Well for one. The water levels are dropping fast because we are selling water to cali and AZ they have the HOOVER D open non stop of course it's gonna go down 👎 STOP SELLING WATER TO CALIFORNIA
Nah, they will enforce some sort of restrictions/rationing on regular citizens to give the impression that they are doing something while the almond and avocado production will continue so they can sell overpriced toast to hippies who pretend to care about muh climate before everything collapses.
My only problem with this is that the bulk of Ag that lake mead supports is desert farming, which is mostly alfalfa, cotton, etc. While some of the Ag is food, there can and need to be major cuts to the amount of water alfalfa farming is sucking up. Most of it is exported out of the state as is, with China being the largest imported of US hay. Same in Utah, 80% of the state water supply goes to alfalfa, which returns less than %3 of the state GDP. We are providing water welfare to farmers in the desert to grow crops for another country, while the rest of us are struggling. This needs to stop.
Saudi Arabia owns huge farms in Arizona that grow Alfalfa, which sucks up huge amounts of water, for their fancy horses. All gets shipped to the middle east (imagine burning up all that fuel).
Alfalfa is mostly grown to feed livestock. Most of the massive crops we have are used to feed livestock. It’s ridiculous. Millions of people around the world have become be vegetarian/vegan having grown up eating meat just like everyone else. The sensory pleasure is not worth this rapidly increasing destruction. We also need cell cultured meat to become a scalable product because despite what I said, most people are unwilling to do this. 75-80% of soya in the US goes to livestock and it’s the 2nd most grown crop. Corn is the first also with the overwhelming majority of it going to livestock. The desire to feast on the dead carcasses of living creatures where it is no longer a necessity for survival means that we will continue to use up the arable land that we have left and the dwindling water supply just so people can have cheap government subsidized Whoppers and chicken sandwiches. The human race is not as advanced as it thinks it is sometimes. It operates still out of primal brain.. me want now.
@@shellysmith1037 and that's why certain countries dont allow non citizens to buy land in there's countries for this exact reason politicians and lobbyists on both sides selling America to foreign interest a field of alfalfa made over 500million and only paid a a few thousand in taxes and only paid a fraction of the water what's its worth compared to the rest of the public
Uhh what about the 80 million people that use it living in the desert.. When they engineered Lake Mead 80 million people were not in the engineering designs.
Surface are to volume ratio is increasing to spiral speeds of evaporation. If rate of use does not change then the volume will continue to decrease at the same rate. But visually it looks more drastic
I'm from the United States, but I like to vacation in Laos every year. For the past 3 years, the Mekong River has lost a lot of surface water. But mainly, China has holding back the water from the Chinese dams. China controls the faucet because the Mekong river starts in the glaciers of their mountains. The Mekong river runs 90% through the entire country of Laos. But China is greedy and not sharing the river. Now Laos is running dry. The current global drought is not helping the situation either. China needs to release the water and stop withholding it from Laos. Look on the map. Laos need help.
@@judas7585 while there were ways to cut back, you could have supported pro environment politicians. For example electing Gore instead of Bush 22 years ago probably would have made a world of difference. But other things were buy fuel efficient vehicles, switch over to renewable energy, change your diet. if you live in a desert get rid of your green lawns and shade trees. There are a lot of things that could have been done but few were willing to do
@@ecurewitz we knew this was gonna happen in 2021 because the Rocky Mountains weren’t getting enough snow. Snows on Mountains during winter then melts during spring and supplies the west with water.
As a Minnesota farmer there's no reason why we should have been in the desert farming in the first place where there isn't water source to grow crops that was a disaster waiting to happen
No, you misunderstood, there's no farming in Nevada desert. What they're talking about is California w/c also draws water from the Colorado river which feeds Lake Mead.
Not to forget, that Colorado River ends in Baja California, Mexico, parts of which have been over 2 months without water from faucets. So this has also international aspects.
@WhiteRepubs AreNazis did you know a blue state uses the majority of Colorado’s river water. Right left red or blue doesn’t matter , end of day you sound like an idiot
@WhiteRepubs AreNazis the Colorado river runs through red states exclusively and those States are dying right now. At least they don't believe in climate change!
climat change probably has something to do with the drought.but the population explosion in a DESERT has more to do with dwindling lake levels.they keep taking & taking what nature cannot give back.
@timkis 64. Additionally we cannot make water unless its by desalination. In the UK we get more water than we need or use, but we don't have pools or water lawns. We know we're fortunate to have a temperate not a semi arid or desert one.
Wow!!! That is crazy how fast it is draining. Now maybe more people will think about how much they have wasted over the years and how much they have taken Lake Mead for granted. Hopefully they come up with a solid plan and that people follow through with it.
Been watching this for 2 yrs on Independent news sources. It’s very sad that mainstream media just starts telling people. Remember it’s not all climate change, expanding cities in deserts does not help. And MOST people don’t conserve let alone care..but they will soon At this rate lucky if the 2nd intake is under water within 6mo.
As a resident of Las Vegas I will tell you what the news won’t tell you Water restrictions only apply to the none rich here in nevada but golf courses have to have the lake full in the rich neighborhoods watts park available but not in the rest of Las Vegas and the water Waste by construction company 10000s of gallons Sprayed on the ground just to keep the dust down in the rich areas
the desert inn had it's own deep wells and protected water rights, those rights and the wells now belong to some other developer after the desert inn was torn down, it's my understanding that the golf courses inside vegas near the strip get their water from this well agreement today. now, bellagio's water fountains are a different story, that water comes from lake mead.
Yet our officials and states allow watering of nonessential lawns and golf courses. We should already be at an absolute ban of ALL non life sustaining water usage! The cut backs are 10 years behind what's needed to help.
It's not so much about lawns and golf courses. It's about almonds (and similar crops). A single almond takes 1 to 3 gallons of water to grow, and the desert Southwest has become the world's foremost supplier of almonds. As they say in the video, you should expect a ton of groceries to become MUCH more expensive over the coming years, as agriculture in the southwest... dries up.
Building the dam in the first place and making a man-made lake was human intervention and changing the climate in the first place secondly people don't like to understand that building more roads shopping centers your new home that you need because you didn't want to redo your old home all the new development also contributes to climate change you cutting your grass you watering your lawn your plants all contributes to climate change not just some big random corporation that they want to tell you about
How come you didn’t do a report on how they have been running Hoover Dam at 125% capacity for several years now to compensate for Reduced electricity generated by coal and nuclear plants?
The solution is simple: Start with yourself, drive less, 1 shower a day, have less children, grow your own herbs, help the bees by gardening more, save money to buy an expensive outfit and wear it all the time instead of fast fashion clothes, reduce garbage output, reuse old bottles, dont flush if pee....etc...it all begins with you ...no policy will ever compare to each person making an effort!!
Lol that is such a crock, one person can’t fix this. We need mass mobilization across all sectors to fix this stuff. Pretending that one person composting while everyone else still dumps biodegradable a in the trash is just out of touch. We need millions doing their part not just a few people.
@@sew_gal7340 fair enough then, I interpreted what you wrote as the standard “individual responsibility above all”! Yeah I agree then if we had a societal shift where it became commonplace to do all the things you said we could make a dent. There are still plenty of governmental policies we could enact though to solve this like we did the Ozone hole.
@Q Anon So they are going to drain a lake to hide something from you that is already hidden from you by the water over it? You have no scientific or any other proof to substantiate what you said and we are supposed to believe you over our very eyes and decades of research and warnings by climate scientists? LOL, laughable at best, ok? Bye. I think you are the myth.
A huge amount of the problem is long standing water rights. Sadly Commiefornia gets the largest share of the water out of lake mead, much of which is used to grow crops for export to other countries.
Too little too late. Born in 80. I've been hearing about this since the 90s. About climate change and how much it will affect us. Nobody cared. Nobody paid attention. Throughout the years I've brought it up in conversations I worry about it, I talk to my kids about our oceans and forests that are dying because of us. And now it seems its too late. This is like the beginning of an apocalypse film where they show a short history of videos starting from when the news started talking about climate change, next video shows fires and bad weather, next video shows people dying from extreme heat, giant ocean waves, tornadoes, huricanes..etc. Next video shows small battles in the U.S. and all over the world over water oil or whatever recourses are left.....u get what I mean. It's all coming true. We are fucked and it sucks that my 7 and 11 year old won't ever have a normal childhood or even life. Things are going to be hard for them and I'm scared for their future.
