Glen Canyon Dam releases water
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- The Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz., performed high flow experiments on April 25. Snowmelt is causing the dam's water levels rising over a foot per day after a historic winter. Read more: wapo.st/44NVjz3. Subscribe to The Washington Post on UA-cam: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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I’m not trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but there’s no way a beaver made this.
Hilarious😂
Durrr, it was aliens!🎉
Lol
It was a very smart, and powerful beaver
Or it could be an Alien Beaver
I've read a number of comments that complain about this water being released into the Colorado River. It is evident that the purpose of Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam isn't fully understood. Lake Powell is, in part, a storage reservoir for Lake Mead. Releases here are made daily to supply water to that lake. Releases like this happen once a year or so to send "excess" water to Lake Mead. They also provide a "flood" through the Grand Canyon to clean out debris and "unnecessary" sand bars and "deltas " caused by flash floods on canyon streams during heavy rains. The floods also restore habitat for plants and animals that live in and around the canyon bottom. Naturally the floods add to the water level in Lake Mead. Due to the 20 plus years of drought, here in the southwest, both lakes are depressingly low. A moderately damp summer, last year, and a good snow fall in the upper Colorado River basin, this past winter, Lake Powell is getting a pretty good inflow from the rivers feeding it. Because of that, this release was planned to deliberately send this water to lake Mead. If you live in SoCal, you should be cheering, because this is the water you will be using this summer!
Finally some one who gets it
so all the deltas and sand bars wash into lake mead and make it look more full than it really is?
Exactly. Well written!
Well written yes. Note that this video is from last spring.
F socal
My brain: jump in it
Ooooh do you think that would be wise ? I think you would get ripped to pieces in that water
@@avriljenifersexton912 just swim lol
@@someonehasmyname swim where ?
People don't understand joke nowadays.
@@avriljenifersexton912 nah you’d be fine. Source: trust me bro
Lots of water experts here in the comments
Well, the so called experts keep saying that we have record snowpack, reservoirs at capacity, and still in a record 20-year drought but keep sending the water downstream to the ocean. The "experts" are expert at making simple things very difficult to explain and understand, but keep getting paid "record" wages.
Excelente manera de oxigenar el agua 😊
Well when you cant get the truth out of the so called experts you gotta become an expert yourself
I love you this so much 😂
For 5 seconds I thought you were Fred Rogers! 🤦🏻♂️
Water is the new oil 😂
T Boone Pickens knew that years ago and invested tons of money into water. At one time he owned more water (aquifer rights) than anyone in the US. His plan was to sell Midwest water to western cities.
Robin Williams said it- water is more precious than gold - he’s absolutely right! They control the water they control the world
one my old teachers said the next big war will be over water… and don’t come looking up here for it (Canada)
Military steps in
@@devinjames9168true
Media: “This will do nothing to stop the mega drought”
Mother Nature: “Hold my beer”
“It won’t do anything for the mega drought!”
*flushes thousands of gallons of freshwater out of the reservoir*
They can’t have more water than capacity. It suck because when you have the most you don’t need it as much and it hardly replenishes throughout the year so it’s low during summer. Also you shouldn’t dam all the water since the river still needs to flow for wildlife and agriculture downstream
@@BlacKnight420 sounds like it should be pumped elsewhere like how it works at the Hoover dam
People can't figure out they're being played by these so called experts. The government rules by fear they have to keep manufacturing it.
@@evanduckworth9681might this be helping fill Lake Mead?
@@stanleyhaskell8207 I’m no engineer but I’d say we have the technology to transport large amounts of water somewhere else 🤷♂️
Las Vegas, Arizona, all of Southern California, and a lot of the Southwest would never exist if it wasn’t for this one river
The amount of water that actually melts and goes through this rivers all the way to Mexico, and feeds millions and millions of people and farmers in these homes and cities couldn’t exist without it is incredible and fascinating
What parts of West Texas? I'm a farmer out here in West Texas. And we've only ever irrigated off the Rio grande
(I just googled it, and you must be mistaken. The only rivers that services New Mexico and far West Texas agriculture, are the Rio grande, the redd, The Pecos River and a few other small tributaries.)
From Texas also but in what part of their comment did they mention Texas? Or are you confused with the “Texas” Colorado river which has nothing to with this Colorado River?
@@bentonstaffel2471 he edited it without saying that he did.
No exactly true we have plenty of water in our reservoirs in The southern Inland Valley. More like Vegas would not exist.
