The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District opened up a spillway Thursday that is now releasing billions of gallons of water into the Great Salt Lake.
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@thehammer3193 Жыл бұрын
It takes 325,851 gallons of water for 1 Acre foot of water. The great Salt Lake is a little over 1 million square acres. So, to raise the lake a single foot will require approximately 325.851 billion gallons of water. If we are releasing "a few billion gallons per day" ( I always understood a few = 3 or so) then we would need to keep this going for about 3.5 months to raise the lake a single foot. This is why people are saying it's not enough. Because it isn't.
@travisritzman6772 Жыл бұрын
And yet the lake level has risen 4 feet since January.???
@triciac1019 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining that!
@justaguyfromreddit Жыл бұрын
imagine using metric system
@Gravitycreatedlife Жыл бұрын
@@travisritzman6772since November 22
@thehammer3193 Жыл бұрын
@@travisritzman6772 Not sure why that is a question. It has risen 4 feet because the lake has received a little over 1 Trillion gallons of water. Much of that falling directly from storms. It kind of gives you a new appreciation for mother nature's ability to move water. Plus, from the article we are talking about a few billion gallons a day of new water flow into the GSL. There were already existing flows. We are just adding to it. I was merely pointing out the extra efforts we are making are great, but in the end, it won't make that much of a difference.
@reidellis1988 Жыл бұрын
I have been alive for almost 53 years. Not once has Alta had over 900 inches of snow. This year was not one in ten.
@PleaseLikeMyComments Жыл бұрын
Completely agree.
@trentgay3437 Жыл бұрын
A little drop in the bucket, but I'm glad you guys got it.
@phav1832 Жыл бұрын
The video looked like several drops :-)
@triciac1019 Жыл бұрын
Something I noticed during the winter is that the snow melted on my neighbor's gravel area and their artificial turf where the snow on my lawn didn't melt as fast. This showed me that not only do we need to be waterwise, we need to do it in a way that keeps our yards cooler. We can see also that the snow melts on asphalt and cement faster than on grass.
@levidudley Жыл бұрын
Yes it’s called the Albedo effect. Good Point.
@NickoBaggins Жыл бұрын
It also depends on which direction your yard is facing. My south-facing driveway generally melts quickly with little need for shoveling while my neighbors across the street have to shovel and salt theirs. Similar story with snow on our lawns - mine melts first.
@AhJodie Жыл бұрын
Yes, shade is good. I can hardly stand to go to the side of town where there are few trees and huge parking lots for Discount stores in the summer because of the temperature increase and raise in uncomfortableness! Flowers come up first on the sides of walls facing south, because the ground gets warmer faster.
@gljames24 Жыл бұрын
The Urban heat effect can be reduced with more tree coverage, more public transit reducing asphalt, and aerodynamic buildings that allow the wind to wick away heat from urban areas.
@ncubesays Жыл бұрын
Very good point. Native grasses too!!
@shane8225 Жыл бұрын
Everyone needs to put in native plants for front yards and unused grassy areas at businesses. Also all new construction needs to be Native plants,gravel or some water wise landscaping.
@cyankirkpatrick5194 Жыл бұрын
Pea gravel helps retain water.
@Sidicas Жыл бұрын
Make the basin bigger. When reservoirs are full you have 2 years of deliveries? And it only fills up every 10 years? Get these people that can't figure out this math out of positions of government ASAP!
@TheEsseboy Жыл бұрын
Because if that reservoir could hold 10 years worth it wouldn't let anything through for the rest of the basins down stream...there isn't enough water...
@1sttigertiger426 Жыл бұрын
This year's wet winter was a rare occurrence. What is the long-term plan, and source(s) of the additional water for farmer, industry, residents and the Great Salt Lake?
@williebeamish5879 Жыл бұрын
Long term plans? Is that actually possible with our governing bodies?
@Scionmalth Жыл бұрын
The long term plan is to let all the drinkable water go to the salty sea so they can raise your water bill and control your life !
@LK-pc4sq Жыл бұрын
um no its not. Earth is going into another ElNinoo so the moisture is traveling out of the south pacific and into the coast of the SW usa.
@TP-ie3hj Жыл бұрын
Live a little longer you will see you have been taken for a ride. This is how it works...lakes been there for a long time and will be there for a long time...in my life they were building pumps to get ridd of the water...you too will see this at some time as well. Then it will go down...back up ...back down... someone just wants your money or your vote..
