This is so timely. I am going to Saguaro Lake tomorrow to see the water levels and the wild flowers that are bursting everywhere. AZ is so green right now.
Thanks for sharing. I am from that area. Gorgeous views. I now live in Show Low area and the lakes here are busting at the seams and overflowing. Show Low Lake is especially bursting over its spillway. They say that Roosevelt Lake is at capacity. Lots of water out there.
Thanks for this beautiful video. I left AZ in 2009 and miss it so much. Can't wait to get back there and explore more of the state. I've been to Canyon Lake many times and tubed down the Salt. But still so many things I haven't experienced. My move will be permanent one summers and monsoons and all. Thank again.
We did drove the Apache Trail back in 2019. It was absolutely awesome but my girlfriend cried in the car. She was so scared. We are from the Netherlands and we only have flat roads here.
Fantastic show as always. I'm from Maryvale HS 72-76 been living in Phoenix from. About 1962 joined the army in 77 as a firefighter I than became a history teacher in Denver metro area. But my first love is Arizona
This is an ongoing conversation. The last year or so Arizona has received a decent amount of rain. But we are not quite out of the woods yet. We show you how the Salt River Project water system is looking this time of the year.
This is a great video! So informative. I planned Mercury Mine Detention Basin Park in the late 90s. The Fountains under the Gilbert Water Tower were my idea from Heritage meetings when I was a Planning Commissioner for Gilbert. Head up towards Verde Valley and Sedona for more flooding. Still snowing on and off in Northern AZ, gorgeous snowy scenery up here.
Drought is the norm in the desert. Don’t be fooled. There are parts of AZ that do not have good water rights. Growth will be severely limited there. 80-85% of Phoenix’s water comes from in state water sources and not the Colorado. Don’t buy into the media fear.
yeah I would say the drought is over but it'll come back and then it'll be over again... it's just a repetitive cycle but we always seem to get enough and also Canyon Lake is such a Hidden Gem here in AZ. I didn't even know about it for most of my life and ever since I discovered it I've gone back about five times..it's great if you're a photographer it's one of the prettiest lakes here in AZ if not the best and prettiest Lake.
Excellent Documentation, really, really, REALLY Superb. !!! Greater Phoenix Water Agencies have been drilling "dry Wells" for as much as 50 years or more to take the rain water underground - - into the Aquifers. ... Way ahead of California in this regard.
I enjoy your a lot of your videos a lot I’ve been watching for a few years local Arizonan. Just wanted to also make the point down in Puerto Penasco or Rocky Point, Sonora we have a desalination plant planning to be built between jointly between Arizona and Sonora. We’ll see if it helps us out in the long run
Hopefully we don’t build a desal plant. Far more economical to conserve cheap Colorado River water, compared to build and produce expensive desalinated water.
Hi! Thank you for all the information you share in your videos, pretty useful! We are probably be moving to Arizona next year and your videos are a great way to have a big picture of what it seems to be a great state to live at!
Good video, thanks. I was born & raised in Phoenix but moved away in 2004. Two reasons: 1- PHX was getting too big (it’s a behemoth now) and 2- we were worried that the water issue would have a severe impact. I’m happy to see that a wet winter has refilled the lakes, but one wet winter doesn’t mean the end of the drought. Lake Powell and Lake Mead continue to shrink and will both reach dead pool by 2030. This will have a devastating impact on farming as well as the cities.
Some beautiful stones in that rainy creek! I also could see nitrogen effects tho 😅. I never thought it was that green out there either thats Awesome! ... A little hot, but that's good ground 👍
SRP canals are state water ways and normally you would need a state fishing license. Thy have grass carp (introduced in the 70's to control over vegetation), channel and flathead cat fish, and small mouth bass. CAP has the same plus you will fine some stripper. Most CAP canals are off limit and are usually fenced.
A lot of the flash floods could be mitigated if the water was slowed down and allowed to soak through the dirt. If you drive up Wickenburg on the US93 you will see gabions or rock walls in the creeks from the side of the road.
All that water you see flowing down the Salt, Verde and Agua Fria watersheds joins the Gila River. Shortly thereafter it is captured at Painted Rock Reservoir near Gila Bend. That is the sole purpose of Painted Rock. To catch the cyclical flooding that may only happen every 10-20 years. None of that water you saw is wasted. Arizona doesn't believe in letting excess rainfall go to waste.
An aguave is also known as a century plant. After ten years the aguave sends up a tall stalk that blooms then the plant dies. Under and around it there are pups from the main plant which will take it's place. That is what you were seeing. Just thought you should know.
Not all agaves are century plants, aloe vera is a type of agave but yes that particular agave is called the Century plant. They can bloom more often than 10 yrs, if they bloom its because there has been a lot of rain. My grandma used to tell us how they would use the fibers in the plant as thread when they needed it, and as kids they would weave mats out of it.
