People will keep arguing and pointing fingers while the water levels drop. When those levels hit zero people will still be arguing and pointing fingers.

"Let's build water features and about 200 golf courses, casinos, and about 600,000 people in the middle of a desert! Hey that's a good idea!"

It's not a drought, it's aridification: the end of fresh water in a region.

These states should have been conserving water at least 30 years ago and found ways to mitigate drought (like using drip irrigation for farms) and climate change. And desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas should have never been built. It may be ungenerous but I'm against building infrastructure to bring water from the Mississippi River to the Southwest and West Coast. It would just be wasted and overused like the Colorado River was.

It's in a desert...40+million people are tapping it...there's a drought. What's so difficult to understand?

I love how he says three bodies, then one, then five, then says the barrel body is a mafia suicide. A rollercoaster of possibilities.

In the last 40 years, over 400 dams have been removed along the Colorado river, but nobody is talking about that. It's like trying to refill a bathtub after you'd pulled the drain plug.

Colorado has been snowmaking in its ski resorts since the 1970s. We knew then that we were not getting enough snow for skiing. It has been progressively getting worse since then but our good for nothing politicians have ignored the problem and now we are in deep doodoo, not snow.

Much of California's share goes to grow alfalfa that is sold to China as animal feed. Alfalfa is a water intensive crop. Why not ban the use of water to grow water intensive crops that are feed to foreign farm animals?

So basically those areas are returning to what they always should’ve been DESERT Love it !!!!!

Yes - Should have rung the warning bell at least 10 years ago. 'Trying' to reduce usage, in 2023, to 20% of the total of what is left in the lake [ puddle ] right NOW is INSANE! Also, doesn't take into account the increasing heat = increased evaporation of this rapidly shrinking pool as well, as well as the very poor water quality when you get down to 'the dregs' at the bottom. NO leisure craft nor fishing should be allowed on the lake at all ( leaving fuel residues and spillage etc.) into this critically low water resource. When you see kilometres of open irrigation channels - all exposed to massive water loss through evaporation - in desert conditions of 40>50c temps - it is just incomprehensible. Where was the planning to protect fresh water reserves for 40+ million citizens? The fact that the snows were not falling on the mountains, sufficient to maintain river flows is not news! It's been happening for at least 20+ years! And that's not going to change any time soon. When I was in China in 2003 I visited the River Li. The river was 1/5th of it's usual height. 2/3rds of the tourist boats were unable to be launched and the remainder that were more flat bottomed were still scraping hulls on rocks on the bottom. The water was green and slimy and no-one with any sense was eating any of the fish that came from that polluted trickle. The local boat man said; exactly the same thing. "The water didn't come down from the mountains for the last few years - no snow." Look at the mighty Yangtse today... 300 million+ rely on fresh water from that huge river system. Now also a mere trickle. And when food crops that rely on heavy irrigation (and fertilizer - thanks Russia! ) due to being planted IN THE DESERT, where no such crops naturally grow, fail; people start to starve. There's been this huge complacency over the post WW2 period, as if 'nothing changes'. OUTRAGE when it does, as if we are 'entitled' to waste incredibly scarce resources, like precious fresh water, indefinitely. We are supposed to be a smart species - but I do wonder... When we had the extended drought in South Australia in the mid - late 200's, we had water restrictions. People were not allowed to keep their lawns watered daily. Something similar; Adelaide is situated on the edge of the mid continent deserts and subject to very drying desert winds. People were putting in rock and cactus gardens and grey water systems. Everyone had 3 minute timers in their showers and kept buckets to capture used water for their pot plants etc. Since the weather has flipped here and eastern Australia is now getting unprecedented floods, doesn't mean it won't flip back to drought once more. In the North the regular monsoons are changing dramatically Summer temps are dramatically higher than previous records. 2/3rd's of the 2,300 klm long and 347,000 sqr klm area Great Barrier Coral Reef is dead. When is the human race going to wake up?