That's just Hollywood's version of the apocalypse you are thinking of. Would you kill your neighbor for their water and resources; do you think they would do that to you? We are not monsters like in movies and TV. Your children have a future, it's just one we don't know anymore because the world is changing. "Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason." - Al Gore, father of Climate Change Awareness.
That part of the country is arid, and semi arid. It can't support a large population, and massive irrigation for farming even in good years. The fact that the west is in a long drought only makes it worse.
Right on Bob..........that idiot is feeding the public a line of BS that is unmeasurable. He knows full well that the conservation he's talking about is only a stop gap measure. What I want to know is when after all the conservation has run out........THEN WHAT IS THE NEXT MOVE...........we haven't heard that yet because the dumb ass's don't have a clue how to fix this massive problem; they'll just pass the buck!!!!
How about send the 10 million illegals back to their countries. Ten million glasses of wager numerous times a day. Ten million toilets flushing numerous times a day. Ten million showers and baths daily. On and on, that would save water, lots of water.
Okay are you okay with keeping the higher food prices that come with importing enough food to feed the population because Sri Lanka collapsed due to multiple issues one of which is the lack of food so be careful what you wish for.
That mud that is so difficult to walk in comes from the sediment that the river formerly flushed to the ocean, but now builds up behind the dam. There undoubtedly is much more sediment closer to the dam and it further decreases Lake Mead's storage capacity. I wonder if heavy rains, if they ever come, will wash those hillside deposits further into whatever remains of the lake?
@@davidchrist1037 by wonder, I mean I wonder how quickly the mud would come down - if it would take a few seasons or a bunch of years. I noticed that the hills have been terraced by the lake water too. That eventually will erode, but again, time is my question. The Salton Sea in California has similar terraces on the hills around it, and the water has been low for a few centuries now. Just wondering about the time involved. Arid landscapes respond very dynamically to water.
@@beltrams the compact soil of clay and sand that’s in in the lake mead area doesn’t erode as quickly as loamy and more sandy soils do. It has good compaction up on the hill sides. However, the longer it remains dry with huge downpours the more it could damage the soil compaction and it could take only 3 years before more mud slides enter the lake. yes it could happen, even within a year. Droughts along with heavy downpours are terrible for soil balance and have devastating environmental impacts. So let’s hope the area gets some amount of small rains and moisture before a bigger storm hits that area and flash floods mud into the lake. But I am also hoping for some big storms to hit my area, and in turn hoping for some good snow pact in the Rockies.
@@danielbode6949 There is a reason I published that, mainly about what the video is all about, such a huge landscape with aerial photography, only I'm seeing it on this computer screen. I bike-hike to Lake Erie, where I'm traversing the shore, far more compelling and invigorating. And here, instead of cracked mud, I see various fossil formations of rock and vegetation, with evidence of glaciers passing.
When the water stops flowing from the taps and the lights or air conditioner doesn't come on....people will maybe stop and think......oh wow, Houston, we have a problem!!!!!
Yes Climate Chance has something to do with this. But putting millions of people in the middle of the desert isn't helping either. Nature is just reclaiming what was taken from it.
Agree on your second and third sentences but not the first. Droughts come and go EVERYwhere but because humans messed with the southwest desert, they exacerbated the situation there when droughts do occur.
Sure there's climate change but don't ignore the LV population in 1930 was about 5,000. Now there are over 2 million. That growth continues into Arizona and of course California. Then add in all the agriculture. We're literally sucking it dry even without climate change. The Great Basin has been a desert for thousands of years. Its man that brought water to the desert, but it was never engineered for that kind of water consumption.
And what blows me away Mike? The dumb ass's running this city/state continues to build more casinos, more house's like we have all the water in the world and no worries. They are turning a blind eye to the whole mess.
We need to remember that the Colorado River cuts through one of the hottest and driest parts of the planet. Continuing to siphon water for any reason (e.g., farms, cities) while the Rocky Mountain snowpack is down will only make the problem worse. Without question, this issue has received plenty of media coverage in recent months thanks to negativity bias, but what about efforts to counteract it? Are farmers making any changes to how they raise crops? Should people stop planting grass lawns that require so much water to maintain in places like Las Vegas and Phoenix? We need public officials to work on both solutions and messaging. In addition, everyday people need to support measures designed to help.
@@crystalwind3823 Yes, this is looking like another situation where people largely ignore the issue until it reaches a crisis level instead of averting crisis with preventative measures.
I don’t see many people worried over this sadly. Even I try and distract myself because I can’t do much about it, and it’s very depressing and makes me riddled with anxieties. So why should I worry and try to solve this issue when everything I write or anything I say not negated and people tell me to chill out and to stop talking about it. As a kid I used to talk non stop about stuff like this and I realized a long time ago that it doesn’t matter to them because it doesn’t affect them. All they want to see and listen to, at least my family is honey boohoo and other reality tv series... So now I just don’t talk about it unless someone brings it up. I have great idea’s for to street drains and soil and plant retention. But none of that truly matters unless you have the audience willing to listen and understand. So it’s really up to the mass majority if they want a better future. I don’t have the brain power or the money to influence anyone.. only the internet when I’m brave enough to post on it. But my typing is so cluttered as is my brain. I really would love to show more people how we can beautify the world though.
California seriously needs to invest in desalinization plants. California uses 27% of all the water in Lake Mead, and 80% of that water is directed to agriculture. In Israel, which mind you is mostly a desert and shares a *very* similar climate to California, most of their drinking water comes from desalinization, and agriculture in the Negev desert comes from recycled grey water in the form of drip irrigation. Israel in total produces 20% more water than is needed, and those desalinization plants are powered by energy harnessed from solar farms. See the correlation?? California has a GDP that is over 8 times larger than Israel's, has about 16 more days of sunlight than Israel, and has a MUCH longer coast than Israel. There is nothing stopping California from getting most of its water from desalinization if Israel, a country with a smaller coast, size, and GDP can pull it off. Most of the infrastructure our country runs on was built over 80 years ago; it's time for another massive revolution and revamping.
Why don’t we build a pipeline from the Great Lakes down to the Southwest? The United States has 20% of the world‘s freshwater supply in the Great Lakes.
why is it suddenly dropping so quickly? we have been in drought for years and it has slowly dropped but not the media is in to it and its dropping like FEET per week. That is an insane amount of water , far more than we are consuming.we are talking ,multiple millions of gallons per day.... I smell a rat.
California uses almost 40% of the water from Lake Mead. A lot of that going towards produce. Dubai just invested in vertical farming and will produce 2 million pounds of produce with a quarter of the water needed for traditional farming. Hope we can make those changes.
Everybody needs to get tf up out of the desert and move to somewhere more hospitable(Cities and farms). That’s the first step to dealing with this catastrophe.
Residential water consumption is not really the problem. We can do more to conserve, but farming is the real issue. Some tough decisions will need to be made. There is no win-win here. I hope CA decides to use nuclear power and invest in desalination plants. But that could be another ecological disaster if they cut corners. By the way, this is not news. Our government officials have known about this for decades and have done next to nothing.
Agriculture in the desert is the most ridiculous thing ever (even without the climate crisis). The Soviets failed the most at it (Aral sea), but it seems learning from others' mistakes is not our thing... we have to fail too to be able to learn, and it is happening right now (better late than never).
And also what kind of crops you want to grow in that desert. If it's essential food, sure, but I hear they're also growing a lot of particularly thirsty crops that are luxury products meant mostly for export to other countries.
This is just the beginning of what is going to be a horrific famine. We take for granted that we always have food in our grocery stores but with our fresh water sources being stolen and depleted it's going to make farming a lot harder and way more expensive and with the diesel fuel refineries being closed or destroyed how are all these trucks going to bring our food to us. I'm telling you to prepare by as much non-perishable food as you can because within the next year it's going to be hard to afford or even get food.
Wow... This news is a "bummer" because you can't vacation there anymore. I guess that's worse than not being able to water crops and keep healthy food affordable for everyone.
We were there merely a few years back and the coyotes were unusually aggressive as a result of the conditions even then. They’re walk through camp mid day walking up behind humans unaware. It was sad then and it’s sad to see how it appears now.
You can use my neighbors hose, he wont mind. Seriously though, when I was in a Natural Resources college course a few years back they keep talking about a "tipping point" approaching. It sure looks to me like the tipping point is far behind us sadly. Not that we should not try of course, we owe it to our youth to at least try to save things now, and more importantly help formulate plans to handle the future.
