Khadijah Muhammad because he is jealous

[@Udontkno7]

Flint has clean water now, but that also happened after YEARS of unclean water. They need their shit fixed immediately.

[@proculussalam3860]

Khadijah Muhammad I find it a perplexing that a country that spends BILLIONS on its military,BILLONS on aiding third world despots and can’t even provide a community with clean drinking water? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 makes me sick

[@catalinacurio]

Pipe the water to the White House and watch how fast it gets fixed!

[@gustavolugo9558]

David Kinney How is he a dumbass the person who made the original comment is the “Dumbass” because the federal government has nothing to do with this it’s the states responsibility Or did you not learn this in school

[@juanadelrey2375]

David Kinney. You’re an ignorant NON resident 🙄

[@juanadelrey2375]

David Kinney it doesn’t take a genius to know why there’s a problem...good for you for researching. But an astute person wouldn’t stoop to the level to call some else a “dumbass” for having a difference of opinion.

[@cuteaaep1807]

@discorperted "you reap what you sow"? unless you go out of your way to buy organic, no pesticide foods, you are consciously getting food from the pesticides. it is not always up to the producer to changs their ways if we keep demanding the practice.

[@cuteaaep1807]

@discorperted Also this is an CA oversight but federal power can help these people. water is a right and the US should stand up for the rights of the citizens (also you cant assume they are "illegal")

[@ravenwilson7979]

The Central Valley has always gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to funding from the state.

[@jasinbiggs7189]

Get a job u bums. America can’t keep giving handouts too all the felons, homeless, junkies, poor etc. Way too many of y’all

[@jay-qp1nx]

jasin biggs yup

[@Cam-pt9ex]

jasin biggs jobs don’t fucking pay well. Cost of living is sky high

[@IsraelLomeli9973]

Now that everything's being payed for by a money print I wonder what their excuse is

[@itsfree2639]

California sells 3 million gallons of water an hour to NESTLE...

[@thelonecabbage7834]

Ironic that the bottled water they're buying in the store is probably one of NESTLE's subsidiary brands.

[@lgonzep3289]

"Nestlé, good food good life" 🤦

[@zayonkiber2510]

And Nestle is a foreign company too !

[@gusb9835]

Stop buying Nestle products...

[@marvinjuang5469]

@@thelonecabbage7834 What a good business.

[@ThatLadyDray]

Imagine having THAT much money & you're complaining about ONE dollar being added to the taxes. While I'm well aware that $1 is a lot when you have nothing, to have access to financial means of THAT level & trip... SMH disgusting is the ONLY word that comes to mind.

[@gustavolugo9558]

1 dollar adds up when they want to add other social programs they literally want to tax us for every text message we send wtf

[@gustavolugo9558]

ThatLadyDray someone who makes 100k pays almost 25k in taxes here where it’s also the most expensive place to live

[@jupitersspell]

Jeremy D. It’s ONE DOLLAR. They said ONE DOLLAR a YEAR.

[@gustavolugo9558]

Shimmy Why don’t you donate money? It doesn’t matter how much it cost These people caused the problem no they are suffering the consequences expecting other people to fix it for them

[@jupitersspell]

Jeremy D. I don’t donate money because I earn less than these people do. They also didn’t cause the problem themselves. You need agriculture to sustain yourself. Why are you justifying this? Brainwashed, arrogant, and immoral.

[@JayJay-xr8ds]

"Its too much money." This excuse gets so old when the president can turn around and give the military millions of dollars a year when they don't even need it.

[@Blackout219852]

This is class warfare.

[@grmpEqweer]

Exactly.

[@meetyomaker2396]

Finally someone see’s the bigger picture

[@samsaraslight8377]

@allen thompson maybe we can have them not spend so much money on the military and then we could solve all our problems because that's where the real money sink is? Just a thought. "millions of dollars" Also please don't pull numbers out of your ass, because i will ask you for sources.