Not sure when you filmed this but today (4/13) the Barlett output is 2200 cfs and Saguaro output is 7000 cfs so they do release from both heavily when needed.
Great video! I love how you actually go to these places to show people the real deal, as opposed to just talking about these places (which would be a lot easier). Do you have any knowledge on the Painted Rock Reservoir? When the Salt converges with the Gila just north of the Estrella mountains, it becomes now the Gila River, and continues flowing (sometimes, depending on if the Salt River has any water left over after supplying the canals), which eventually reaches the Colorado River bed near Yuma. Between the Salt River bed meeting the Gila River Bed, and where the Gila meets the Colorado River, there is another reservoir which most people dont know about (including myself). It is called the Painted Rock Reservoir. It looks completely dry when you look it up on Google Maps satellite images. Curiouse if you know anything about it. Might be an interesting video
Funny, here in So. California, we have a city named Canyon Lake, and my neighborhood used to be called Tortilla Flats, lol. Also, Tonto in spanish means dumb, just sayn.
Hi Jeff, I love your videos! we are looking to re locate to arizona. what do you think about Benson, Az? as far as crime and weather. we live in Oregon right now and kind of tired of snow. Thank you beforehand on your input!
Which stop along the Salt River is more scenic with more greenery with good hiking\ walking trails: Phon D, Coon Bluff or Goldfield? Or can all 3 be done in the same morning?
The more friendly and giving human beings are, the more honest they are. The more selfish they are (focus on dominance, survival of the fittest, etc.), the more they try to control ideas, perception, etc. Unfriendly is dishonesty and half truths. That would apply to anyone too political in nature. Human beings need to learn to let go of ideas that are temperamental and anger-driven. We all come from another dimension of reality, and our minds have different gifts. To use our natural gifts to bash others socially is jealousy. To use them to contribute to the greater whole is WHY we are here. “Survival of the fittest” is stressful, aggressive, angry, and fearful. Time to lighten up and focus on telepathy. Get along. Stop being bullsh!t artists socially. If you go to “dominance” in the mind, other people see it immediately when they interact with you. The idea doesn’t work. We drive cars, use computers, and have a gift of language. We are not wild animals surviving in the wild. Time to get real, and let go of fantasy versions of reality. They are silly. Thanks
I am born and raised here in Scottsdale, AZ... None of this is new at all by any means. Most people in AZ are from somewhere else and have no clue how it all really works. I started floating down the SR at age 4 or 5 with family. Every weekend it was fun in the early 70's up til a mean Sheriff came in and took most of it away. JOE A.
Tonto NF took out a lot of the river access and limited the tubing, not Sheriff Joe. All MCSO did was set up the checkpoints every weekend on Power Rd.
Umm, I thought you were going to speak about the water deficit looming in the future there in AZ??? Also, I will be moving to AZ from DC soon and want you to do a video about the African American experience there if you have any insight from friends or work associates. Will not actually be in the Phoenix or Tucson area
Yes, the Supersition Mtns have a healthy black bear population, but they have yet to attack anyone. Every once in a while one will wander down into Apache Junction, given the very wet winter I'm thinking we will get a few cubs this year in town. The bobcats and mountain lions pose more of a threat.
I don't know why there's water shortages anywhere in this country when we have two big oceans flanking are eastern West Coast with all the water we need that's how the gulf states in the Middle East get most of their water by desalinization. It's not hard it's not expensive.
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If you look at the US drought monitor, almost the entire state of Arizona, is not in a drought 🎉
This is so timely. I am going to Saguaro Lake tomorrow to see the water levels and the wild flowers that are bursting everywhere. AZ is so green right now.
Thats because its one of the wettest years in a long time. Now why would people try to bring fear to az people?
Thanks for sharing. I am from that area. Gorgeous views. I now live in Show Low area and the lakes here are busting at the seams and overflowing. Show Low Lake is especially bursting over its spillway. They say that Roosevelt Lake is at capacity. Lots of water out there.
and more coming
I don't even live in AZ but have been following and each time I see water there I am happy 😊.
Thanks for this beautiful video. I left AZ in 2009 and miss it so much. Can't wait to get back there and explore more of the state. I've been to Canyon Lake many times and tubed down the Salt. But still so many things I haven't experienced. My move will be permanent one summers and monsoons and all. Thank again.
I too left. Miss az.
We did drove the Apache Trail back in 2019. It was absolutely awesome but my girlfriend cried in the car. She was so scared. We are from the Netherlands and we only have flat roads here.
Fantastic show as always. I'm from Maryvale HS 72-76 been living in Phoenix from. About 1962 joined the army in 77 as a firefighter I than became a history teacher in Denver metro area. But my first love is Arizona
You are so knowledgeable! Thank you for sharing.