Sadly true ! Reality is the politicians are the one's to implement such plans . We know what just happened , one held up all progress on the issues . Best thing you can do is become independent of the masses to an extent off-grid. ☮️🌎
What else should we expect from most "colleges" today? Doom and gloom, man is destroying the planet, the "tipping point" is near, etc, etc, etc. Always scare, scare, scare without EVER putting forth a solution...because neither THEY nor any other humans HAVE any, except convincing the naive and gullible that THEY are the problem. If they did any "solutions/fixes", wouldn't they have already taken care of all the "little" nagging ones like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc? THINK about it! You and millions of others are being sold a bill of goods and have been for DECADES!
I agree, but when Trump lost, we all lost, there is no way those trillions of dollars will ever be paid back. It will take a war and starting over at this point.
ABC News, your reporting is top notch, bringing awareness to the people. Your next stop should be the Great Salt Lake (not so great any longer, and with many more concerns there).
I had heard on a video on youtube they OR someone in high places is considering piping water from the pacific ocean into the lake, they went on to say that the great salt lake water has 3x more salt in it than the ocean so therefore the ocean water would not be a problem for the lake. Will be interesting to see if they get the ok to do that.
@@homelessnomad101 If they want to keep developing the desert it would seem logical to pump mega money into stations that can convert sea water at a fast rate.
Animal agriculture uses more water than all the other sectors combined. Interesting how this is never talked about. It's because the owners of these "news" networks also are the biggest animal agriculture owners as well.
Except we need to eat and drink water. Agriculture supplies food. We don’t need endless mini mansions with endless pools and green grass which is unnatural to the desert. Too many people than the supply of water can support.
Do you know how much water construction sites use to make buildings and houses too! And then we even grow weed here in Nevada too! I grow and trust me they use alot of water for them plants and they got thousands of plants and idk how many other grow spots where they got more plants!!! Its crazy
When the development of all of the dams were built back in the 30s the Colorado River has always run to the sea of Cortez with very little management an still continues to do so today just think of the amount of water that has been wasted
you might run out, too. we ALL might. at least some water authorities are smart enough to store a couple years' worth of water despite our useless governor who wants to be YOUR president- heehee
Really need to start building more de desalinisation plants to make sea water usable for agriculture and drinking purposes before its too late. Also US households really need to get a grip on their water usage. Average household in Nevada uses 222 gallons of water per day, it was 314 until a couple years ago! Here in the UK our households use an average of 76 gallons per day.
@@mister-amazing I think you missed the point. There is unlimited water on earth. 1 gallon of gasoline can be used to 'get' 2-4000+ gallons of fresh water by desalinating sea water. As you know people on the west coast waste copious amounts of energy driving while at the same time panicking about water. That is called a 'real stupid population' .. and THAT supersedes Supply and demand by a long shot .
Field Reporter: *trying to convey the gravity of the water level situation and the effects of the drought* Completely Out of Touch Ditzy Anchor: “That’s a bummer! My family and I used to go to Lake Mead every summer…” I can only assume her thoughts on the wildfires ravaging Western Europe are along the lines of, “Oh wow! Those fires remind me of when I once had to roast a marshmallow on a stick over a campfire with my family!” But hey, I guess the out of touch anchor lady tried? Lol But really; who was so drunk or high that they thought it was a good idea to but her in the anchor chair?
Who woulda thunk that building HUGE population centers, and water-intensive agriculture like alfalfa and dairy production, would be challenging in a DESERT. If we survive as a species, it will be in spite of our judgement and actions, and not on behalf of them.
@Q Anon WOW, are you freakin stupid. There are volumes of research showing all kinds of environmental impacts associated with increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. And either dinosaurs are dying and decaying into CO2 in space, or maybe, just maybe, internal combustion engines and power stations using carbon fuels are creating it. Oh, and the rate of CO2 in the atmosphere corresponds VERY well to human activity and occurances like the industrial revolution. I'm actually quite surprised you have the neural capacity to exchange CO2 for O2 yourself. Oh, and you better start learning to troll otherwise Vlad may march you up to the front lines himself.
Americans on average use 80 gallons on water a day in comparison the average European uses around 40 gallons a day. In south africa during the drought they were restricted to 13 gallons per day. This is a stark wake up call of the incredibly wasteful culture of the US, something needs to change or we will see a mass climate migration to eastern US cities which will have terrible consequences for the entire country..
There are signs out at the lake showing the decline since 2001. It's basically been declining since it was built. Right in line with the rise of Las Vegas in the desert. However tech companies are using their algorithms to bring all of this to the fore-front at once. Then when inflation and gas-prices cause a food shortage, they'll blame it on global warming. Right in time to cause a panic during the election cycle. Crisis is how democrats operate. I'm surprised more people haven't picked up on that yet.
People weren't listening since the 70s when scientists first started warning about climate change. Those studies were just beginning then and 50 years later it has become a more accurate science. Leaders didn't heed the global problem for decades and now we are dealing with the consequences.
So this drought has been going on for 10 years she said? Then tell me how Lake Mojave and Havasu are not drying up? It has only been in the past several months, and more so these summer months it has become news worthy. If Mojave and Havasu aren’t drying up, but Powell and Mead are at an accelerated pace, then where is the water going? Some investigative reporter should look into the government’s allocation of water into Mexico
I wish they would- On UA-cam MrMBB333 has dropped couple videos showing the graphs from the water authority its lost 26ft at the dam past 4 months, Vegas DTech showed reports couple days ago where its 46ft below estimated amounts from year before last. Its enough to make you question where its going. Another channel Alex James dropped a video showing where they launched jet skies 2 years ago and now no water insight just bath tub rings 100ft up. We are going to see a major crisis at this rate
i love how this coverage doesn't even talk about how much alfalfa/other feed crops are farmed with that water and is directly fed to beef cows. The water isn't just used for crops, like things we directly eat, but it is used for feed crops for live stock. Dont kid yourself that shorter showers and no lawns will save enough water to stop this, though it would certainly help.
Beef is a LOT more water conservative than growing grains and other crops for direct consumption. The idea that cattle use more water is a complete myth.
Most of the alfalfa is going to feed horses in other countries. Also Almond trees consume a large portion of that water, most of that crop also gets exported.
It takes 1.1 gallons to produce an almond and California harvests over a billion pounds of almonds each year. There are solutions but it's going to take some common sense to get us there.
I’m glad the news anchor behind the desk is sad about her vacation spot. The media is a joke. This is an incredibly serious issue and she’s worried about her lake day
Thank you JWBush for taking a giant c.r.a.p on the Kyoto convention to decrease industrial emissions and thank you for saving us from those weapons of mass destruction . We just lost 20 precious years . US military #1 polluter on the planet👍
But uhhhhhhh we uhhhhh. (Whispers;) what did we do again? My some friends said if nothing else we got to field test weapons for the big war that's coming with another superpower like Russia or China. Yeah it's going great so far and Ukraine and when it spills over to the rest of the world. That's 20 years are reeeeaaaalllllllllllly paying off..
Wow and in Michigan the lakes are overflowing with fresh water. The southwest gets dryer and dryer. Well that's what happens when you build in a desert and millions of people using up that water
That means according too elevation in June was at 1042, it had gone down another 16 feet, and exposed the Higgins boat. which is know 6feet out of the water and they expect it to drop 25 more feet, in sixty days , leaving at 985 above sea level reaching line 2. Not too mention everything is pointing to a Indian summer leaving little rain until late October. Which will be another 14 feet drop. All the up stream areas are at critical levels. They need too build the Mississippi-San Juan-colorado river pipeline. Or stop growth in major cities and reduce agriculture water needs, and water recreational needs. Those lakes need too be at 75% capacity too insure that evaporation moisture is available to aid in increasing amounts of snow packs. It's a cause and affect ratio. Climate change has altered weather patterns, now it time to put the money on the tables and physical change this problem with modern engineering. Do nothing a the situation becomes dire.
Even if a pipeline from the Mississippi was feasible -- and it is not -- it would take years to build. Further, all we would be doing is enabling California to keep taking most of the water out of the river while contributing nothing to it.
@@earl2688 actually they've done a engineering study and proposal, and there biggest concern is native North American water snales. Head lines read 40 million go without water, but we stopped those water snales. And California has old water rights and it will go to the Supreme Court, million of dollars spent, millions of unhappy Americans. California should build a desalination plant or two. Get an umbrella because a sh*t storm is coming and it's going to effect seven states in North America.