The Hoover dam supplies power to most of those areas without the dam no one would have power
Well, the flow will still deposit itself in Lake Mead, so that’s a nice offset to the reduction that’s taken place there over the past 20 years
Less than a drop in the bucket
Waking up in the morning like
That's exactly what Lake Powell is supposed to do!
Imagine you're somewhere at the bottom of this quiet river, then BOOM! The water's starting to move faster, and a rapid wave 🌊 comes around the corner
That used to happen frequently in the Colorado River's canyons until the Glen Canyon Dam was built, back in the 1950s. When they make releases like this, nowadays, the Bureau of Reclamation makes public announcements a couple of weeks ahead of the release and posts notices at all the access locations. The weather prognosticators at nearly all local TV stations in AZ and in southern Nevada, usually start mentioning the releases about a week before they happen. The only place I can think of where you might get caught off guard is at the Phantom Ranch, in the Grand Canyon. There, you would have to be blind, because they not only post a notice of the release, they also include when it is expected to pass by.
I lived in Page during the late 90’s when Lake Powell was almost at full pool. How things have changed over the past 20+ years. That bathtub ring is ginormous now.
dont worry LA will waste it😂
@@AlanMydland-fq2vsLos Angeles has spent on infrastructure and water rights far from LA that benefit these podunk communities. Stay salty.
That's what happens when stupid people get in places they don't belong. Especially when they don't know anything about water SUPPLY and DEMAND.
@@AlanMydland-fq2vs
How are they wasting water ?
@@gund89123 over population
That's a lot of dam water😂
Will be once we switch from electric to hydrogen fuesl
I like your dam comment it made laugh
Bah dunt dunt! Drum roll on your cute joke😅
Pap used to tell a joke
I went to the sea and got sea sick
I went to the lake and got lake sick
I went to the dam and got Dam sick
😅😅..dam it@@KingCrypn
Water is the most powerful natural force on earth.
Lightning!
@@Sam-uf4zp let's not split hairs. 😂
Plate tectonics
Earthquake
It’s not a force. You’re probably referring to its erosive effects due to gravity, which is the weakest of the natural forces.
Where is this drought!? Because here in the MidEast-South it's been raining like crazy. Come get this rain!!! 😫😫😫
We'd love to! Your rain is courtesy of the Gulf of Mexico. As weather systems move across the country, they pull moisture from the Gulf, then dump on you all as they work their way east. What moisture we get, here in the southwest, comes in off the Pacific, and usually gets dumped in coastal California, west of the Coast Range mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Rain west of the southwest, north of us and east of us. Dry here in the deserts.
The shadow of something on the dam looks like Pac man
Such impressive engineering. Humans can do the coolest things when they work together.
"Now that's what I call high quality H20." -Bobby Bushay
If you ever get the chance and you're lucky, you'll see this periodically. Oh yeah, Lake Powell has awesome houseboats for rent. We had one for 2 weeks with 2 of my High School friends who were now in their 30s. I was lucky to have lived in Salt Lake City for 34 years so Lake Powell was always on our weekend destinations. So many absolutely gorgeous State and National Parks to either camp or visit.
I'm old ,, I feel like that at night some time
Gotta love water gotta love life
My mind : go against that pressure 😂
They released water on April 25 and 26. Today is April 18. How the hell did we get video from the future?
It's the 2023 release that you are looking at. At the moment, there won't be a 2024 release due to damage discovered in those bypass pipes recently. The only water going into the river is the normal flow through the power plants. Since Lake Powell is nearly 50 feet below "normal," there will be no problem handling this year's snow melt.
Nice design
I think we need more of such dams
gym understanding is they used to re,ease water to help keep the down river in good shape improving the fisheries
It always amazes me as to how powerful the force of water can be!
Wind gusting . . . . . . . . . . Water rumbelling. . . . . . . Water roaring. . . . . . . . . Water thundering. . . . Damn!! 🥵
The Colorado River is about 1,450 mile long river, the 5th longest in the United States of America 🇺🇸
Enjoyed this video. Thanks!
Serious power right there boys and girls!
Oh absolutely no doubt about it
@@avriljenifersexton912 - Should have a huge generator built right at that spot -
अकारण विलाप वक्तव्य
I absolutely did NOT realize the scale of that thing until I saw the tiny vans on top of where the water is coming out. Unreal. Def need to visit this.
If there’s one thing water is good for, it’s helping fix drought.
Boilermakers dream job.
Me: looks fun
God when I get to heaven: You definitely didn’t think that through huh?
