Great Salt Lake water levels hit all-time low amidst western drought
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- Water levels in the Great Salt Lake in Utah hit an all-time low this week, making it the second time in less than a year that the lake reached record-low water levels. John Blackstone reports on the dramatic impact that the drying body of water is having on its surrounding environment.
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The suburban lifestyle is not realistic in places like this. Everyone wants a giant house in the middle of nowhere with two cars, a lawn, and strip malls. But you are destroying these places by living like that.
We are destroying the planet with this lifestyle. 8 billion people can’t live on a planet that might be able to support a quarter of that.
PHOENIX. And then have nerve to think they should be able to take water from 10 midwest states. Get a grip and take out the yards and other water wasting items.
It’s called manifest destiny. Sadly in UT that is the way to excuse uncontrollable, irresponsable and unrealistic spending of resources. After all, God will provide…..
I live near Lake Erie and we aren't running out of water here or near any of the other Great Lakes. If you want to live out there then get your own water!
@@Jimirulz1 If they live by you, then they'll just drink your water and water more lawns around Lake Erie. Then Lake Erie can have less water anyways.
The lake was filled to over flowing in 1983. The population was 1.4 million. Today it’s at its lowest level. The population is 3.4 million. I wonder if all that growth and development could have anything to do with this?
@Survivor
This isn't an issue for the rich, they will find a way or should I say, pay someone off, to be aloud to use as much water as they want, for whatever they want.
The rich haven't the slightest clue to what's happening to our world, including the inflation, that's effecting everyone but them.
@@fabledfantasty7343 defund wealth, stop presumed happiness to be real.
Naw doubt it. The salinity levels too high for anything. Evap ponds for salt mining little impact.
@@organicvids
Sure. Why would the population explosion have any effect on anything? After all the air is still clean, the hiways are deserted and there’s plenty of water still.
Population growth would have to correlate to water usage from salt lake OR water restriction into it. Ergo using salt lake water for irrigation or housing is non existant the only relative answer is drought and over usage of water that ingresses into the lake.
The beginning of the end… in the near future fresh water will be the most precious thing on earth.
Yes waterwars are coming up near you.
@@martinschienbein9507 it’s already happening in Africa, India and the Middle East.
The Bush family bought land Paraguay over a huge aquifer. They have known for a generation.
You know what sounds like a good start? Close down all golf courses, get rid of the grass, plant native trees and shrubs
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
You live in a desert, You (knowingly) plant things that require far more water then the climate provides. It's not climate change. It's people who want more from the environment then it can provide.
I live in the Sonoran desert and you're correct for a small segment of thoughtless industries and individuals, but take heart in the fact that they're frowned on, openly criticized locally, and are taking realistic steps, creating systems for careful, logical water consumption. In fact, rethinking their very presence. That said, there are still too many of us desert dwellers.
@@emmahardesty4330 As a vet, I've been out there many times. I love the desert for the desert. It has it's own beauty. But some people think they can turn it into the tropics. I say if you like the tropics go to the tropics
Coupled with human-exacerbated climate change.
Mormons for yah…sad because this mentality only happens in this state. I went to BYU and many times people would say that god would provide until the end of times….and here I am wondering how they are in college without a basic idea of carrying capacity, natural conservation of resources as well as gross/net analysis.
@@AlexZ-lc6nl Well said. What about AC (air conditioning). Thermal dynamics. People cool their homes, say 10 degrees per cubic foot. That means they just increased the same volume of air outside by 10 degrees
Living in the desert SW is possible because of the progress we have made. In the 1800’s no one settled in Death Valley or built towns in a desert because if there wasn’t water near by there was no way to survive. Now we have big cities with golf courses, lawns, thousands of people and farming consuming water. Well it can’t keep going like this before there isn’t any water for them. Or food. Cities will shrink and some might even become ghost towns.
No, it's "Climate Change"! It has absolutely nothing to do with the massive population growth in a DESERT!!
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
@@dethray1000 You sound very poorly informed. Back before the dust bowl, farmers and ranchers destroyed the grasses that held the soil in place. Farmers plowed up more and more land, while ranchers overstocked the land with cattle. As the grasses disappeared, the land became more vulnerable to wind erosion. Boom. Instant dust.