@shawnjensen3896 Жыл бұрын
Long-term plan, mother nature
@laskey2175 Жыл бұрын
So once every 10 years we have enough water for 2 years. 😟
@rosiehawtrey Жыл бұрын
There was a kinda fundamental reason people didn't live in Utah until science and the industrial revolution started happening. Its mostly desert and rattlesnakes.. Although the Amerindians did quite well there by seeing their population and activities to the environment, not vice versa..
@savagegtalks5912 Жыл бұрын
@@rosiehawtrey technology makes people ignorant to how many the land can actually sustain 🤣
@dfinlen Жыл бұрын
Why not Nuclear powered desalination plants or cloud seeding The reasons for scarcity are all man made. The myth that nature is fragile and sacred will destroy our children's future.
@rosiehawtrey Жыл бұрын
@@dfinlen Not a scientist are you? The problem isn't the amount of water you can shove through a desalinator, it's not even nuclear waste, if you use Thorium. The problem is heat, in the water that goes back into the sea, we already are on the knife edge for Aragonite - shed loads of any type of desalination = heat = acidity = shells don't form (Aragonite) = the Great Dying II. But I wouldn't worry, we'll be well on the way to extinction in about 3 generations anyway - look up micro dosing, pyrethroids, dioxin, pcbs, and the like.. Fertility related birth defects like double wombs and intersex conditions. Humanity has done a brilliant job of killing itself.
@savagegtalks5912 Жыл бұрын
@@dfinlen the myth? what an ignorant view from a typical America... You absolutely don't know how to preserve your nature and country. Without a doubt, you is part of the laughing stock... 🤣 "children's future", your boarders been open for the past 250 years... you failed. Trojans also expected to be here today... but they also failed at keeping the boarders closed and draw bridge up.
@therightquestion2983 Жыл бұрын
We didn't prepare before.....and we ended up in this mess. We definitely need to conserve! (like NOT building a stupid Waterpark in St. George)
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
You sanctimonious types NEVER do all you can to limit YOUR impacts upon Earth. Neverrrr...
@therightquestion2983 Жыл бұрын
@@billhosko7723 You would be very wrong! And you're confusing common sense with sanctimony.
@therightquestion2983 Жыл бұрын
@@billhosko7723 Actually you judgemental types never gather actual info before you judge someone. My family is very conservation minded....from food to gas and water. What do you do?
@grumpygnome9316 Жыл бұрын
Ever notice how everybody's got to conserve except government
@Mooocheropordis Жыл бұрын
In Britain during a long drought in the 70s the govt advice was to share a bath with a friend 😅. So good to see you're blessed with rain
@rodneyficklin9281 Жыл бұрын
Of course we need to use water more wisely as populations grow! We can also stop for five minutes and be grateful for a record setting year. I would like to see more data as to were we are and what projected needs are and projected plans to deal with growing needs.
@drcornelius8275 Жыл бұрын
Populations aren't growing in the US though.... oh yeah, millions of people from around the world walk into the country through open borders.
@cbpd89 Жыл бұрын
Since ~80% of Utah's water is used for agriculture, it's safe to say that the best thing we could do to prepare for a growing population is start choosing more water wise crops and using efficient watering methods (so not flooding and sprinklers like we do now)
@dlmalley8639 Жыл бұрын
Agreed 👍 but Red States ( Republicans) don't believe in Science. 🙄😑
@dlmalley8639 Жыл бұрын
@@drcornelius8275 over population is a world wide issue. India. China Malaysia many countries are in trouble. Be prepared for a huge migration of people who once had homes and food as the environment of Earth decline.
@the-Albino-Rhino Жыл бұрын
The data says stop growing.
@vickieskinn9641 Жыл бұрын
Thank God for water. 🙏 Praise God.
@troy.peters Жыл бұрын
Your god had nothing to do with it.
@gtv6chuck Жыл бұрын
@@troy.peters That was completely unnecessary. Think about it, then think about it again.
@troy.peters Жыл бұрын
@@gtv6chuck What am I supposed to think about? If some god made it rain, why did the same god cause the drought? So you can say praise to him for fixing his wrong and make yourself feel like you did something good?