The scariest thing of all is that even if we did all the right things starting tomorrow, it would just stop the situation at the current point and we wouldn't see any improvement for decades. And that is, IF we did the right things, which we are not doing. Honestly, at this point I'm almost glad I'm already relatively old, unlike today's children I won't see the worst of this.

The couple at 2:06 taking a selfie in front of the dried up reservoir pretty much sums up humanity at this point.

It's a problem all over the place. Even just in the US there are restrictions throughout the southwest, along the Klamath in Oregon, in areas along the Rio Grande that runs through New Mexico and between Texas and Mexico. And Nebraska and Colorado are in court over other water use issues with the South Platte river. States and groups have always argued about and fought over water rights, but between the drought and the ever increasing consumption for industry and agriculture things are probably going to get worse before they get better. Should have had desalination plants being put in place a decade ago with sufficient infrastructure to pump to inland consumers as well.

Droughts everywhere, yet no one dare ask Nestle for a loan. 😆

California really bears the brunt of the needed water cuts. Lots of water is sent to CA in the Central Valley for agriculture and a LOT of water is wasted. Plus, lots of homes in So Cal still have huge lawns and such. I was surprised to learn that S Nevada has cut it's water use by 25% in the last decade while still increasing its population and uses only 8% of the water flowing thru Lake Mead. So Vegas is not the problem as it continues its water conservation efforts and sees thousand of Californians moving here bc cost of living is so much less here and traffic is bearable.

It's a worldwide problem. Many rivers and lakes are drying up worldwide. Many recreational areas by the water have suffered because of the droughts worldwide. It's a shame for people to lose their livelihood.

Stop water to industries especially the beverage industries.

One side will blame the soya plants the other will blame climate change, they’re probably both right, but it doesn’t matter just cutback on usage massively.

The Bellagio Fountain uses saltwater that is not usable for drinking or agriculture. Las Vegas has decreased water usage over the last 15 years while increasing it's population rapidly.

answers with Joe did a great video on this problem. Please get rid of lawns. It’s a huge waste of water. Astro turf or gravel please please please. Everyone play their part 🙏

Droughts are getting really bad all over the planet and we can’t even cooperate yet, scary. Pretty soon we’re gonna have to start pumping water across the country to meet demand, 20% of the freshwater on the planet is in the Great Lakes but pumping those dry isn’t any kind of solution, scary scary stuff.

IID water district - there is your problem. Look it up. - growing alfalfa in the desert. Just shutting down practices like that would greatly reduce the problem. Absolute ideocracy.

Blame the "drought", Dont blame the people who decided to build large cities in a desert and overuse the water supplies so much the poor animals don't have enough to drink or livein

Both Lake Powell And Lake Mead are only 27% full. Hydroelectric is down 33%

Apparently, mankind attaches more value to traveling to other planets than to solving earthly problems such as water shortages due to drought. With very little money, for example, a continent like Africa can be transformed into fertile land. My business plan has been ready for years.

Lake mead in Nevada is at a very low level 😳

Wow! I had no idea!

This has been a problem for decades - the answer increase the population and the tourism while still not fixing the problem. These politicians need to get the job done for once! I don't live there so, the residents must hold these ppl accountable.

So surprisingly, LA actually has very good water restrictions. From my understanding, the water features you see there do not use fresh water they use salt water from the ocean. Also, this issue has been well known among the regions for some time and the only folks that seem to care are a few Native American tribes who’ve been trying to use less water for years to prop up the water shed. You guys should probably also look into the fact that when Lake Meads water allocations were dived up to the various states, they KNOWINGLY allocated states more water than what is actually in the lake. As for the farmers, they’ve been using a lot of water, but only because if they use less than their allocated amount the state threatens to take their water privileges away. It’s essentially a use it or loose it policy that forces the farmers to use more water heavy crops in a area where it’s just plain unsustainable. Another thing that isn’t helping is the fact that Arizona doesn’t have any restrictions regarding well water restrictions and they’re rapidly decreasing their underground water shed which will cause mass sink holes.