Why I'm selling my townhome and going to back upstate NY everything expensive and dry and hot getting hotter every year will be ghost town other then the other side park city
We just take out loans on ours kids future. We are a selfish lot.
clearly people arent interested in anything but right now - water sources drying up - rain forests being chopped down - no water no oxygen - hum sounds like end of life to me. wise up folks!
It's the same in Florida but no one paying attention.
“Humans are a virus with shoes”.
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
Exactly
Bring it!
A significant amount of the Great Salt Lake's water comes from the Bear River. The water from this river ends in the Great Salt Lake and doesn't flow into the ocean. More and more of the Bear River's water is being diverted for human and industrial use though and this partially accounts for the the decreasing level in addition to the drought. This was not mentioned in the video.
That was my point, t's people demanding more from the enviroment then the enviroment can provide. In this case it's water. The climate has very little to do with it. There are wet years and dry. From that their is an average, but year after year people are exceeding the average. Climate change has nothing to do with it.
@@joek511 I see you're a climate change denier. Good luck with that. SW Montana and the Yellowstone area just got hit by a storm of epic proportions. The rivers and streams were higher than ever recorded. This is going on worldwide. Just 35 or so years ago the Great Salt Lake was overflowing to the point they were starting to pump water out of it.
@@joek511 our human population is increasingly more rapidly than ever before and as it increases so is the demand for all kinds of resources as food, cattle , animals to eat ect well all those animals we feed must drink water too just as we do. What I'm trying to say is that we're using more and more of the water resources and depleting it to the point where its not able to recharge itself for the next season so our climate is changing as well ., Pray 4 water.
@@erico6247 Actually, we are not increasing that rapidly, just people want to have green lawns during a drought.
I hope is dries up..
Deserts & Dry Mountains can only support small populations... However, money!!! 🏡💵
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
UT gov appointing a flood irrigation practitioner to water conservation? Makes as much sense as a green lawn in a drought.
Keep in mind it’s Utah
@@brianmitchell5320 you'll find good ole boy pork barrel crap in every state but yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they worship in the same Ward.
You obviously know nothing about irrigation. It takes less water to do what is called flood irrigation than it does to use the old sprinkler type. You loose more water through sprinkler irrigation than you do flood, it also takes less time and water to saturate the soil than a sprinkler.
@@mgreg8134 you obviously don't know how to Google. Flood irrigation loses more to evaporation. Try searching "least efficient irrigation next time" my special genius 😘
@@brianmitchell5320 And GOP dominated in its politics!!
The water levels with the drought is becoming very concerning. Everyone should be concerned about it in all states.
In 1000 days you guys are done.
@Survivor Plenty of clear skies and sun power for EV charging at least
Not worried about it here in Missouri. We actually grow and produce based on real life conditions. And, we plan everything around the copious amounts of rain we get. On our homestead we are using shade cloth and watering the fields from the rain barrel systems during the last three weeks without rain. Before settling and starting an agricultural business we did our climate homework. We also conserve water even if it looks like we don't have to. Composting toilets, in situ waste management, no lawns, permaculture, food forests, and passive water collection. Picture a fog catcher collecting morning dew and directing it to the plants. And a rock berm directing water to a swail. And mulch to hold in water in the fields. If water is your limiting factor learn how to manage water to the minutest detail.
Yeah the people that party at Burning Man eat this Dust for a week...
Produce grown in the Southwest will become less available, and its prices will rise.
Scientist said this was going to happen 40 years ago and people didn’t listen. There is not much you could do to fix this situation right now. The toxic dust coming from the lake bed is going to be another problem people there may be a mass migration in the next few years from this area.
I knew about the growing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over 50 years ago. That's where climate warming began.. The oil industry moguls knew too but they were and still are focused on profits only. Ain't capitalism wonderful?
Scientists are bought and paid for. This happening is based purely on overpopulation
@@aimeek1236 And some of what you said is true but also there is a climate change aspect of this situation.
@@easyb622 How so?
@@aimeek1236 extreme lack of snow in the winter is causing a water shortage made worse by more people moving into the the state and using water excessively
A lot of the development in Utah is also what is causing it. The routes that water used to run to get to the Great Salt Lake are no longer there because of all of the housing/stores/apartment complexes that are being built in Utah are either unnaturally rerouting the water or for humans using it.