Its a megadrought and you get a great snow season + rain and you have to bring up the negative of it will not solve the drought. Maybe its the begining of the end. Can you look at anything positively?
Let's say your in a plane that is about to crash but, the captain annouces there is no limit to how much alcohol you consume from the beverage cart. That doesn't change the fact that the plane is crashing and you are about to die.
The power and quantity of water being moved is mind-boggling and very impressive.
Now that's cleaning out the pipes.
they were filling up Lake Mead
No they are releasing the water because it got to high on the other side of the dam
Those guys were just chillin there
you forgot to mention the part where the test failed. Meaning if the water level ever gets below a certain point where they have to use this to move water as the only option. everybody below stream is gonna be cut off. TENS of MILLIONS of people
That’s what happens when you run out of water in the lake , lol.
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It's crazy how many countless millions of people live in places in this country with virtually no natural water source.
There’s a reason its called a DESERT
People always seem to forget that.
I came to the comments to see how oblivious some people are. Wasn't disappointed 😂
Don’t tell Greta she’ll freak out
Lives rent-free in your head, does she?
@@That_Guy_Says_Hi every time
HOW DARE YOU !!!!!
@@rcs3030 hahaha literally
It's all fun and games until you find out that experts predict there will not be enough water out west in 30 years. Some say 15. Imagine having to fight your neighbors for a cool glass of water, frightening.
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Awesome power!!
The amount of force to make the water do that going out of those pipes in such a volume is insane
They do those releases to mimic the annual flood from snowmelt in the Rockies.
Absolutely. Colorado river is in reverse rn
That structure is an awesome engineering achievement
Just imagine if you fell into this while they are letting the water flow lol. The power of that water would probably crush you. It would be like a giant wave!
I've Been across the bridge in front of that dam
Kudos to you bro.
me 2 and millions others😂
@@shouryatiwari9943smell sarcasm in the air 😢😢😂😂
@@ginogarcia414 😅
Amazing how these are built !
They don’t release water for Mexico
Yes
We do give water to Mexico…
Mexico is a sovereign nation right? Tell your government to make a deal with our government…
mexico takes every drip of the river, doesnt even reach the ocean anymore
@@pickleman40unfortunately the United States too, in California they used the river so much that it doesn't reach the ocean
@@kkandola9072 Careful . . . the Biden Crime Family will get involved.
Water phobia activated to 100%
Do they use that beautiful powerful water shooting out to first run some inline electric generator turbines ?😊😊😊
They're Americans. Inefficiency is part of their patriotism.
Nope those are probably bypass tubes. Can’t spin the turbine too fast.
No, those are bypass tubes; however, at most times, the water running through the dam runs massive turbines/generators but here the maximum amount of water was already being run through the 8 massive turbines/generators, creating an enormous 1320 MW of power, so the excess water needed to be diverted to prevent 1. The two spillways from taking on water 2. topping the dam. The dam was almost undermined during floods in the 1983 where enormous amounts of floodwater started carving out the spillway tunnels by eroding the concrete lining of the spillway tunnels and gouging giant holes in the rock around the tunnels.
@@gopackgo4036Yes. the RPM on the turbines is fixed to allow the generators hooked to the turbines to generate AC power at 60 Hz. The generator spins at 3600 rpm to generate 60 Hz power and the turbine spins at some lower multiple and turns the generator at 3600 rpm via gears.
@@Masood1810 these are emergency flow valves in case you gotta drain the dam quickly, thats why they are testing it too, just because water is rare you can't not test them, because what if you need to drain the dam for some reason and they dont work?
10 seconds of that much water should last one person a lifetime of water
Well you about 40 million life's... so how many seconds you think
Looks to me like it'll never be full again
It may fill up again, but it will take a heck of a lot more than one slightly damp summer and one winters worth of heavy snow in the upper Colorado River basin to do it. This drought has been going on since the late 90s. There is a lot of catching up to do!
@@user-AZ-phil itll never happen. They'll just do more heavy purges to "bring sandy beached back".
Theres no mega drought. Most of the US is almost to normal levels of snow pack. Wish news outlets would stop trying to always scare by saying theres always a drought.
Statewide, snow levels were at 104% of average, opens new tab for March 4, according to the California Department of Water Resources, with northern region at 111% of normal and the south at 94%
I would agree but every year I have to fly over the Colorado River basin to get annual training certification. I'm not an expert, but it ain't getting any greener except where people are piping water in. For the last 11 years fyi.