After the wettest winter on record for Arizona the lakes and rivers are overflowing
The excess water being released by SRP dams into the river beds also refill the aquifers.
This is an ongoing conversation. The last year or so Arizona has received a decent amount of rain. But we are not quite out of the woods yet. We show you how the Salt River Project water system is looking this time of the year.
This is a great video! So informative. I planned Mercury Mine Detention Basin Park in the late 90s. The Fountains under the Gilbert Water Tower were my idea from Heritage meetings when I was a Planning Commissioner for Gilbert. Head up towards Verde Valley and Sedona for more flooding. Still snowing on and off in Northern AZ, gorgeous snowy scenery up here.
I would love for you to do a video on Tucson
Very nice
A lot of very interesting information here. Thank you!
Dude! This vid is awesome! Thanks for the info!
I absolutely love your videos. Thank you so much for you time. ❤
Drought is the norm in the desert. Don’t be fooled. There are parts of AZ that do not have good water rights. Growth will be severely limited there. 80-85% of Phoenix’s water comes from in state water sources and not the Colorado. Don’t buy into the media fear.
Thank you!
yeah I would say the drought is over but it'll come back and then it'll be over again... it's just a repetitive cycle but we always seem to get enough and also Canyon Lake is such a Hidden Gem here in AZ. I didn't even know about it for most of my life and ever since I discovered it I've gone back about five times..it's great if you're a photographer it's one of the prettiest lakes here in AZ if not the best and prettiest Lake.
Excellent Documentation, really, really, REALLY Superb. !!! Greater Phoenix Water Agencies have been drilling "dry Wells" for as much as 50 years or more to take the rain water underground - - into the Aquifers. ... Way ahead of California in this regard.
I enjoy your a lot of your videos a lot I’ve been watching for a few years local Arizonan. Just wanted to also make the point down in Puerto Penasco or Rocky Point, Sonora we have a desalination plant planning to be built between jointly between Arizona and Sonora. We’ll see if it helps us out in the long run
Hopefully we don’t build a desal plant. Far more economical to conserve cheap Colorado River water, compared to build and produce expensive desalinated water.
Hi! Thank you for all the information you share in your videos, pretty useful! We are probably be moving to Arizona next year and your videos are a great way to have a big picture of what it seems to be a great state to live at!
Fantastic video 🙏😊
Good video, thanks. I was born & raised in Phoenix but moved away in 2004. Two reasons: 1- PHX was getting too big (it’s a behemoth now) and 2- we were worried that the water issue would have a severe impact. I’m happy to see that a wet winter has refilled the lakes, but one wet winter doesn’t mean the end of the drought. Lake Powell and Lake Mead continue to shrink and will both reach dead pool by 2030. This will have a devastating impact on farming as well as the cities.
Spent my youth going to those lakes and getting extremely sunburned. Lived I Arizona 85 Years and had encounters with a few cactus
Some beautiful stones in that rainy creek! I also could see nitrogen effects tho 😅. I never thought it was that green out there either thats Awesome! ... A little hot, but that's good ground 👍
SRP relies on controlled flooding to replenish naturally occurring underground aquifers.
Thanks for his, so much education about the water and now places I wanto go.
Marvelous documentation.
Nice area to visit. Nice hat too
Great video!
SRP canals are state water ways and normally you would need a state fishing license. Thy have grass carp (introduced in the 70's to control over vegetation), channel and flathead cat fish, and small mouth bass. CAP has the same plus you will fine some stripper. Most CAP canals are off limit and are usually fenced.
Great show. Thank you.
A lot of the flash floods could be mitigated if the water was slowed down and allowed to soak through the dirt. If you drive up Wickenburg on the US93 you will see gabions or rock walls in the creeks from the side of the road.
Thank you for this update!
The southwest is on its way out of this long range 30 year drought, God willing.
very well done and informative
All that water you see flowing down the Salt, Verde and Agua Fria watersheds joins the Gila River. Shortly thereafter it is captured at Painted Rock Reservoir near Gila Bend. That is the sole purpose of Painted Rock. To catch the cyclical flooding that may only happen every 10-20 years. None of that water you saw is wasted. Arizona doesn't believe in letting excess rainfall go to waste.
Great documentary
Good video. Nice work.
At 10:43 that is a Century plant that had bloomed, typically once in 100 years, and its subsequent death.
Ducks don't seem to mind reclaimed water ....
Interesting fact, the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant uses Reclaimed Water for cooling.
An aguave is also known as a century plant. After ten years the aguave sends up a tall stalk that blooms then the plant dies. Under and around it there are pups from the main plant which will take it's place. That is what you were seeing. Just thought you should know.