@@saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560 Sure, California is recognized as having "old water rights" but the truth is that Native Americans have older water rights to the Colorado river and thus own what California claims as their "rights". On a tangential note, I've often wondered what would happen if Colorado decided that they're no longer letting their water flow out of state ....
This is called the dust bowl for those that know history this will be a horrific event for everyone but this is also a cause of over population and a lack of care for basic care of essential water sources and over farming.
I call it the "Dust Bowl" in reverse. The people of the mid-western dust bowl moved west......now it will be the people of the southwest dust bowl that will be moving East. LOL
@@homelessnomad101 It’s sad because it will affect all areas when you think about it. No matter if you live north, south, East and west it’s not drought that gets you it’s the dust. And anyone that says we should just turn it into a batter waste land. Does not truly now what cancer is. Lol ☢️
@@tommurphy4307 i live out on the east coast to be honest we are in a drought are selfs little to no rain and if it does rain not very long me and a couple of buddies are know collecting rain water in hopes to water any crops I been hearing that cattle are dying to no water. If things don’t change soon we are looking at tough times ahead.
@John Hmielewski......What do you mean by "welp" ? Are you too stupid to know that the word welp means to give birth ? Obviously you don't have a clue, otherwise there would be no correct way in using it in your comment. Now, if someone was to say, "@John Hmielewski's momma WELPED a litter of mongrels". That would make sense. It still wouldn't have anything to do with this topic - but a least would be grammatically correct.
It would help if 40 million people didn't live in the desert. For 40 years the warnings have been put out there and no one ever listens. The CO river is pretty small and was never going to make it with 40 million people taking all the water from it. A home without water is worth $0 dollars, what are you people waiting for the last drop of water. Get out now before it's too late. Remember this, there are not 40 million houses available out east for you to move to. So first come first to have somewhere to live.
But will they stop the lawn mandates in HOA’s or the nice golf courses with that green grass for the millionaires and billionaires? Nope! Just get rid of the farmers so they can jack up all prices for everything. It doesn’t hurt them.
Imagine that. You put citys of millions of people in a desert and grow insanely water thirsty crops like almonds and the water goes away. Shocker!
LOL This couldn't be any more to the fact. The farming using like 80% of the water
But most of the water is going down stream because of power generation. What is used for golf courses and swimming pools is nothing compared to that
@@steveo1574 in Mexico maybe, 80% or more remains in the Colorado river.
It was an artificial lake anyways
I can only imagine how much worse it will be within the next 5 years.
Putting over 50 million people in a desert sure makes a lot of sense
They need to build more golf courses to help green the desert
Don't worry. We have an upcoming baby boom to make it a lot worse.
@@MatthewMortensen1 meh, more tax payers to feed the machine.
Nobody put people in the desert, they went there on their own free will .
Well for one. The water levels are dropping fast because we are selling water to cali and AZ they have the HOOVER D open non stop of course it's gonna go down 👎 STOP SELLING WATER TO CALIFORNIA
We will continue to do nothing different and consume water as normal until the last drop
And when the last drop comes what will happen after?
Sadly, I think you’re right
Too much money to be made by building houses
Nah, they will enforce some sort of restrictions/rationing on regular citizens to give the impression that they are doing something while the almond and avocado production will continue so they can sell overpriced toast to hippies who pretend to care about muh climate before everything collapses.
@@alexsmith1207 mad max world
My only problem with this is that the bulk of Ag that lake mead supports is desert farming, which is mostly alfalfa, cotton, etc. While some of the Ag is food, there can and need to be major cuts to the amount of water alfalfa farming is sucking up. Most of it is exported out of the state as is, with China being the largest imported of US hay. Same in Utah, 80% of the state water supply goes to alfalfa, which returns less than %3 of the state GDP. We are providing water welfare to farmers in the desert to grow crops for another country, while the rest of us are struggling. This needs to stop.
Saudi Arabia owns huge farms in Arizona that grow Alfalfa, which sucks up huge amounts of water, for their fancy horses. All gets shipped to the middle east (imagine burning up all that fuel).
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@@shellysmith1037 Arizona’s water management policies are out of control.
Alfalfa is mostly grown to feed livestock. Most of the massive crops we have are used to feed livestock. It’s ridiculous. Millions of people around the world have become be vegetarian/vegan having grown up eating meat just like everyone else. The sensory pleasure is not worth this rapidly increasing destruction. We also need cell cultured meat to become a scalable product because despite what I said, most people are unwilling to do this.
75-80% of soya in the US goes to livestock and it’s the 2nd most grown crop. Corn is the first also with the overwhelming majority of it going to livestock. The desire to feast on the dead carcasses of living creatures where it is no longer a necessity for survival means that we will continue to use up the arable land that we have left and the dwindling water supply just so people can have cheap government subsidized Whoppers and chicken sandwiches. The human race is not as advanced as it thinks it is sometimes. It operates still out of primal brain.. me want now.
@@shellysmith1037 and that's why certain countries dont allow non citizens to buy land in there's countries for this exact reason politicians and lobbyists on both sides selling America to foreign interest a field of alfalfa made over 500million and only paid a a few thousand in taxes and only paid a fraction of the water what's its worth compared to the rest of the public
Uhh what about the 80 million people that use it living in the desert.. When they engineered Lake Mead 80 million people were not in the engineering designs.
They are getting screwed it looks by new development
Don’t be upset now cause america is only going to get more people unfortunately
As it drains it will go faster and faster as the surface area decreases but the rate of use stays the same.
Surface are to volume ratio is increasing to spiral speeds of evaporation. If rate of use does not change then the volume will continue to decrease at the same rate. But visually it looks more drastic
Your science needs some work
wtf are you talking about ur trippin
oh ok you mean like the top surface right? yeah ig thay makes sense
I'm from the United States, but I like to vacation in Laos every year. For the past 3 years, the Mekong River has lost a lot of surface water. But mainly, China has holding back the water from the Chinese dams. China controls the faucet because the Mekong river starts in the glaciers of their mountains. The Mekong river runs 90% through the entire country of Laos. But China is greedy and not sharing the river. Now Laos is running dry. The current global drought is not helping the situation either. China needs to release the water and stop withholding it from Laos. Look on the map. Laos need help.
I'm not sure what folks expected...its not like this was out of nowhere
We were warned for decades, but we wanted to live our decadent lifestyle
@@ecurewitz what are regular citizens supposed to do? Its out of our power this is something for the government to do something about
@@judas7585 while there were ways to cut back, you could have supported pro environment politicians. For example electing Gore instead of Bush 22 years ago probably would have made a world of difference. But other things were buy fuel efficient vehicles, switch over to renewable energy, change your diet. if you live in a desert get rid of your green lawns and shade trees. There are a lot of things that could have been done but few were willing to do
@@ecurewitz we knew this was gonna happen in 2021 because the Rocky Mountains weren’t getting enough snow. Snows on Mountains during winter then melts during spring and supplies the west with water.
As a Minnesota farmer there's no reason why we should have been in the desert farming in the first place where there isn't water source to grow crops that was a disaster waiting to happen
You are the farmer. Why are you doing it lol. Such a hypocrite
We have a plethora of states that get regular rainfall and yet folks chose to use the desert to grow crops. It never made sense to me.
No, you misunderstood, there's no farming in Nevada desert. What they're talking about is California w/c also draws water from the Colorado river which feeds Lake Mead.
@@Nope991 hes from minnesota they have no water problems over there..
@@jamesahn9910 Did you read his comment or not. He said the word "we" therefore including himself. Please read carefully next time. Bye
Not to forget, that Colorado River ends in Baja California, Mexico, parts of which have been over 2 months without water from faucets. So this has also international aspects.
@WhiteRepubs AreNazis did you know a blue state uses the majority of Colorado’s river water. Right left red or blue doesn’t matter , end of day you sound like an idiot
@WhiteRepubs AreNazis the Colorado river runs through red states exclusively and those States are dying right now. At least they don't believe in climate change!
@WhiteRepubs AreNazis hahahaha thanks for the laugh
@WhiteRepubs AreNazis truth
Pfff go back to hell there Hitler.
climat change probably has something to do with the drought.but the population explosion in a DESERT has more to do with dwindling lake levels.they keep taking & taking what nature cannot give back.
Well said. Food should come before green lawns and private pools.
Agriculture is the main source of water consumption. This includes the food they produce for cattle
That lake isn't even natural. Man made.