@Alford Johnson Bro, first off, was all caps necessary? And there are ways that we can go about these kinds of things. Utah was established with the intention that we, as individuals, should not take more than what's needed and that our sacrifices are what will truly bless us but as time's gone on, the idea that "we need anything and everything right now" has crept in and it's really been hurting this state.
There are some people who do and do not believe that global warming is a thing. Maybe we can't change global warming, but we can change the way we treat the environment (and that doesn't only include us but businesses that play in to the expansion and progress as well).
Unfortunately we are too late. We can still help the situation be less extreme but the real damage has already happened. Same with the Colorado River.
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
They are not the slightest bit worried in Utah because they know Jesus is almost here to destroy it all anyway.
@@vyoufinder save it all,
no no no . let Utah citizens keep electing politicians that tell you that climate change doesn't exist
let them keep telling you that we as the human race cant change our behavior to slow or stop it.
keep electing those republicans who tell you that your eyes are not seeing what you are actually are seeing with your own eyes
The Libtards will tell you that they can control the climate and make you pay more for their programs that put money in their pockets but do very little, if anything, to help the planet earth.
The Republican way
The Republican governor recently put out an advertisement asking for people to pray with him. For rain/water.
@@eh3477 ,
I wonder what he spent on that advertisement
I'm going to say I think right now it's going to take more than a prayer
@@eh3477 😂😂😂
Thank you for reporting on this critically important story!
Keep building....the ignorance of all this is astonishing....and these folks acting like it's a new thing 20 years in is just wow
Better water practices and getting rid of that idea that watering the grass is important, is the key to starting small changes. Vertical farming in areas where drought is normal could help, using new forms of hydroponics could help, especially in the west with more daylight hours and warmer temperatures; by using green houses with more natural lighting while having a clean indoor environment. Getting the USDA to get involved more in changing the way we grow could help, especially by expanding the organics program and eventually updating the program to include more growing mediums and proving grants. Proving funding to further better technology and improve renewable farm practices and reducing the farm dependency on large amounts of water. Yucca extract is one thing I always recommend to local gardeners and Facebook gardeners in groups to help reduce water usage and stick to the ORMI for organic uses.
You can't farm regardless of the method when the water is gone.
I say that farming should be done where there's an abundance of water to irrigat and not in areas where there's droughts! We're depleting our water resources all over and soon we will run out of natural water if we don't think of a solution fast. I say instead of building pipelines for oil we should be building pipelines for water!
@@erico6247 People think pipelines should be built but we can't move enough water that way without consuming enormous amounts of energy doing it to solve the problem with pipelines. We should have never built cities in deserts and we irrigate way too much. We farm inefficiently. We still grow corn for ethanol used in fuel, which is actually a total waste. That's just a source of money for the growers and does nothing for fuel efficiency and doesn't help fuel economy. We are headed for disaster in the south-west under current climate conditions with no real solutions on the way. I suspect more and more people will simply migrate out as it becomes too expensive to live in those areas. There's a book called Cadillac Desert that is a worthwhile read.
@@W_Desert_life It looks like the people in Utah are managing their water quite well, or should I say their growing amounts of dust. Time to move east young man!
People are just starting to realize that first world living standards are not sustainable. How long have people been living this comfortable? Less than 100 years? And look at all the damages done already everywhere.
Yes it is a combination of billions more people and a large proportion of those are living more comfortably. It was only 1850 that the human beings reached its first one billion people!! That means almost 7 billion added since then!!
One way or the other _the way of life_ will change. If humans don't do it nature will make it happen.
Do not worry, one super volcano eruption, a massive asteroid hitting our planet, or a Supernova burst hitting the earth will destroy most of the life here. As they say “It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature”
@@timcory4455 the difference between the events which you are describing and the human activity are likelihood and timeframe.
A supernova, asteroid or super vulcano event might occur in the next 100.000 years or in the next few million. It could also take much longer until one of these occurs.
Humans on the other hand destroy the environment under which life thrived for the last few thousands of years within this century with extremely high likelihood.
That's a significant different story.