[@younggm7365]

@allen thompson USA spend almost 600 billion on military but you still find a way to blame the problem on liberal and immigration

[@connor6564]

@@younggm7365 well i mean its the fault of the dems running california

[@sheenac2756]

This is disgusting !!! We as people have become sooo selfish! Flint and Seville should have been fixed sooooo many moons ago ! Smh 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@jasinbiggs7189]

These people need to move to a better city. America has too many junkies, rapists, homeless, poor etc. if there was enough money we would make them live like kings but we cant. You have to get a job if you want more then $200 monthly ebt money.

[@ezassassin6604]

jasin biggs most can’t move cause they don’t have enough money...

[@AlexAnder-rv1gu]

People have been groomed to be selfish by American-style capitalist democracy. They sell 'socialism' as evil, and if someone else can't afford safe drinking water, well, that's not the state's problem, that's because they're lazy and not earning enough. Until the U.S. changes the mindset of hundreds of millions of people, nothing will change.

[@nikkinikki2241]

But we need to spend billions of tax dollars on a wall. GTFOH. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@nikkinikki2241]

Mr T. lolol I hope you’re being sarcastic

[@jesusmora6336]

@discorperted how exactly are hispanics to blame for contaminated water? It has nothing to do with race. The contaminants are due partly to agricultural runoff. Its the agricultural corporations that are ruining the water not the people harvesting the crops. They dont decide what fertilizer and pesticides they use.

[@jesusmora6336]

@discorperted but hey. Keep blaming immigrants for your problems. It wont get you anywhere though.

[@gustavolugo9558]

Jesus Mora Bruh I’m a Mexican dairy farmer in the Central Valley and Mexican workers treat the land so bad And Corporate farms aren’t even near this town

[@jesusmora6336]

@@gustavolugo9558i see caucasian people in la throw shit out their window. Its not a race thing.

[@R3VOTALKS]

Vote the current officials you have out. They are doing nothing to fix the water, homelessness, or the pay gap in California.

[@markzuckerburg5220]

Nicholas Thom that won’t do anything , they will just elect more liberal retards and will most likely be even worse

[@Regulus3333]

Yup, one of the only gop led places left in California

[@jaydel3]

@@markzuckerburg5220 Central California and most non populated cities in CA are republican led. That shows your ignorance. The so called liberal cities have clean water and a thriving economy. Sure there are poor people but that's capitalism for you. Liberals want people to have universal healthcare and free public education, which will decrease poverty and homelessness, but republicans only look out for the rich and the corporations with their tax breaks and corporate loopholes.

[@markzuckerburg5220]

jaydel3 exactly why Democratic states haven’t seen any growth only loss since Obama has been in office. Soooo try again buddy

[@erikc4834]

@@markzuckerburg5220 they won most of the state elections you fucktard

[@Not2day-Satan]

Meanwhile Nestle is bottling water in Olancha CA from public water reserves.

[@namjoonie936]

silent killer...i dont think the average person understands how much nestle is involved in their everyday stuff

[@chefrere42]

Just contact Jaden Smith, with his free water boxes!

[@sheridan8766]

chefrere lmao

[@iChillypepper]

I’m not surprised at all! The Central Valley is the worse with minority communities. Of course, rich people won’t pay a whole $1 for a whole year to pay for someone else’s water. Meanwhile, people in South LA would have no problem with it.

[@Tombee2]

Pff Rich People would pay $100 if it would detriment poor people.

[@Jornandreja]

@@Tombee2 True. In fact, some pay politicians millions to do nothing about problems that affect poor people so they can keep making money.