If they got rid of the dams, they would really see the water gone.
I agree I think it's more of the farming that really has taken a hit on the water level.
@timkis 64. Additionally we cannot make water unless its by desalination.
In the UK we get more water than we need or use, but we don't have pools or water lawns. We know we're fortunate to have a temperate not a semi arid or desert one.
Wow!!! That is crazy how fast it is draining. Now maybe more people will think about how much they have wasted over the years and how much they have taken Lake Mead for granted. Hopefully they come up with a solid plan and that people follow through with it.
Been watching this for 2 yrs on Independent news sources. It’s very sad that mainstream media just starts telling people. Remember it’s not all climate change, expanding cities in deserts does not help. And MOST people don’t conserve let alone care..but they will soon
At this rate lucky if the 2nd intake is under water within 6mo.
President already announced the plan, plan is to withstand climate change 🤣
Nope, nobody will ever think twice. Especially the people who make a billion a year off the water they waste.
@@michaelmorehouse8872 why would they, they have their own private infrastructure
have to grow those water-intensive crops, have to eat beef 11 times a week, got wash the car every day, have to have that lush grass...
As a resident of Las Vegas I will tell you what the news won’t tell you Water restrictions only apply to the none rich here in nevada but golf courses have to have the lake full in the rich neighborhoods watts park available but not in the rest of Las Vegas and the water Waste by construction company 10000s of gallons Sprayed on the ground just to keep the dust down in the rich areas
the desert inn had it's own deep wells and protected water rights, those rights and the wells now belong to some other developer after the desert inn was torn down, it's my understanding that the golf courses inside vegas near the strip get their water from this well agreement today. now, bellagio's water fountains are a different story, that water comes from lake mead.
OMG you are so lucky- craps every night?? when i lived there binion's tables were the place to be.
*ITS ALMOST AS IF PEOPLE WERENT SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN THE DESERT. CRAZY RIGHT?*
Who would have thunk it?
Or at least not live like they do now in the desert. really green lawns and shade trees?
Some like it hot!
It’s ok to live there actually, it’s farming in the desert that’s the issue
80% of the water is used for agriculture not for people "living in the desert"
Yet our officials and states allow watering of nonessential lawns and golf courses. We should already be at an absolute ban of ALL non life sustaining water usage! The cut backs are 10 years behind what's needed to help.
Who do you think is in bed with the politicians though? Or are politicians themselves. They won’t stand for it.
Didn't water ever enter into anyone's mind before they moved into a desert?
But how will I keep my lawn nice and green? How will the golf course ensure its lush for greenery?
It's not so much about lawns and golf courses. It's about almonds (and similar crops). A single almond takes 1 to 3 gallons of water to grow, and the desert Southwest has become the world's foremost supplier of almonds. As they say in the video, you should expect a ton of groceries to become MUCH more expensive over the coming years, as agriculture in the southwest... dries up.
Priorities
golf courses use pee water- you should give it a try
Building the dam in the first place and making a man-made lake was human intervention and changing the climate in the first place secondly people don't like to understand that building more roads shopping centers your new home that you need because you didn't want to redo your old home all the new development also contributes to climate change you cutting your grass you watering your lawn your plants all contributes to climate change not just some big random corporation that they want to tell you about
oh, boo-hoo its raining, tony
Perhaos not populating deserts might be a good idea.
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Actually I live in the desert and I have a plan to collect 500,000 Gallons a year.
I'll be ok.
How come you didn’t do a report on how they have been running Hoover Dam at 125% capacity for several years now to compensate for Reduced electricity generated by coal and nuclear plants?
The solution is simple: Start with yourself, drive less, 1 shower a day, have less children, grow your own herbs, help the bees by gardening more, save money to buy an expensive outfit and wear it all the time instead of fast fashion clothes, reduce garbage output, reuse old bottles, dont flush if pee....etc...it all begins with you ...no policy will ever compare to each person making an effort!!
Lol that is such a crock, one person can’t fix this. We need mass mobilization across all sectors to fix this stuff. Pretending that one person composting while everyone else still dumps biodegradable a in the trash is just out of touch.
We need millions doing their part not just a few people.
@@monkeymanchronicles Thats the bigger picture obviously...imagine if everyone did that...it would help.
@@sew_gal7340 fair enough then, I interpreted what you wrote as the standard “individual responsibility above all”! Yeah I agree then if we had a societal shift where it became commonplace to do all the things you said we could make a dent. There are still plenty of governmental policies we could enact though to solve this like we did the Ozone hole.
80 percent of co2 emissions come from fossil fuels. Coal, gas and oil.
Doing MY part here! Less consumption, buy used instead of new (old stuff is better quality). Sponge bath sometimes.
Notice people don't talk much about how fracking uses billions of gallons of water
Keep going Ginger, you're doing a great job, honest answering of your colleague's questions and not hiding the seriousness of the issue.
@Q Anon So they are going to drain a lake to hide something from you that is already hidden from you by the water over it? You have no scientific or any other proof to substantiate what you said and we are supposed to believe you over our very eyes and decades of research and warnings by climate scientists? LOL, laughable at best, ok? Bye. I think you are the myth.
A functional society could take steps to address the problem. Unfortunately, we’re America.
A huge amount of the problem is long standing water rights. Sadly Commiefornia gets the largest share of the water out of lake mead, much of which is used to grow crops for export to other countries.
Unfortunately...............I agree with ya B.C.
Too little too late.
Born in 80. I've been hearing about this since the 90s. About climate change and how much it will affect us. Nobody cared. Nobody paid attention. Throughout the years I've brought it up in conversations I worry about it, I talk to my kids about our oceans and forests that are dying because of us. And now it seems its too late. This is like the beginning of an apocalypse film where they show a short history of videos starting from when the news started talking about climate change, next video shows fires and bad weather, next video shows people dying from extreme heat, giant ocean waves, tornadoes, huricanes..etc. Next video shows small battles in the U.S. and all over the world over water oil or whatever recourses are left.....u get what I mean. It's all coming true. We are fucked and it sucks that my 7 and 11 year old won't ever have a normal childhood or even life. Things are going to be hard for them and I'm scared for their future.
Agreed...its bad and it's only gonna get worse...we ALL should be ashamed
That's just Hollywood's version of the apocalypse you are thinking of. Would you kill your neighbor for their water and resources; do you think they would do that to you? We are not monsters like in movies and TV. Your children have a future, it's just one we don't know anymore because the world is changing. "Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason." - Al Gore, father of Climate Change Awareness.
That's why I don't have kids (yet)
Too much uncertainty in the world at the moment.
That part of the country is arid, and semi arid. It can't support a large population, and massive irrigation for farming even in good years. The fact that the west is in a long drought only makes it worse.
So you knew the country/world was in crisis and chose to have 2 kids to add to all the problems.
"How much trouble we are in depends on our society and how we react to climate change"
Translation: We are screwed!
See Rapa Nui......
Right on Bob..........that idiot is feeding the public a line of BS that is unmeasurable. He knows full well that the conservation he's talking about is only a stop gap measure. What I want to know is when after all the conservation has run out........THEN WHAT IS THE NEXT MOVE...........we haven't heard that yet because the dumb ass's don't have a clue how to fix this massive problem; they'll just pass the buck!!!!
We can only hope the deniers are starved and the oil companies go bankrupt from peak oil.
Then prepare for societal collapse. LOL.
Yup. Sounds like you either adapt to it or die…
Here's an idea. Stop farming in the desert and stop promoting usless grass lawns, yards and plots
How about send the 10 million illegals back to their countries.
Ten million glasses of wager numerous times a day.
Ten million toilets flushing numerous times a day.
Ten million showers and baths daily.
On and on, that would save water, lots of water.
Water...
Okay are you okay with keeping the higher food prices that come with importing enough food to feed the population because Sri Lanka collapsed due to multiple issues one of which is the lack of food so be careful what you wish for.
youre right- its just an idea
Stop CA farmers from growing one of the most water intensive non human food cash crops Alfalfa.
And almonds w/c consumes gallons of water per tree. These are not staple foods.
That mud that is so difficult to walk in comes from the sediment that the river formerly flushed to the ocean, but now builds up behind the dam. There undoubtedly is much more sediment closer to the dam and it further decreases Lake Mead's storage capacity. I wonder if heavy rains, if they ever come, will wash those hillside deposits further into whatever remains of the lake?
You wonder ? What else would happen?