@@hg6996 Yeah you are right but one big natural disaster will wipe out most life from the planet in as little as in a year. The earth will survive and reset the clock on life. Hopefully the next set of creatures will take better care of Earth. :-)
So much for Morman Paradise..
Spelling is impartint🙄
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
Utah = increase corona Mormoons deadly lakes🤮🤮🤮
Emergency level drought and still watering their lawns...... I can see the're on top of this.
I live in SLC, and calling this a consequence of climate change is purely propaganda. Climate change is real, but the reality is that poor water practices are to blame for the salt lake drying up. There is a reason that green lawns don't naturally exist in in this area. The only solution is to reduce water usage, and that will restore the salt lake water levels and increase the snow pack in the Wasatch Range (the mountains to the east of SLC). Actions we should take (in no particular order):
1) Say goodbye to golf courses, green lawns, fountains, and plant species that are not native. Watering the ground should not be legal.
2) Reconsider what types of farming can be done in the valley. Growing crops or raising animals that require high water usage should be phased out so that farmers have time to switchover to another profitable crop that uses less water.
3) Authorities in this area should use a simple pareto analysis to determine what is using the most water and implement specific legislation to cut water usage.
(This is a multi county and multi city problem, so this won't be easy to implement.)
pull your head out, nate
It's a problem of culture in Salt Lake City. It's the kind of place where people are ashamed to say anything smart and proud to automatically side with the lowest common denominator.
Outlaw the green lawns! You can landscape without it, beautifully.
Currently, most people get fined for not watering their lawns via Homeowners Association rules.
Nauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuught gonna happen. We're 'Mericans. We don't prevent problems, we only fix them after they broke; if we feel like it.
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
@@dethray1000 ...the Dust Bowl was caused by bad agricultural practices, which means it was caused BY PEOPLE.
@@dethray1000 You are right about one thing. Mother Earth don't care, she will recover fine. Evolve, change, she's good with that. She's got time on her side. The human parasite that has infected her, not so much. There just about as much water on the planet as there ever has been or will be, just not all the same kind or in the same places it once was....
Can we rename it average salt lake now.
The issue with the GSL is much the same as the Aral Sea. The only solution is to stop diverting the rivers that feed the lake. The environment in that valley is a huge water cycle. Evaporation creates the 500" of snowfall in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Which melts and fills the lake, which evaporates, and the cycle continues. The biggest disruptor is population growth. It is simply unsustainable.
Unfortunately population growth is not the issue. Agriculture in Utah accounts for somewhere around 85% of the water use. We can get rid of things like grass and start doing more water friendly landscaping but at the end of the day we're talking about maybe a 5-7% reduction in usage. Not nearly enough to stop the lake from shrinking. The reality is, Agriculture needs to make some major cuts.
5 generations of entitled water "rights" in one person. Definitely, put him in charge.
The lake's surface water elevation fell to 4,190 feet on Sunday, according to data from the US Geological Survey - below the previous record set in 2021 and the lowest it has ever been since it was first measured in the mid-1800s. Before last year, the lake's low record was 4,191.4 feet in October 1963.Jul 6, 2022
I was 11 years old in 1968 when our family went from Wichita Kansas to Seattle where our dad was working for Boeing. One of the stops along the way was the Great Salt Lake... And I remember swimming in the lake... It was weird and I am sad knowing that my grandson probably wont get the same chance I did
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
@@dethray1000 so..... its okay to blow up the world for commerce and industry again?
Both of my parents and grandparents went thru the dustbowl in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas... It was caused by plowing up the buffalo grass and making room for wheat, corn and other 'crops' ... they also took out generations of trees that had also helped keep the land from blowing away. In the 30s and 40s... they replanted much of the tree breaks to help keep the earth in place... but as it got more profitable to tear down the trees, they did it again and we will all pay for their profits... It wasnt natural or biblical then and it isnt now. Its all done for profit...
@@dethray1000 you're correct but years and years of ill conceived farming practices in the prairies contributed to the dust storms. Also, you might want to broaden your view to the entire planet. Currently, Europe is in the throes of a record heat wave, India and Bangladesh are under water due to unprecedented glacial melts from the Himalayas, huge swathes of AFrica are in drought and creating climate migrants, and the list goes on and on.