[@sdaly415]

I did research in the early 2000’s on the pollution in the San Joaquin Valley, which was/is caused by the cattle industry. It is the most polluted air in the U.S. on a 24 hour cycle due to the release of methane gas (pollution which would clear out of the atmosphere significantly quicker than pollution from burning fossil fuels, if we were to reduce our addiction to cattle). I drove through the valley two weeks ago and it appeared and smelled worse than it did back twenty years ago. These are factory farms and they are retched places, definitely not sweet old Bessie grazing out in the open grassy field. Anyone who has ever driven Highway 5 knows what I’m writing about. We’ve got to change how we treat this planet and each other. Each of our choices collectively add up to a make big difference. I would never tell other people what to do. I can share my experience though. I stopped eating cows in the 90’s and eventually dairy products for the most part. I feel and look healthy and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. Even as a consumer, we can always consume less of something and enjoy something else better or different in it’s place. I was also a teacher. The dairy industry would come and bring a baby cow to our school and give the students information coloring packets hailing the virtues of eating dairy. This is a billion-dollar industry paid programming. We can change the program.

[@AlexAnder-rv1gu]

And all that cow-meat over-saturates your own market so much, they just start shipping it over to Asia -- for a fraction of what it costs Asian farmers to grow cows in a normal manner.

[@Daniel-wu2ql]

Girl we’re taxed to the teeth in California and we still have these problems

[@Evili555]

If you go to the “wealthier” place of California like LA and SF you will see a big difference

[@duhitzaubrey7853]

I mean it's very true since it's a more bigger wealthier city. I live in the central valley myself and never knew about the issues. The media only talks about big cities not small ones.

[@Evili555]

coyote_mutt but still even though I feel bad why don’t they move out because building a plant is too expensive

[@duhitzaubrey7853]

@@Evili555 well some of them can't afford to move and it's just difficult to find a job.

[@Evili555]

coyote_mutt most people move to California due to jobs like meh mum

[@Evili555]

coyote_mutt I live in Bay Area

[@blizzleberrydeluxe29]

Agriculture, nestle, and people living where there is NO WATER . A lot of issues here

[@CarvedParachute]

discorperted you’re joking right?

[@tecpaocelotl]

Agricultural communities are the worst areas in California especially in the central county. I came from one. When I moved to southern California, I was surprised to a lot of things that people thought was weird that I appreciated typical things.

[@forthefunofit3230]

they grow most if the countries FOOD......cali needs to "pump' desalinating...

[@xpoprxyalty]

i live in Tulare county and the water issue has plagued practically my entire life living here. It seems like it’ll never go away.

[@mr.unknowncali-life9350]

xpoprxyalty same I use to live in Los Angeles ; I moved to Tulare County now am sick and stuff back in la I was good

[@reob12]

the sad truth is that this problem will probably never go away in your lifetime. people are too self-centered - especially in the US. sometimes i just want to move out of here cause i dont want to support this system that helps such depraved people without any empathy/sympathy

[@williamzlatos1272]

I was wondering if all these cows were drinking filtered water? If not your then drinking it when the milk is made, the fruit grown their has the water also. It’s much bigger if you think of it.

[@tammiebroggins]

Also the chemicals are going into the meat

[@Peace_and_Love_777.....]

... Yes, don't forget the GMO's amd and the hormones! They are killing us off slowly... all for 💸

[@undeadwaluwugi758]

@@Peace_and_Love_777..... GMO's aren't even bad for you. It's the reason we even have enough food to sustain most of the population.

[@aaronkisitu4855]

@@Peace_and_Love_777..... GMOs are saving plenty lives not harming them

[@Gilbert-gv5bp]

As a Californian I did not know this is happening in my own FN state! This is outrageous that they have to live like this!

[@fernanda5g]

Yeah I didn't know either... but it is good we know now. We can call our representatives and ask for changes just as they are doing.

[@AlexCab_49]

I live in California and I had no idea this was happening.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Alejandro Cabrera same here 😥

[@joevelasquez4470]

This is deplorable! Such a selfish and ignorant society we have become. No compassion. Just haves and have nots.

[@unapologeticallyme8513]

NO WHERE should be without clean drinking water smh

[@Pyrrhic.]

Not to sound insensitive, but isn’t the Central Valley a conservative voting base who often attack California’s environmental laws? But to be real, California probably neglects the Central Valley. And most of the funds go to the major metro areas.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Behold the efficiency of the "free market".