That's annually. You need to look at longer term predictions. The drought has been going on for 20+ years do you think 1 year of good snow and water will make up for 20+ years if loss? Think critically.
@@jimparsons9454Still no 20 year drought. The reason water levels are low is millions of people living in the desert...
2 years of good snow... and yea the drought getting exaggerated. We have not at 10 days with out rain in California. Highest levels of rain I have seen in 20+ years
Damn why does information "scare" you people. A drought isn't just undone by a year of rain. It didn't start with just a short period of lack of rain. But because you need to feel "safe" we need to say there's no mega drought. Why don't y'all go prep in a basement and let everybody else deal with reality.
I'm very glad, that snowpack slowly getting back in the West.
Maybe the drought exists because you blocked the entire river with a huge f***** dam?
If the dams were not there, neither would southern California, Las Vegas, and most of Arizona! The water stored by Lakes Mead and Powell is the reason those places have the water to support their populations. The reservoirs below Lake Mead could never store enough water to supply SoCal, much less AZ.
@@user-AZ-phil I don’t care about supplying freshwater to hippies and communists. They should learn how to efficiently desalinize saltwater to support their population or maybe stop promoting unfettered migration.
Blocking the natural flow of major rivers has consequences. You’re seeing those consequences now.
I’m not interested in your excuses.
If the dam was not here, all the precipitation over the decades since construction would have ended up on the ocean. You do not understand how droughts work.
@@MasterArkannor Yeah, and then since none of that water makes it to the ocean, you wonder why El Niño and other phenomena that affects global climate patterns are radically different or gone completely…
@@Mautiks You just tried a bait and switch. We were talking about drought. You tried to say the dam was restricting the river and worsening the drought.
The purpose of the increase is to make sure that our reservoirs are full as can be as the farmers will need plenty of water and the lower parts of the southwest often need extra water for many things in the heated seasons.
you yanks have such a beautiful country!
Absolutely breathtaking
Jeez water truly is powerful
When you had too much beer last night
That guy towards the end was leaning on the railing! NO THANK YOU!
It's good to see it actually has water to release.
Casually flying over this area with the jet in San Andreas
The water "doing little" to mitigate the ongoing drought, is better than doing nothing!
I came to party with some comment section water scientists! Looks like I'm in the right spot
Looks like me at a urinal 5-7 beers deep
Les étasuniens : wow is beautiful ❤
Les mexicains : muchas gracias 🙏🏿
This is how it feels as a man waking up to take a leak
I was in Page AZ to see this last year. The water downstream at Horseshoe Bend went from sandy brown with algae along the sides to blue by the evening.
Ignore all of the extra water, we're in a drought!
-MSM
Ignore critical thinking and listen to us!
-RWM
One amazing structure. Humans can do great things when it comes to it
Suddenly, I feel like I have to use the bathroom. 😯
Think of how much fun the fish are having
Se mira una obra monumental
Saludos desde Quito Ecuador
That water probably taste good at 2am when you thirsty
I've been to that dam a few times. I had no idea one could go down there.
For one, it's good that the reservoir is refilling after being deployed so long
On the other hand, most of the water demand was actually coming from groundwater not the reservoir, and groundwater replenishes a lot slower if at all
my kind of ocean thank you space
Thank God
Seems about tempting to hop in especially after a scorching hot day of work.
Man taught what he did not know, Glory be to God
My intrusive thoughts are as loud as the water itself "JUMP IN, ITS JUST A BIG JACUZZI" 😳😒
“Been holding that in for years,” ahh flow….
This is the mouth of the Grand Canyon.
The mega drought in the desert??? Who would have ever imagined?
I can't swim. Still I love dam and the sound of water going through the gates. Great construction. 😊😊
Fast releases raise water levels into dry river shores, which quickly absorb it. Maybe slow er down a bit and let that water reach the draught areas
It wouldn't matter. This is like one tear drop on a crying babies face. I say move to somewhere that water is guaranteed. It's not looking good out west.
India me jaha aisa nazara hota hai waha 1 crore log dekhte huye milte 😅😊
I drove past the river in the 25th and WONDERED why it was flowing so GD fast 😂
Must have been bean burrito night to need that much flushing power
I just know even above the concrete you can feel the insane amount of power and weight just eminating from a big rush of water like that below you
Really, thats amazing. Up close and personal looks majestic ❤
Admire the unstoppable unbeatable force of nature 💪
Please let's not take this wonderful gift for granted!
Too late
Damn. That’s A LOT of water behind that wall
Little is better than nothing. That’s still megatons of water.