@@davidchrist1037 by wonder, I mean I wonder how quickly the mud would come down - if it would take a few seasons or a bunch of years. I noticed that the hills have been terraced by the lake water too. That eventually will erode, but again, time is my question. The Salton Sea in California has similar terraces on the hills around it, and the water has been low for a few centuries now. Just wondering about the time involved. Arid landscapes respond very dynamically to water.
@@beltrams A dramatic change in weather like rain for
A couple of weeks everyday would create all kinds of issues. Mud and minerals run
Off just one.
@Q Anon nothing at bottom of that lake but the bones of fish and murder victims.
@@beltrams the compact soil of clay and sand that’s in in the lake mead area doesn’t erode as quickly as loamy and more sandy soils do.
It has good compaction up on the hill sides.
However, the longer it remains dry with huge downpours the more it could damage the soil compaction and it could take only 3 years before more mud slides enter the lake.
yes it could happen, even within a year.
Droughts along with heavy downpours are terrible for soil balance and have devastating environmental impacts.
So let’s hope the area gets some amount of small rains and moisture before a bigger storm hits that area and flash floods mud into the lake.
But I am also hoping for some big storms to hit my area, and in turn hoping for some good snow pact in the Rockies.
How many houses have been built since it was built. Politicians don't care.
Do more clips like this ABC
Turn this into a series
I'm not interested in seeing more exposed shorelines. It doesn't matter how good-looking they are.
@@johnwattdotca your opinion
@@danielbode6949 There is a reason I published that, mainly about what the video is all about, such a huge landscape with aerial photography, only I'm seeing it on this computer screen. I bike-hike to Lake Erie, where I'm traversing the shore, far more compelling and invigorating. And here, instead of cracked mud, I see various fossil formations of rock and vegetation, with evidence of glaciers passing.
they won't be showing the rain now- doesn't fit in with their fake news agenda....
Don't block the water inlet and stop draining the lakes..
A Lake Mead, Lake Powell series would be interesting and helpful. If Mead/Powell fall much lower people won't be worrying about the price of gas.
When the water stops flowing from the taps and the lights or air conditioner doesn't come on....people will maybe stop and think......oh wow, Houston, we have a problem!!!!!
You don’t need a series. UA-camrs have been covering this for a long time. ABC is just late to the party
@@homelessnomad101 And Houston will be like "stop bothering us; we've got our own problems".
and not a flood, neither!
Yes Climate Chance has something to do with this. But putting millions of people in the middle of the desert isn't helping either. Nature is just reclaiming what was taken from it.
Agree on your second and third sentences but not the first. Droughts come and go EVERYwhere but because humans messed with the southwest desert, they exacerbated the situation there when droughts do occur.
Look on UA-cam for the bighorn sheep rescue at Lake Mead. This mud is treacherous.
Sure there's climate change but don't ignore the LV population in 1930 was about 5,000. Now there are over 2 million. That growth continues into Arizona and of course California. Then add in all the agriculture. We're literally sucking it dry even without climate change. The Great Basin has been a desert for thousands of years. Its man that brought water to the desert, but it was never engineered for that kind of water consumption.
And what blows me away Mike? The dumb ass's running this city/state continues to build more casinos, more house's like we have all the water in the world and no worries. They are turning a blind eye to the whole mess.
Agriculture accounts for 80% of the Colorado annual flow and a large portion of that is being exported out of the country.
The USA needs to adopt drip irrigation, aero and hydroponic agriculture. It's sheer lunacy to be growing lettuce in a desert!
Yeah, but we like to be different and give the ILLUSION we have things under control 😎
They should say all cereal grain and cover crops have to be dry land farmed.
That will buy some time. But living in a desert will never be sustainable.
We need to remember that the Colorado River cuts through one of the hottest and driest parts of the planet. Continuing to siphon water for any reason (e.g., farms, cities) while the Rocky Mountain snowpack is down will only make the problem worse.
Without question, this issue has received plenty of media coverage in recent months thanks to negativity bias, but what about efforts to counteract it? Are farmers making any changes to how they raise crops? Should people stop planting grass lawns that require so much water to maintain in places like Las Vegas and Phoenix? We need public officials to work on both solutions and messaging. In addition, everyday people need to support measures designed to help.
@@crystalwind3823 Yes, this is looking like another situation where people largely ignore the issue until it reaches a crisis level instead of averting crisis with preventative measures.
I don’t see many people worried over this sadly.
Even I try and distract myself because I can’t do much about it, and it’s very depressing and makes me riddled with anxieties. So why should I worry and try to solve this issue when everything I write or anything I say not negated and people tell me to chill out and to stop talking about it.
As a kid I used to talk non stop about stuff like this and I realized a long time ago that it doesn’t matter to them because it doesn’t affect them. All they want to see and listen to, at least my family is honey boohoo and other reality tv series... So now I just don’t talk about it unless someone brings it up.
I have great idea’s for to street drains and soil and plant retention. But none of that truly matters unless you have the audience willing to listen and understand. So it’s really up to the mass majority if they want a better future.
I don’t have the brain power or the money to influence anyone.. only the internet when I’m brave enough to post on it. But my typing is so cluttered as is my brain.
I really would love to show more people how we can beautify the world though.
thanks, john... i'm gonna go wash my datsun now
California seriously needs to invest in desalinization plants. California uses 27% of all the water in Lake Mead, and 80% of that water is directed to agriculture.
In Israel, which mind you is mostly a desert and shares a *very* similar climate to California, most of their drinking water comes from desalinization, and agriculture in the Negev desert comes from recycled grey water in the form of drip irrigation. Israel in total produces 20% more water than is needed, and those desalinization plants are powered by energy harnessed from solar farms.
See the correlation?? California has a GDP that is over 8 times larger than Israel's, has about 16 more days of sunlight than Israel, and has a MUCH longer coast than Israel. There is nothing stopping California from getting most of its water from desalinization if Israel, a country with a smaller coast, size, and GDP can pull it off. Most of the infrastructure our country runs on was built over 80 years ago; it's time for another massive revolution and revamping.
California also has a lot more swimming pools than Israel to make matters worst
Just let it rot. Build something new over it. Honestly maybe Futurama was into something, even unintentionally
Why don’t we build a pipeline from the Great Lakes down to the Southwest? The United States has 20% of the world‘s freshwater supply in the Great Lakes.
maybe cuz we ran out of bitcoin??
When Lake Mead dries up, Las Vegas will turn into a ghost town.
A lot of Californika too!!
"i reckon we'll mosey on up to palace station for 99-cent 1/3 pound big dog with mustard and onions- y'all take care"
why is it suddenly dropping so quickly? we have been in drought for years and it has slowly dropped but not the media is in to it and its dropping like FEET per week. That is an insane amount of water , far more than we are consuming.we are talking ,multiple millions of gallons per day.... I smell a rat.
California uses almost 40% of the water from Lake Mead. A lot of that going towards produce. Dubai just invested in vertical farming and will produce 2 million pounds of produce with a quarter of the water needed for traditional farming. Hope we can make those changes.
Bingo! Hydro and aeroponics needs to happen ASAP!
Yep and Democrats have been telling people about this for many years and policies never get changed because of the greedy Republican’s.
Yes, because they know the oil is drying up and are actually planning for it!
don't forget watering my tangerine trees and washing my datsun
They can move oil all over this country why can’t they move water from the north to the south?
Everybody needs to get tf up out of the desert and move to somewhere more hospitable(Cities and farms). That’s the first step to dealing with this catastrophe.
who is tf and why does he need to go?
Arizona and Nevada do not produce 2/3 of the US fruit and vegetables.
Residential water consumption is not really the problem. We can do more to conserve, but farming is the real issue. Some tough decisions will need to be made. There is no win-win here. I hope CA decides to use nuclear power and invest in desalination plants. But that could be another ecological disaster if they cut corners. By the way, this is not news. Our government officials have known about this for decades and have done next to nothing.
We been knowing this for decades and still kept on the agriculture in the desert 🏜 💀 😂
Well done ladies. Hope y'all stay on top of the situation.
On top of the mud.
To late to care now. Been dropping BAD this past 1-2 yrs.
just like the movies no one listens to the scientist
This was already know to happen because we saw that the rocky mountains weren’t getting enough snow during the winter season of 2021
Agriculture in the desert is the most ridiculous thing ever (even without the climate crisis). The Soviets failed the most at it (Aral sea), but it seems learning from others' mistakes is not our thing... we have to fail too to be able to learn, and it is happening right now (better late than never).
i thought it was called the ural sea..