@@dethray1000 I watched the dust bowl documentaries. I love those kind of documentaries.
OMG, I would rather swim in the sewage treatment plant than swim in the Great Salt Lake. That lake is nasty!
I don't always grow crops, but when I do, I grow water intensive crops. Stay thirsty, my friends.
As long as you irrigate for your watering, it doesn't matter to me.
You know...that NSA mass database facility uses A LOT of water as coolant for those SuperComputer Systems. How much water would be saved if they were cut off?
The NSA HQ is mostly in Maryland...between Baltimore and DC.
@@yvonneplant9434NSA Headquarters is at Fort Meade,Md. but their data storage facility that has had a few fires from overheating is there in Utah.
@@yvonneplant9434NSA facility in Utah uses 1.7 million gallons of water a day per Utah Representatives.
Evaporative cooling is very common in large buildings in areas with low humidity.
Less water in the lake means less snow in the mountains means less tourism means less money
Wouldn’t it make more sense to check the actual air quality in the city? Seems to make a wee bit more sense.
No. Air is tested in strategic locations so as not to alarm the residents.
@@vyoufinder so lie about it because the people can’t handle the truth. Sounds like politics
BUT the Billionaires want to go to Mars & waste $44B to buy Twitter. Not to put it into the environment. 😨
Exactly. And make them contribute to the mess they're helping to build. Like pay their share in taxes and no grants or subsidies for space travel.
Ha ha ha!! Except for THAT billionaire has created the climate crazies wet dream...electric car....
@@americaisdyingslowly He most certainly didn't create the electric car. Facts matter.
I lived there for a decade. Water is sacred there. Water routes are written into the state constitution and can't be changed. Back in the day farmers killed each over messing with another's water.
Wonder what’s causing lack of snow melt in the mountains. It’s like it’s too warm around the globe to have more snow…
Climate change from a Warmer world. In a warmer world, whether it becomes more extreme. A wetter place becomes wetter and a dryer place becomes dryer - not always but usually.
It's the wobble of the earth is in a place it's never been on its progression more hot some places more wet other places
@@everythingisfine9988 this is what happens when the earth is flat and water is always falling off…
@@ronald5629 Nice try, but there is no evidence that the earth's wobble also Earth's tilt or obliquity, could explain the current warming. The following is an excerpt NASA's Global Climate Change site.
"As obliquity decreases, it gradually helps make our seasons milder, resulting in increasingly warmer winters, and cooler summers that gradually, over time, allow snow and ice at high latitudes to build up into large ice sheets".
The obliquity is decreasing, but it is a gradual process over thousands of years. The warming however is very rapid especially in the last 40 years.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 doesn't matter what you say smartass I watch the Sun and that's what I believe so it doesn't matter what you believe it matters what I see and believe at least I don't believe the Earth is flat
We have to give up everything we have. But I think it's too late, the way humans live now is what's killing the planet.
"You will own nothing and be happy"
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
The reporter has no idea what’s going on? Get another job.
Be smart Utah it's a beautiful state
Local leaders need to step up and do the right thing
Sure, abandon their states.
This lake didn't start drying up after People started driving cars you know...this was an Inland Sea millions of years before Lucy decided to come down from a tree...
I listened but didn’t hear about cars being blamed?
Perhaps you could read a book?
Well here a simple equation. No water equals no people. So if the lake dries up no problem. There going to be a new crop of emptying citys and towns in the next 5 to 10 years if the drought does not break. Cape town in South Africa taps just went dry.
At least SA is next to the sea and has tons of sunlight. Solar and desalination will work there.
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
Which states close to Utah has unlimited supplies of water:
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana... plenty of water. Build a aqua duct stop sending money to other countries
IF THE ASTRONAUTS CAN RECYLE WATER OVER AND OVER, WE MUST START USING THE SAME METHOD !!!!
But, NOOOO! “Too expensive!” 😖
Many counties do! That's why your water tastes like a swimming pool 😋
I think it is extremely valuable to be able to collect the rain that falls on the surface of the sea now. Why don't we build huge roof systems by converting large pet bottles.
1_ build a very long sea pier
2_ cover with special patented plastic
( recycling of large plastic bottles )
3_ divert water into huge cisterns
4_ istanbul basillica cistern is 140 meters and 70 meters. It can hold more than 100000 tons of water.