We are on track to civilization collapse.we need serious measures

Time to start building desalination plants in these Desert states. Cost of living in areas that do not have enough natural water for the demand. Stop blaming everything else.

Vegas local. Fun Fact, the Bellagio fountain doesn't use fresh water. They import Brackish water nobody uses anyway.

Imagine back in the day the water reached the edges of the top of the grand Canyon and it looks to be getting lower and lower.

We all take life for granted. Nature keeps reminding us just how fragile our existence is.

People are still building homes with Kentucky blue grass in those states. It's mind blowing seeing the continuation of water intensive plants when the natives are much more beautiful and beneficial for local ecosystems

Vegas D tech channel has good solid reporting on the Lake Mead situation.

The thing is saving water might not do much if you don't get real heavy snows in the mountains !

In Australia we went through the same problems, one great scientist claimed we will never have drought-filling rains again. In the last two years, all the dams are overflowing and excess water is flowing out to the sea, the same great scientist claimed we needed water desalination plants in each state which were built at great cost, like billions of dollars spent and the plants have had little use since.

There's no substitute for water!

finding those bodies will make some people nervous if they still alive.

The story is a bit misleading as water levels in Lake Meade have actually been rising for the last month. The story must have been filmed several weeks ago.

The bell has been ringing for forty years

the more electricity ("green" or not) we use, the more fresh water we'll lose. Which one would you sacrifice?

They have probably used up too much hydro power to generate electricity so less water flow to the shallow rivers

What’s not being reported is the destruction of aquifers and the level of ground water. It’s going to be soon that you have to drill thousands of feet for water.

I'm sorry to see but I'll never understand how water has been wasted for decades in those regions. Water is more precious than gold and irreplaceable. Party over. Sad.

Prayers sent

At the source Colorado River can use the technology of fog nets. Would bring out a lot of water. The cost is inexpensive also. Nevada, & California can implement technology of fog nets also. LA could reroute the runoff water or any river not being used by water usage, back into the Salton Sea for storage instead of using the Pacific Ocean for storage. Then it can be turned into potable for useage for Imperal valley, LA or etc. The turning salt water into fresh water is being done at the Great Salt Lake.

Excellent Fishing. Hopefully we have much Snow this winter. Rain forecast for Colorado. Thankfully Water is pleantyful here. We have Brutal Winter here and don't want anyone making Earth Colder. Move to a colder, wetter place. Siberia has much opportunity.

I'm sorry but comparing the water levels to 2008 is strange, for so much time everything can happen. Why don't you compare it to 1 year before?

How could this happen??? How could it not!! Reap what you sow.

I read the other day that the levels are coming up.

What’s new?

but where those water go?

There is another cause besides draining aquifers. We dig up wetlands along lakes and rivers. These slow the water down and prevent evaporation.

Las Vegas reuses, and returns to Lake Mead, almost all of the water that they use. Only 3% of the Lake Mead water is allocated to Nevada, with the majority going to California. Basically, If every toilet was flush and every shower is used 24/7, Las Vegas will still have water.