[@Pozney]

CAPITALISM

[@mario_2529]

"They'll regulate themselves"

[@rotties-rules]

Greed and corruption at its finest.

[@ItsMeRhaine]

I live in the Bay Area and wasn't even aware of this

[@Paches92-]

Abby I don’t blame you, the Bay Area and LA are different worlds and get the attention the Central Valley will never have

[@chaosXP3RT]

The most Liberal and rich city on California. You're part of the problem. The people you elect and your rich neighbors don't care

[@BuildingCenter]

DeAnda seems like a dedicated, well-informed advocate. (I might be easily impressed by competence.) I wish her and her group outstanding outcomes.

[@Trund27]

BuildingCenter I agree. I love passionate people who care, and are loud and force change for the better!

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

Couldn't the state just bring out a weekly water truck to these small communities?

[@bellamazzeo]

They basically said POOR PEOPLE DONT MATTER. the government is NOT here for us

[@beautifulnature1814]

I hope these people get help.🌷

[@rightz975]

Its sickening God help these people

[@borountree4539]

There's a water shortage, meanwhile elsewhere in california I live in an apartment building where I have to run the water for full blast 5-15 minutes, depending on the time if year, the time of day, and how many other residents are using it, just to get warm enough water to bathe in because there are no laws requiring pipes or walls to be insulated. How asinine is that?!!!!

[@deathkilleraw.o.w3244]

If you use bottle water,Get a cap put 10 holes in it then use as shower for washing food you will use less water. Hope the tip helps

[@pabloplato]

or just wash fruit in a bowl of water?

[@BitcoinJake09]

I cant believe for how LARGE of an economy California is, That they have sooooooooooo many problems.... They have serious problems too. And I was born and raised there! I love Cali and hope they figure things out soon. I feel bad for all the homless drug addicts :/

[@VannaMae]

I agree. But Homless people are working people, single moms, people with mental disorders, vets, ect. Gentrification is a huge problem here.

[@omarabuaita3858]

Vote Democrats and this is what you get.

[@Zerenko]

watch "world peace: fresh tap water", extremely relevant

[@Vichofeo12]

WTF is going on in Sacramento? Where is all our tax money really going? smh

[@tammiebroggins]

I just left California . I got diagnosed with tumors

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Tammie Broggins Are you sure you're not just saying that for attention! I see you all over the KZbin comment section!

[@damaskilo2665]

Haha. If something like that would happen in Switzerland, heads of politicians & ceo's would roll! The simplest solution of those poor folks would be just to move!

[@anna_m59]

Swiss politicians are representing the citizens and their interest to live a healthy life. Can you say that for united state?

[@VannaMae]

I wish Americans would revolt. But everyones to comfortable

[@reob12]

@@lillian5972 might take years but best case would be to consolidate money over the years and move out of state to another one which might improve your situation

[@angeldg7353]

Africa: Hold my water

[@Fatima-yh7qt]

This is my state in a crisis... I didn’t know this was happening and it’s breaking my heart...

[@ashleychau9858]

Until this issue actually reaches and affects “more important” people or government officials, this won’t be an issue for them.

[@maheraqel8695]

Israel has been doing the same thing to Palestine and worse since 1948 remember we all suffer from the same hand.

[@nr_jason7245]

As someone who lives in the Central Valley, specifically Fresno, we don’t have that issue at all.

[@Jacobsladder375]

Shame on US government .... there is no excuse to no provide basic needs for all regardless of what part of CA you live.

[@sophian9105]

This is an outrageous injustice. I can’t believe this is really happening in America.

[@honeyb7411]

You need to understand that America is not as great as they paint it 😔

[@sophian9105]

@@honeyb7411 Oh believe me, I know,

[@SnowFoxParty]

I didn't even know Cali had a water crisis. I would move honestly

[@GothboyKurt]

This is the same for New Jersey

[@Angela-bs6bz]

White money=safe water Brown no money=dirty water

[@mizzbella9324]

Lived I the Central Valley for 12 years couldn’t wait to get out of there! You can smell the pesticides in the air all the time, there’s also a large number of cancer rates, stay away if you can.