Not all agaves are century plants, aloe vera is a type of agave but yes that particular agave is called the Century plant. They can bloom more often than 10 yrs, if they bloom its because there has been a lot of rain. My grandma used to tell us how they would use the fibers in the plant as thread when they needed it, and as kids they would weave mats out of it.
I floated down the salt river back in 1989 when I was going to u.t.I. In Phoenix, what a wild crazy fun float for 5 hrs that was !
Fishing is allowed in SRP canals with a valid fishing license. You must release all white amur immediately if caught though.
Not sure when you filmed this but today (4/13) the Barlett output is 2200 cfs and Saguaro output is 7000 cfs so they do release from both heavily when needed.
Jeff do like the palisade
Great video! I love how you actually go to these places to show people the real deal, as opposed to just talking about these places (which would be a lot easier). Do you have any knowledge on the Painted Rock Reservoir? When the Salt converges with the Gila just north of the Estrella mountains, it becomes now the Gila River, and continues flowing (sometimes, depending on if the Salt River has any water left over after supplying the canals), which eventually reaches the Colorado River bed near Yuma. Between the Salt River bed meeting the Gila River Bed, and where the Gila meets the Colorado River, there is another reservoir which most people dont know about (including myself). It is called the Painted Rock Reservoir. It looks completely dry when you look it up on Google Maps satellite images. Curiouse if you know anything about it. Might be an interesting video
Funny, here in So. California, we have a city named Canyon Lake, and my neighborhood used to be called Tortilla Flats, lol. Also, Tonto in spanish means dumb, just sayn.
Do visit desert botanical garden pls. Its wildflower time!
Most likely that Agave was not struck by lightning. Once it blooms a stalk that tall the entire plant dies.
Where do you find the wild horses along Salt River?
Hi Jeff, I love your videos! we are looking to re locate to arizona. what do you think about Benson, Az? as far as crime and weather. we live in Oregon right now and kind of tired of snow. Thank you beforehand on your input!
We are headed down towards benson tomorrow. Ask me again and I will tell you
@@LivinginArizona Thank you Jeff!!
Which stop along the Salt River is more scenic with more greenery with good hiking\ walking trails: Phon D, Coon Bluff or Goldfield? Or can all 3 be done in the same morning?
The more friendly and giving human beings are, the more honest they are. The more selfish they are (focus on dominance, survival of the fittest, etc.), the more they try to control ideas, perception, etc. Unfriendly is dishonesty and half truths. That would apply to anyone too political in nature. Human beings need to learn to let go of ideas that are temperamental and anger-driven. We all come from another dimension of reality, and our minds have different gifts. To use our natural gifts to bash others socially is jealousy. To use them to contribute to the greater whole is WHY we are here. “Survival of the fittest” is stressful, aggressive, angry, and fearful. Time to lighten up and focus on telepathy. Get along. Stop being bullsh!t artists socially. If you go to “dominance” in the mind, other people see it immediately when they interact with you. The idea doesn’t work. We drive cars, use computers, and have a gift of language. We are not wild animals surviving in the wild. Time to get real, and let go of fantasy versions of reality. They are silly. Thanks
I am born and raised here in Scottsdale, AZ... None of this is new at all by any means. Most people in AZ are from somewhere else and have no clue how it all really works.
I started floating down the SR at age 4 or 5 with family. Every weekend it was fun in the early 70's up til a mean Sheriff came in and took most of it away. JOE A.
Tonto NF took out a lot of the river access and limited the tubing, not Sheriff Joe. All MCSO did was set up the checkpoints every weekend on Power Rd.
Hi living
Go re-trace your steps now and see conditions after this summer……..
Umm, I thought you were going to speak about the water deficit looming in the future there in AZ???
Also, I will be moving to AZ from DC soon and want you to do a video about the African American experience there if you have any insight from friends or work associates. Will not actually be in the Phoenix or Tucson area
why didn't you go to skeleton cave????
Sewage water or grey water?
What’s up jeff how’s the new house
What's the 'sit at home drunk' options there?
I'm not one yet but I identity as an Arizonan. One day....
Aren't you required by treaty to allow a certain amount down to the Colorado delta?
The Colorado River is, yes but this is not Colorado River water.
Agaves bloom and then die…
Are there bears out there?
@@boblatkey7160 , how do you prevent being attacked?
Yes, the Supersition Mtns have a healthy black bear population, but they have yet to attack anyone. Every once in a while one will wander down into Apache Junction, given the very wet winter I'm thinking we will get a few cubs this year in town. The bobcats and mountain lions pose more of a threat.
You don't have nearly enough catchment. None of the western states have enough catchment.
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I don't know why there's water shortages anywhere in this country when we have two big oceans flanking are eastern West Coast with all the water we need that's how the gulf states in the Middle East get most of their water by desalinization. It's not hard it's not expensive.
This summer we will hear from the corrupt officials how we’re in a drought. B.s.
Great video.