Hi there, Arrrh but there's also an untold story behind the Lake Mead Dry up that so far nobody has mentioned - but one little Gem of a video presentation I came across about a week ago shows that a little known second massive pipeline/Aqueduct was constructed in the 60's seemingly - to divert water from the Colorado river [ at the expense of other regions in the area's currently impacted by drought in California] to seemingly ensure the exponential growth of the City of Los Angeles. Here's that video presentation to ponder - that shows mismanagement of water supplies is also partly to blame for Lake Mead and even the Glen Canyon Dam/reservoirs water shortages But the presentation focuses primarily on the first Aqueduct and just barely mentions the Colorado river pipeline diversion near the End of the video: I posted the following Comment at this young man's presentation below because many in the USA are indeed searching for answers that are mostly to do with Climate change narratives that are not necessarily covering the real causes of climate conditions worldwide in order to show him this Gem of a presentation that will hopefully update him on other reasons for the Lake Mead dry up: Why Los Angeles won't run out of water: The Aqueduct - IT'S HISTORY [ Just cut and paste this title into the YT search engine and hit the search button to find it ] 817,036 views Apr 10, 2022 ____ Why is Lake Mead so Low? 583 views Aug 29, 2022 This video is about why Lake Mead is so low and how this affects the Southwestern US | Climate Change News SOLOman 29 minutes ago (edited) Hi there, Very well said and presented and you may have gotten ahead of at least two comments that you might have anticipated but definitely not mine! Here's Why that I'll set out below for you and after reading it you may want to do an update on this current video presentation of yours. You've clearly been doing your homework/research well but not quite well enough it seems and, yes climate change is coming and not only that it is here to stay. But I'll cover that aspect and why it may not be reversible, If there's enough space here to do so. OK, here goes: I recently discovered this little Gem on the KZfaq social media that shows that a millionaire/entrepreneur of your country's past was responsible for creating 2 massive water transfer Pipelines/aqueducts in order to advance The City of Los Angeles's Growth but what is seemingly little known is that the second Aqueduct pipeline constructed - apparently syphons off water that should have gone into the Glen Canyon and Lake mead lakes/catchment areas from the Colorado river seemingly somewhere BEFORE it reaches either reservoir. As yet I've been unable to confirm exactly where this was done - so finding where exactly would make an interesting update for you to present here. But since I'm from Victoria, Australia, I'm not on the ground so to speak as you are and can not look into that any further than KZfaq presentations. So here's that Video presentation I discovered about a week ago on YT from my Viewing history. It deals primarily with the first aqueducts' construction and water diverted from another river then drops the hardly noticeable bombshell that a second pipeline was also constructed later on in the 60's to divert water from the Colorado river to ensure LA's growth presumably and, therefore future water supply would enable that exponential growth [ at the expense of other regions losing their water supplies] and that second aqueduct concerning the Colorado river only just barely gets a brief mention - so you need to watch the presentation very carefully to pick up on that and even I wouldn't have done so - had I not viewed all the other Videos on YT by the Sin city guys fishing Channel and others covering the Lake Mead dry up - because let's face it - Climate change concerns all of us no matter where you live in the world and I've been keeping tabs on that fact for quite some time now and have been watching 'wild weather extremes' with a different perspective and a different Worldview to most - as to why the changes are taking place at this particular point in time in world history Why Los Angeles won't run out of water: The Aqueduct - IT'S HISTORY [ Just cut and paste this title into the YT search engine and hit the search button to find it ] 817,036 views Apr 10, 2022 ___ You'll also notice that I posted a comment at the above Channel's presentation that cross references this video to the cin city' guys channel to this video also and I've been doing quite a bit of that recently, i.e. using one channel's presentations to cross reference to another's channel and so hopefully help out a little to keep some viewers up a little better on what's really going on with climate changes. Europe is in serious trouble with severe Drought affecting its commercial water transportation of goods and services and even Lake Thames is dry in places with alarming heat waves and an ill prepared population not used to heat conditions and thus very few homes even have air conditioners - as Cold weather conditions have been mostly their concern in the past. Here's that European coverage as well for you to ponder as what effects one country will undoubtedly have repercussions on another country at some point due to international trade being so interrelated on a global scale: Europe's rivers are running dry as the climate crisis worsens | DW News 787,154 views Aug 12, 2022 Much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere is battling either wildfires, low water levels, harvest warnings, water use restrictions or a mixture of all these. In Germany, one core focus of the drought is the Rhine River, which ultimately connects the Alps with the North Sea. Europe's second-longest river after the Danube, it is also a core shipping lane for western Germany. It is still open to freight traffic for now, but already boats are unable to run fully laden. Germany's Federal Institute of Hydrology warned on Thursday that without rain, one notorious shallow point on the river could become completely impassable next week. __ Judging from the size of the comment I've written so far I'm not going to be able to fit the other Video's from my YT viewing history here in a limited space KZfaq channel commentary section that show that Solar Cycle 25 [ that began in 2019 ] has been outstripping its expected performance to date and another couple videos [ also by scientists ] that have a different view on climate change to the accepted narratives pushed by the majority scientific community views on climate change that was adopted by most governments worldwide - but if you are interested I could post those also at a later time on any updated presentation you might make. Cheers from Victoria, Aust. 🙃