[@frufrujaben]

California’s geography/climate is similar to Spain’s coastal and inland plains, also similar to Israel and parts of the Mediterranean in general. (I’m from Fresno, Ca) Ca Ag is innovating great new irrigation technologies. Fresno has surface ponds around town to refill our aquifers. Nice habitat for waterfowl too. Other communities/farmers around the Valley have been coming up with all sorts of ingenious methods to save water. The problem is that Residents, Industry, Agriculture, and the EPA all want different things. Oh also most of the Valley’s notorious smog blows in from the Delta so we get the Bay areas Industrial Smog on top of that generated by our own farming. I still love CA even though it’s too expensive. Especially the valley, we are one of the most racially diverse areas anywhere. I should mention the air is much cleaner than some decades ago.

[@mickeyabbot5851]

Theyre gonna have to replace all of the plumbing in the communities if and when they clean the problem up

[@cerebrumexcrement]

lol. America. land of the "free".

[@AvelierPlays]

Its a shithole country where corporations are more important than people

[@tombrown2593]

@discorperted that is American

[@jupitersspell]

discorperted same thing chief

[@artplayground2198]

I had no idea. Where are the state representatives?

[@sorrym8421]

Finally, Now This puts out a video that isn't a bunch of bs.

[@Izmoa]

This is america

[@shethewriter]

Oh my lord.

[@AlkalineWoo]

This country makes me sick smh

[@gustavolugo9558]

Rico Sauce Then gtfo 😂 Move to Canada where freedom of speech isn’t a thing or Mexico where water is contaminated in a large portion of areas

[@troypropes1182]

This is insane

[@l.c.7507]

Shocking!!!!

[@hamzadaudali6019]

I mean as a British person I can't help but think that everything that is perceived about America is bull. It's a facade behind which people suffer because of the greed and stupidity of the rich and politicians. And what did you go and do.... Elect a billionaire Republican. Good job 👏👏

[@eltiochusma]

A lot of people vote against their interests because they aspire to "one day" be among the elites. They don't believe in reducing taxes for the rich because "one day" they may be on that level of affluence.

[@The_Almighty.]

Unbelievable people in California need to rise up and say that California has a big budget surplus that needs to be spent on water projects, on desalination plants for water and farmers

[@aileefreyja5721]

Living in Michigan know it's bad when someone says there worse than Flint! We've been having issues for years here and it sounds even worse in California. It's just sad and infuriating to see basic human rights being thrown out the window.

[@clivethefuhrer822]

Not watched it yet but proberly has something to do with almonds.

[@mogotrevo]

Smh, of courseee people had to get upset over a $1 tax.

[@abandonedchanneld8031]

Welp. I'm from the Mid Ohio Valley, I relate to this, we had the C8 Dupont crisis and I lost my dad to cancer from it, my deformities are being looking into for links to it, same for my brother. It's sad that things like this are becoming more and more of a reality for people... PLEASE world, wake up.

[@mr.xharlie]

"it costs money" that's what it always comes down to SAD

[@rheetu]

When I was young I was told in school that a developed country is one with clean water supply. Maybe there'll one day be a president who will tap into that military funding and divert them to actual progress. Space force....

[@AmitDas-mb6xp]

Yes, we mean, we are America. God is watching.

[@ldno3747]

There are containerized water filtering system that the UN uses in all it’s remote mission that cost only 10’s or thousands of dollars. The water company has no excuse.

[@Tewthpaste]

*live near the ocean. still run short on water. Only in California.*

[@kevinarzola4781]

Maybe turning a desert into a tropic wasn’t the best of ideas

[@grantswan2010]

1st comment. But srsly this is infuriating

[@dlozza2000]

discorperted you have some emotional issues

[@dlozza2000]

discorperted wasn’t an insult just facts lol not trying to be anything

[@littlesailor1533]

2:13 uhm well you don't have to pour so much water, put it in a container pour a little bit of water in it and shake it. That way you will have much cleaner, and used less water :)

[@binozia-old-2031]

California is twice as wealthy as *Canada* how is this a problem?