@@tommurphy4307 no, it's the Aral Sea
As a species we will have to decide, lawns or food? How many lawns are being kept alive in Vegas with water that could go to agriculture?
And also what kind of crops you want to grow in that desert. If it's essential food, sure, but I hear they're also growing a lot of particularly thirsty crops that are luxury products meant mostly for export to other countries.
@@antred11 wow. Excellent point. Seriously.
@@antred11 yes, like almonds. They should stop growing these crops/craps!!
You're forgetting about 5 other states doing the same thing.
i say cannabis
This is just the beginning of what is going to be a horrific famine. We take for granted that we always have food in our grocery stores but with our fresh water sources being stolen and depleted it's going to make farming a lot harder and way more expensive and with the diesel fuel refineries being closed or destroyed how are all these trucks going to bring our food to us. I'm telling you to prepare by as much non-perishable food as you can because within the next year it's going to be hard to afford or even get food.
Wow... This news is a "bummer" because you can't vacation there anymore. I guess that's worse than not being able to water crops and keep healthy food affordable for everyone.
yeah, what is there to do in VEGAS????????
We were there merely a few years back and the coyotes were unusually aggressive as a result of the conditions even then. They’re walk through camp mid day walking up behind humans unaware. It was sad then and it’s sad to see how it appears now.
No……
It’s because morons feed them……..
You can use my neighbors hose, he wont mind.
Seriously though, when I was in a Natural Resources college course a few years back they keep talking about a "tipping point" approaching. It sure looks to me like the tipping point is far behind us sadly. Not that we should not try of course, we owe it to our youth to at least try to save things now,
and more importantly help formulate plans to handle the future.
Sadly true !
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What else should we expect from most "colleges" today? Doom and gloom, man is destroying the planet, the "tipping point" is near, etc, etc, etc. Always scare, scare, scare without EVER putting forth a solution...because neither THEY nor any other humans HAVE any, except convincing the naive and gullible that THEY are the problem. If they did any "solutions/fixes", wouldn't they have already taken care of all the "little" nagging ones like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc? THINK about it! You and millions of others are being sold a bill of goods and have been for DECADES!
I agree, but when Trump lost, we all lost, there is no way those trillions of dollars will ever be paid back. It will take a war and starting over at this point.
ABC News, your reporting is top notch, bringing awareness to the people. Your next stop should be the Great Salt Lake (not so great any longer, and with many more concerns there).
I had heard on a video on youtube they OR someone in high places is considering piping water from the pacific ocean into the lake, they went on to say that the great salt lake water has 3x more salt in it than the ocean so therefore the ocean water would not be a problem for the lake. Will be interesting to see if they get the ok to do that.
They made one already ua-cam.com/video/f8ni29GipkU/v-deo.html
@@Mdmoher - ok negative Nancy.
@@homelessnomad101 If they want to keep developing the desert it would seem logical to pump mega money into stations that can convert sea water at a fast rate.
@@homelessnomad101 I seen the same video/ they said that the great salt lake was 5x more salty than ocean water .👍👍/ not 3x
ACTUAL NEWS! Great reporting
Animal agriculture uses more water than all the other sectors combined. Interesting how this is never talked about. It's because the owners of these "news" networks also are the biggest animal agriculture owners as well.
Except we need to eat and drink water. Agriculture supplies food. We don’t need endless mini mansions with endless pools and green grass which is unnatural to the desert. Too many people than the supply of water can support.
.Almond trees use more water than anything'
Restrict the residents and golf courses who demand green lawns, before you restrict the farmers.
Do you know how much water construction sites use to make buildings and houses too! And then we even grow weed here in Nevada too! I grow and trust me they use alot of water for them plants and they got thousands of plants and idk how many other grow spots where they got more plants!!! Its crazy
The biggest problem is agriculture they take the highest percentage of water by alot
When the development of all of the dams were built back in the 30s the Colorado River has always run to the sea of Cortez with very little management an still continues to do so today just think of the amount of water that has been wasted
Tens of millions of people living in the desert. Who'd a thought they might run out of water one day.
It will be a spectacular sight to see Las Vegas dark and not a soul in sight!!!, they'd be all boarded up!
@@homelessnomad101 will never happen, they will resort to burning coal before that happens.
@@homelessnomad101 that’s what the covid shutdown was for. Preview for the main event!
you might run out, too. we ALL might. at least some water authorities are smart enough to store a couple years' worth of water despite our useless governor who wants to be YOUR president- heehee
Interesting that the resorts and golf courses are exempt from water restrictions!? Just plain stupid!!
they use purple water here in cali- they can't use muni water.
Really need to start building more de desalinisation plants to make sea water usable for agriculture and drinking purposes before its too late. Also US households really need to get a grip on their water usage. Average household in Nevada uses 222 gallons of water per day, it was 314 until a couple years ago! Here in the UK our households use an average of 76 gallons per day.
No they need to stop Building Homes and stop allowing millions of illegals into the state
It's much hotter so people have more pools, I would assume
they prefer to use energy to move 4000lb hunks of metal to walmart and 7/11 rather than desalinate water... no big deal let Darwinism run its course.
@@crabbcake supply and demand. Gas and water use will go down with increasing prices
@@mister-amazing I think you missed the point. There is unlimited water on earth. 1 gallon of gasoline can be used to 'get' 2-4000+ gallons of fresh water by desalinating sea water. As you know people on the west coast waste copious amounts of energy driving while at the same time panicking about water. That is called a 'real stupid population' .. and THAT supersedes Supply and demand by a long shot .
This is no Drought, this is the new climate and in 20 years you will have another new climate, much hotter than now...
It’s almost like putting a giant city in the middle of a desert was a bad idea.
Las Vegas only uses 2% of the water from Lake Mead. Its one of the most water efficient cities in North America and recycles 99% of the water it uses.
Wonder if the b29 will be out of water soon I wanna go walk around it
Need to put more emphasis on runaway development as a cause too.
Sin city outdoors shows the progression really well if you’re interested in this
Im baffled she used the gopro side of the stick for leverage in the ground instead of using the other end.
Field Reporter: *trying to convey the gravity of the water level situation and the effects of the drought*
Completely Out of Touch Ditzy Anchor: “That’s a bummer! My family and I used to go to Lake Mead every summer…”
I can only assume her thoughts on the wildfires ravaging Western Europe are along the lines of, “Oh wow! Those fires remind me of when I once had to roast a marshmallow on a stick over a campfire with my family!”
But hey, I guess the out of touch anchor lady tried? Lol
But really; who was so drunk or high that they thought it was a good idea to but her in the anchor chair?
Who woulda thunk that building HUGE population centers, and water-intensive agriculture like alfalfa and dairy production, would be challenging in a DESERT. If we survive as a species, it will be in spite of our judgement and actions, and not on behalf of them.
who woulda thunk another karen copy pasting same thing all the karens say
@Q Anon WOW, are you freakin stupid. There are volumes of research showing all kinds of environmental impacts associated with increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. And either dinosaurs are dying and decaying into CO2 in space, or maybe, just maybe, internal combustion engines and power stations using carbon fuels are creating it. Oh, and the rate of CO2 in the atmosphere corresponds VERY well to human activity and occurances like the industrial revolution. I'm actually quite surprised you have the neural capacity to exchange CO2 for O2 yourself. Oh, and you better start learning to troll otherwise Vlad may march you up to the front lines himself.
@@kushking949 what the hell is that? The worst troll ever or something?
Americans on average use 80 gallons on water a day in comparison the average European uses around 40 gallons a day. In south africa during the drought they were restricted to 13 gallons per day. This is a stark wake up call of the incredibly wasteful culture of the US, something needs to change or we will see a mass climate migration to eastern US cities which will have terrible consequences for the entire country..
This isn’t all of a sudden !
Interesting what’s going to happen as a. result . Seems like something more is going on !
There are signs out at the lake showing the decline since 2001. It's basically been declining since it was built. Right in line with the rise of Las Vegas in the desert. However tech companies are using their algorithms to bring all of this to the fore-front at once. Then when inflation and gas-prices cause a food shortage, they'll blame it on global warming. Right in time to cause a panic during the election cycle. Crisis is how democrats operate. I'm surprised more people haven't picked up on that yet.
You're Correct..
Desalination needs to be revisited
No one was listening 20 years ago now that the water level down people don't know how to go about it !!!!!!!