So quickly we must find the best method to collect the water which rains on the sea s . Plastic ? Using retired old ships ? Or whatever you guess ??
What a genius you are
Do u know how much water u would actually get that’s usable ? It would literally be contaiminated by the sea breeze alone
Actually doesn't sound like a bad idea. Maybe someone could figure out a way to detox old tankers, then use them to collect and transport water. Places like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar, which have the money and access to tankers, could take the lead on this. It would be fascinating to find out how much water could be collected from an oceanic downpour.
@@noahshields507 How would it be contaminated by the sea breeze? It's not that salty....
One of the goals is not to use groundwater while washing cars. Countries like Belgium Netherlands maybe suitable. water can be transported 20 kilometers by train cars. Washing the car with ocean rain without touching the groundwater could save time.
wasting water growing cows that we could live without. Farmers waste water all over growing stuff we dont need
This drought could be a disaster and people don’t even realize it
"Desert Southwest" reverting to its normal form. Nothing we can do about it.
Salt lake is not the southwest, and this is not normal
It’s not going to get any better with runaway development. you can’t rely on snowfall any longer. You’re gonna need a pipeline from another state to get water and good luck with that
I grew up in Utah. It's a beautiful place but there is grass on every lawn, park, and government/commercial property that GUZZLES water and the people stubbornly aren't okay with yellow lawns in a DESERT. It's not just people that depend on that water, it is numerous eco systems and species, but those in power will not do what is necessary to conserve the requisite amounts of water. They are in complete denial
Grass on every lawn 🤷
Looks like somebody drained the ocean to uncover its secrets
What do you expect to happen when man takes more water out of a lake than nature can add. Its not a matter of a man made climate as man made engineering gone bad.
The best solution is too just build on the lakebed. It’s not coming back so lets extend our city westward. This would help solve our homeless crisis.
It's insane to think of the water wasted on Lawns and Power Washing the house over the last 20 years... People are Stupid, Govt is Stupid...
Are you seriously blaming a farmer?
Maybe the predominant proud Religion which takes so much money from parishioners, could help save the lake ?
Yeah right! The funds generated via the "opiates for the masses" only flow in one direction.
@@everythingisfine9988
100 % correct: the money flows only to The Merchants of The Faith, fleecing their naive parishioners incomes.
Remedial efforts to conserve water are decades too late. 😪
The green lawns are so many and the fact they are required is not going to allow us to keep the Salt Lake
Seems like a conflict of interest for the farmer to get that job.
Grass lawns are not needed anywhere and a waste of water. Annoying lawn mowers!
So, where does the NSA pull water from? It uses tens of millions of gallons of water in a single day. Since it's building in 2014, it has used over a billion gallons.
I can't find anything anywhere on where it pulls that massive amount of water from. And the one in dugway is not the only one.
At least nasa is putting the water to good use for humanity. I’d rather have it go to them than all the Californians fleeing California and building in places like SLC
Ban flood irrigation
Golf courses and front lawns should be forced out
They should put like water fountains in the deserts 😐
How much did they insist Newsom build more reservoirs?
It's not toxic gases from the salt deposits drying up
What is it then?
@@americaisdyingslowly arsenic clouds that cover the city
@@nodatastored684 where does that arsenic come from?
Dont they evaporate the lake water to harvest salt? But go after the farmers?
I salute this farmer.
Will my State give up on the Bear River Project for future development? No.
Ag uses flood irrigation for corn and center pivot for alfalfa in the 2nd driest State in the Country.
When you fly into SLC what do you see? A sea of non native green grass.
What State has the cheapest water rates in the Country? You guessed it.
What State battles ID for the greatest water use per person?
Right again.
Utah....where the 1950s still rule.
How was she just there but had no idea? How unobservant can you be?
Ridiculous grass lawns? The grass isn't even native. We need education.
Here too.
So sad that something this detrimental, has happened durning 1's lifetime.
all you drama kings,drama queens..in the 1930ties we had the dustbowl--40 million acres of farmland turned to dust-the dust storms covered the usa--our farm in Mn was covered in dust,sand--shett happens--this has gone on for thousands if not millions of year--look up the dustbowl,the drought lasted 10 years which is now green as can be--get a grip--plus we had the great depression going on too--it was biblical so the bible humps say...geezuz
@@dethray1000
The majority of us drama kings/queens weren't even born back then, old timer!