[@brickhurl9939]

Wasn't there a news release that Walmart also was found to have arsenic in their bottled water? 🤔 Someone representing this story should tell them

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

All those GTA San Andreas graphic mods took all the water! SELFISH!!

[@nhekzero7147]

If you don’t have the money, we the government don’t care.

[@akitaxx]

The main reason is also California has the biggest amounts of droughts, most of the water isn’t accessible. Some is brought from other areas outside of California I live in California myself, we usually don’t get water cause of droughts, and the water gets infected sometimes by animals. They’re several animals that were removed from water areas because the infected our water systems But they have returned and do commonly enter California water system If anything enters our main water system in some communities then people will be out of water for a long time That’s only a few reasons why California doesn’t get a lot of clean water

[@canelagutierrez3701]

I have an alkaline machine that produces my family of 5 clean drinking water, I wish there can be some way if I could contact these people who live in these situations to give them safe clean drinking water.

[@canelagutierrez3701]

Does anybody have an idea how to contact them?

[@TaylorSharkey]

We need our democratically elected politicians to fix this mess. All Americans should have access to clean drinking water.

[@alextran2526]

put our citizens first

[@kuyamongchubby8462]

Yup that is indeed america

[@juliannalejion3041]

In Stockton CA the water is contaminated with e coli

[@AaronCLB]

Where do they live? Northern California?

[@vidicals]

What happens if you rob a bank here. Imagine someone threatening them that they would give them “water”.

[@InquiGoodVibes]

Wow, I didn't even know this.

[@animeislife1988]

Moving to California in August, Can't wait.

[@glossygloss472]

This video shouldn’t concern you unless you’re moving to the Central Valley to pick fruit...

[@animeislife1988]

@@glossygloss472 Bakersfield

[@bobe7559]

Soon enough we'll turn this planet into a desert planet and we'll all have to wear 'stillsuits', like on Arrakis (Dune).

[@suvamkumarsarangi6593]

Cow dung into gas Rest as fertilizer Now no chemical

[@DevPatel-ko1eu]

Would it work if they use pur water filter

[@lorenabob8046]

Same situation as Mexico. We still pay for the water bill and have to buy purified water.

[@sergiogonzalez-ph9in]

is the community would just stop paying a state tax then the state will put attention but most likely will only send the police to regulate and will punish them.

[@Dan16673]

filter?

[@cynthiavasquez297]

They're finally fixing Seville's water system

[@Dee-ye2dk]

I try to go organic on all my fruits and vegetables, I’m already vegan but, I need to be more open of where I put my money.

[@AMellowSkater]

give the clean water to the people and the water with nitrates to the plants that need them anyways

[@BloodArtistify]

Cost money yeah sure yet the us military needs over 500bn+ a year but they can give some to the pei6they are meant to protect

[@pw1277]

That federal money...the state is in control of this, meaning the funds come from the state..

[@BloodArtistify]

@@pw1277 and yet still can even provide something as basic as people human right joke

[@hasa3758]

I think that the soil moisture is also a problem. If soil moisture levels are too low, it is hard for clouds to form because there is less evaporation. Compost can help so rather than use chemical fertilizer. Chemical fertilizers can burn crops, change the PH of the soil, and other bad effects. This is just a thought and i am a noob at this. Good luck and i hope this drought ends soon.

[@JarielMusic]

The other side that rich people try to avoid to see or to know about 😔

[@nehcooahnait7827]

2:30 richest state... The dude also said before, "THIS IS AMERICA...", with pride... man if you earn 14,000$ a year in an urban community of some random Chinese cities, you actually have more purchasing power because of the low price level... but 14,000$ a year in the US, with this water problem and high living costs, life can be really difficult ...