People weren't listening since the 70s when scientists first started warning about climate change. Those studies were just beginning then and 50 years later it has become a more accurate science. Leaders didn't heed the global problem for decades and now we are dealing with the consequences.
GET THEM OUT OF NEVADA!!!! People using water from out of state.....makes no sense
In 1930 we ddnt need this much water! Humans destroyed Mother Earth. Now she’s taking everything back! Rip man kind
gee, our old lasalle ran great- THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
So this drought has been going on for 10 years she said? Then tell me how Lake Mojave and Havasu are not drying up? It has only been in the past several months, and more so these summer months it has become news worthy. If Mojave and Havasu aren’t drying up, but Powell and Mead are at an accelerated pace, then where is the water going? Some investigative reporter should look into the government’s allocation of water into Mexico
I wish they would- On UA-cam MrMBB333 has dropped couple videos showing the graphs from the water authority its lost 26ft at the dam past 4 months, Vegas DTech showed reports couple days ago where its 46ft below estimated amounts from year before last. Its enough to make you question where its going. Another channel Alex James dropped a video showing where they launched jet skies 2 years ago and now no water insight just bath tub rings 100ft up. We are going to see a major crisis at this rate
We need main steam media to show more about the facts of these things. Like this video does.
Is there any way to get water 💧 🤔 from the east coast where it rains 🌧 a lot more over to the west coast???
THAT would be like the canal from Hell.
i love how this coverage doesn't even talk about how much alfalfa/other feed crops are farmed with that water and is directly fed to beef cows. The water isn't just used for crops, like things we directly eat, but it is used for feed crops for live stock. Dont kid yourself that shorter showers and no lawns will save enough water to stop this, though it would certainly help.
Beef is a LOT more water conservative than growing grains and other crops for direct consumption. The idea that cattle use more water is a complete myth.
Most of the alfalfa is going to feed horses in other countries. Also Almond trees consume a large portion of that water, most of that crop also gets exported.
It takes 1.1 gallons to produce an almond and California harvests over a billion pounds of almonds each year. There are solutions but it's going to take some common sense to get us there.
I’m glad the news anchor behind the desk is sad about her vacation spot. The media is a joke. This is an incredibly serious issue and she’s worried about her lake day
Keep expanding Cities in a desert
I mean because that makes sense
Thank you for sharing this story.
We need a birth limit in the U.S
The US is currently run by idiots like Musk and Republicans.
This is a stupid comment.....the U.S. is ALREADY below the repopulation / birth rate.....try cracking open a book - or do some research.
@@urbanurchin5930 LOL. Robots can do most labor now. No need for more people.
did any of the kids in your family ever learn how to read?
Thank you JWBush for taking a giant c.r.a.p on the Kyoto convention to decrease industrial emissions and thank you for saving us from those weapons of mass destruction . We just lost 20 precious years . US military #1 polluter on the planet👍
But uhhhhhhh we uhhhhh. (Whispers;) what did we do again?
My some friends said if nothing else we got to field test weapons for the big war that's coming with another superpower like Russia or China. Yeah it's going great so far and Ukraine and when it spills over to the rest of the world. That's 20 years are reeeeaaaalllllllllllly paying off..
40% of the population
It's just a drought it happens all the time.
Q: should we conserve water
40% nah it'll fix itself
The laws of supply and demand will fix it
its raining thank you
@@tommurphy4307 I know the sheer quantity of.the rain will refill the lake in no.time.
Wow and in Michigan the lakes are overflowing with fresh water. The southwest gets dryer and dryer. Well that's what happens when you build in a desert and millions of people using up that water
hear that? LET'S ALL GET OUR ASSES OUTTA HERE AND GET ON OVER TO MICHIGAN- WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!
That means according too elevation in June was at 1042, it had gone down another 16 feet, and exposed the Higgins boat. which is know 6feet out of the water and they expect it to drop 25 more feet, in sixty days , leaving at 985 above sea level reaching line 2. Not too mention everything is pointing to a Indian summer leaving little rain until late October. Which will be another 14 feet drop. All the up stream areas are at critical levels. They need too build the Mississippi-San Juan-colorado river pipeline. Or stop growth in major cities and reduce agriculture water needs, and water recreational needs. Those lakes need too be at 75% capacity too insure that evaporation moisture is available to aid in increasing amounts of snow packs. It's a cause and affect ratio.
Climate change has altered weather patterns, now it time to put the money on the tables and physical change this problem with modern engineering.
Do nothing a the situation becomes dire.
I had heard somewhere that by late 2023 or mid-2024 the lake will be close to dry UNLESS a major weather event occurs. We shall see.🤔
Even if a pipeline from the Mississippi was feasible -- and it is not -- it would take years to build. Further, all we would be doing is enabling California to keep taking most of the water out of the river while contributing nothing to it.
@@earl2688 actually they've done a engineering study and proposal, and there biggest concern is native North American water snales. Head lines read 40 million go without water, but we stopped those water snales.
And California has old water rights and it will go to the Supreme Court, million of dollars spent, millions of unhappy Americans.
California should build a desalination plant or two. Get an umbrella because a sh*t storm is coming and it's going to effect seven states in North America.
@@saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560 Sure, California is recognized as having "old water rights" but the truth is that Native Americans have older water rights to the Colorado river and thus own what California claims as their "rights". On a tangential note, I've often wondered what would happen if Colorado decided that they're no longer letting their water flow out of state ....
I LIKE that higgins boat. let's go in there and get that thing. ha! you are already wrong with your forecast- its raining
As someone who stays in the desert im doing my part. I have replaced everything that I used to use water to do with sand. People should try it
@@robertI153 People who use water other than to drink, cook and clean themselves are the problem.
A lesson for anyone who thinks we are capable of simply terraforming another planet once we ruin this one. We can't even manage a mud puddle.
No more grass lawns. Great place to start!
This is called the dust bowl for those that know history this will be a horrific event for everyone but this is also a cause of over population and a lack of care for basic care of essential water sources and over farming.
I call it the "Dust Bowl" in reverse. The people of the mid-western dust bowl moved west......now it will be the people of the southwest dust bowl that will be moving East. LOL
@@homelessnomad101
It’s sad because it will affect all areas when you think about it. No matter if you live north, south, East and west it’s not drought that gets you it’s the dust. And anyone that says we should just turn it into a batter waste land. Does not truly now what cancer is. Lol ☢️
remember how the silver bowl in henderson looked and just look at her now!!!
@@tommurphy4307 i live out on the east coast to be honest we are in a drought are selfs little to no rain and if it does rain not very long me and a couple of buddies are know collecting rain water in hopes to water any crops I been hearing that cattle are dying to no water. If things don’t change soon we are looking at tough times ahead.
Still putting water on the golf courses! 🤬🤬🤬
Everyone mad because the earth is telling them it's about to end all life... Welp, how sad indeed.
That's a pretty bold statement
I hope the whole Southwest dries up and there becomes a mass exodus from the cities......WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD!!!!
@John Hmielewski......What do you mean by "welp" ? Are you too stupid to know that the word welp means to give birth ? Obviously you don't have a clue,
otherwise there would be no correct way in using it in your comment. Now, if someone was to say, "@John Hmielewski's momma WELPED a
litter of mongrels". That would make sense. It still wouldn't have anything to do with this topic - but a least would be grammatically correct.
Ban swimming pools. Better than giving up food.
It would help if 40 million people didn't live in the desert. For 40 years the warnings have been put out there and no one ever listens. The CO river is pretty small and was never going to make it with 40 million people taking all the water from it. A home without water is worth $0 dollars, what are you people waiting for the last drop of water. Get out now before it's too late. Remember this, there are not 40 million houses available out east for you to move to. So first come first to have somewhere to live.
But will they stop the lawn mandates in HOA’s or the nice golf courses with that green grass for the millionaires and billionaires? Nope! Just get rid of the farmers so they can jack up all prices for everything. It doesn’t hurt them.
Lake Mead is not due to climate change, it was a man made lake with a fixed shelf life. It is a unique example
*It has nothing to do with the western states wasting water on golf courses in urban development that should have never happened.*
golf courses here use reclaimed water to irrigate- do your homework.
*tom… All water is reclaimed! What you decide to do with it defines waste or conservation- use your head.*
I mean if the contractors aren't scared of torture. The plan admittedly starts to fall apart . It's not perfect. But its possible
I got a bad feeling that the lake's and everything it supports , days are numbered.
so are mine...and yours. have a nice day!