It takes a 1000 gallons of that water to make 1 gallon of California almond milk!

Desertification phase has begun in many places across the globe. Arid lands and deserts will begin to turn green.

Stop running all the water of roofs and roads / pavements into the sewers and then into the ocean, its not natural to displace so much water from the place it was suppose to fall.

Alot of the water is wasted on irrigation. There is a plan to divert water from the Mississippi River. Might work.

Got the dam busters theme in my head

There needs to be a way to reclaim seasonal runoff in Los Angeles which flows directly into the ocean. This runoff needs to go to Mono Lake and the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea could be piped to the Colorado River in dry periods.

It is the states thar are parties to the water agreement that are reducing draws of water, not the us government

Keep watering all those damned golf courses.

C'mon. Check your sources. NONE of the water displays in Las Vegas is fed from the Colorado River. They are ALL fed by deep wells drilled by each Casino. *SIGH*

Monsun rain raised the water level by 2 feet recently.

They need to regreen the upper and lower basin to the Colorado River just like China done in their desert

Water used to fill the Grand Canyon ? That’s cool

so this guy is getting blisters from 1km of walking. going to do a 37k run today.. blisters unexpected.. people are different...

Restrictions are not hitting california yet. They have "senior" water rights. They should be on cutbacks too because water levels are still dropping. If the water managers wait the situation will be all the worse for everyone.

Problem is everybody thinks there is limitless water. Then need to start drastic water cuts. Anything not critical to life needs to go.

South Park anyone? a PP

Check out the Rhine River.

we must notice this problem but some people live like everything is normal

Sea and river levels rising as the ice caps melt. City's under sea level will be washed away........so were is the water

Smh much worst is there to come

Who is going to stop Deadpool from getting what he wants?

Look at the terrain and see it is desert. This desert reservoir is to supply mega cities which are also in the desert. Cities that keep growing and growing. The equation ends predictably, mass migration out of the desert cities.

Now the Hoover Damn ! name makes sense.

Sierra Club? ... Why are one off them, that is to blame.

No more Vegas for tourist as hotels don't have water for shower

I wonder where all of those people are going to go .

Man takes for granted that every thing will last forever.

We can move commodities all over the world except for prescious commodity of water. There is no reason we can't move water 1000s of miles from areas that have water

Conservation is of paramount importance going forward

The horse has already bolted!

Las Vegas, contraty to most places there, has excellent water management, bad example

No snow for 3 years. No water. Pretty easy

There's gonna find all a lot of skeletons with cement overshoes.

Get some ocean water to come through. Desolation the salt out of it and the water level back to normal. Why so hard!

California is a desert, if you want to farm there you need to use a ridiculous amount of water. The fault of the water shortages in California are the farmers, they extract tons of water from groundwater with pumps. Everyone knows what they're doing but no one is stopping them.

You'll see what you would expect to see from a man-made lake in the desert, dry land.

We will act normal until last drop is finished.

Sooner or later these corporations profits will dry up

Los Vegas actually recycles all it's water. Other cities can...or could have...too.

I live in Vegas. The golf courses are the problem

Something must be done. But what is even possible to resolve this situation. Other than cut usage. But it won't correct this situation. However, if the snow ❄️ gets high it may make it better. So one disaster for another disaster.

and megacorps keep destroying environment as usual 🤯