Maybe if we where & had the www, we would of been concerned about it.....smh.
Time to build a pipeline from the Mississippi river to quench the west's thirst.
I sure hope those magic Mormon pajamas protect against arsenic
Couldn’t happen to a better group of people
More people moving to a desert... in record drought. What could go wrong?
The arsenic is a fine glacial loam. That means it's blown in and the waterways need dredging. They never once dredged any of these waterholes. There's fissures underneath the waters drain into. Like huge empty caves underground that rise up higher when there's no water. Got to seal them off.
The air quality has been causing fertility problems and it is becoming very hard for older women to get pregnant, but even the women in the 30s are not able to get pregnant and they have linked this to the dust
Too many mormoners🤠🤠🤠
People keep building in the southwest because others are foolish enough to buy. They just assume things will work out or somehow water will be provided. My neighbors (here on the shores of Lake Michigan) recently moved to Phoenix and I could only wish them good luck. I wanted to say "Are you nuts? It's in the worst drought in 1,200 years!"
Arsenic ?? Is there a chip manufacturer in the watershed of the Great Salt lake ?
Why are we living and farming in a desert.
Build another golf course.
Is there something that could be sprayed on the dry lake bed to keep the dust down?
What, like water? Or how about cement? 😂😅. The problem is there are thousands of acres of this dusty, dry region that is a growing threat to the residents. Even if there was something you are talking about thousands of acres that is growing in size.
Flex seal!
Vegas is going to get dust storms also!
London is on fire and the west is drying up. I was fighting for many environmental campaigns about this since the late 1980's but no one would listen and many said global warming di not exist... We told you so!... And now it's too late and we will all suffer for our apathy and ignorance.
Utah farmers growing water intensive crops while irrigating in the least efficient way possible... Prepare to reap what you sow!
Apparently those scientists have never heard of ATV's
It's almost as if the Earth is hinting that Humans shouldn't build mega Cities inside DESERTS!
It's salt water right?
In a related development ... Salt Lake City is hitting all time high populations ...
If there is arsenic in the dust storms wouldn't there be arsenic in the water also?
Arsenic is heavy, so it sinks to the sediment
Yes, but no one is drinking the water out of the GSL.
Everything is fine! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Arsenic??? Under water? I'm learning something new everyday.
Sure, arsenic causes diabetes. Check out the diabetes cluster in Alamosa Colorado.
Looks like a lot of water to me.
Guess it’s just the “Okay Salt Lake” now. Lol.
God is making that place desolate
Man is.
But god loves the mor. Ons right?
This "god" character is just so useless.
Job 34:10 says: ““It is unthinkable for the true God to act wickedly, for the Almighty to do wrong!”
If this verse is true, than it means god is not the cause or the one behind this issue… because evidently water droughts bring about bad consequences to the earth and those living in it.
And James 1:13 also says: “When under trial, let no one say: ‘I am being tried by God.’ For with evil things God cannot be tried, nor does he himself try anyone.
So if God does not bring about evil things… or some people mistakenly believe, “tests” upon humans… why are all these bad things we see going on in the world happening?
Because, apart from human error and imperfection… there’s someone behind stage pulling the strings, so to speak…
1 John 5:19 says: “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.”
It’s Satan who is behind this and many other things we see going wrong in this world. Not God.
Satan wants people to believe it’s Gods fault. God has a solution and he will bring about that solution soon. All this information is in the Bible.
@@Dia457 It certainly wasn't Satan that did a massive GENOCIDE of the people by a "flood" according to the Bible. It was god. Satan killed ten people in all of the Bible. He killed the 7 sons and 3 daughters of Job, ALL WITH THE PERMISSION FROM god. god instructed Satan not to bring harm to Job however. It wasn't Satan that killed all of the FIRSTBORN in Egypt at midnight. god did it. You just might be worshipping the wrong guy. 🤣
There is a limit to how long this drought can go on before we see American climate refugees. It's already the worst drought in 1,200 years.
"We settled the desert" well yeah, that's the problem!