@gtv6chuck Жыл бұрын
@@troy.peters That has nothing to do with it. It has to do with respect for other people, their beliefs and feelings.
@troy.peters Жыл бұрын
@@gtv6chuck What about respecting the beliefs and feelings of those who don't want to hear about some god? I do not disrespect anyone for their beliefs, they can believe whatever they want. There is just no need to post about some god you believe solved the issue.
@Makifo Жыл бұрын
Build more reservoirs while the winters are plentiful.
@writethisthat3613 Жыл бұрын
That's a very logical, reasonable, common sense, well thought out statement. How on Earth did this get by the moderators?!
@procrastinatingpuma Жыл бұрын
It doenst work like that
@markbrockman9859 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Utah needs to keep those wealthy residents in green golf courses.
@Pusha-lh7tg Жыл бұрын
Drive your truck on it
@bobfish3176 Жыл бұрын
Funny how they want the public to conserve when they only use 4-7% of the water!
@user-qr2gd7me6c Жыл бұрын
When speaking of great volumes of water, one does not use the small measure of a "gallon". Rather one speaks of "acre feet" of water.
@ut000bs Жыл бұрын
Well, professor. It depends on your target audience. The average person would not know how much water an acre foot is.
@robl7347 Жыл бұрын
so they are telling people to conserve while they dump fresh water into a salt lake. Doesn't make sense.
@dr.a006 Жыл бұрын
I’ll do my part to relieve excess water in the Weber river by watering my lawn. Kind of a diversion if you will.😅
@luckyc3926 Жыл бұрын
💯
@luckyc3926 Жыл бұрын
Just doesn’t make sense.
@NickoBaggins Жыл бұрын
There will be huge environmental impacts to the valley if the great salt lake dries up - it would be catastrophic to the people living here.
@luckyc3926 Жыл бұрын
@@NickoBaggins Sorry my friend but it has been drying for over 1000 years. Where I live it was once covered in water. One day there maybe a mormon living in the bottom of what was once the GSL.
@aired-downdisconnected4125 Жыл бұрын
Hopefully this water is used wisely. Might not get another winter like this.
@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын
Of course we'll get another winter like this.
@themidnighttavern6784 Жыл бұрын
@@weirdshibainu What's the evidence to back up your claim? This is the most amount of snow we've gotten in decades, arguably the highest amount of snowfall in the history of recorded Utah winters.
@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын
@@themidnighttavern6784 Decades is nothing in terms of climate or weather. 99 percent of what we know about weather we've learned since ww2. Records are broken repeatedly. What are you thinking? This is the heaviest snowfall we've ever received or ever will? Where's your evidence?
@themidnighttavern6784 Жыл бұрын
@@weirdshibainu So this is a freak storm, a 1 in 50 year event. That's what I'm using as the basis for my claims. It's a statistical outlier. Will we get another winter like this? Maybe in another few decades. But we can't reliably count on it.
@d.e.p.-j.7106 Жыл бұрын
@@weirdshibainu The article says it's 1 out of 10 years. That's not often.
@davidstaley7290 Жыл бұрын
We are actually in, a 4 times every 300 hundred year event and should have strong winters for the next five years….
@spockspock Жыл бұрын
Time to fire up the West DesertPumping Station! Thanks Norm Bangerter for your foresight!
@Jaradis Жыл бұрын
They need to build a tunnel from the Snake River to the GSL. It's about 70 miles, so we've done that before. The NYC aqueduct is ~100 miles long and the Arizona one is 336 miles long. When the Snake River is flooding you can divert water to the GSL to reduce the flooding along the Snake River.
@c1ifactation Жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant idea makes you wonder why they haven’t done it yet
@zombiecucumber7700 Жыл бұрын
Good luck getting the state of Idaho to go along with that.
@c1ifactation Жыл бұрын
@@zombiecucumber7700 I mean the snake floods a lot more and has way more water to spare
@krisb5638 Жыл бұрын
the closest points between the two are very similar in elevation as well, leading to what theoretically would be a somewhat easily managed system that could be highly beneficial for the entire western US
@CortexNewsService Жыл бұрын
That's what people thought when they built aqueducts from the Colorado River to LA. That's become a problem. The Snake also feeds the Columbia River. Oregon and Washington are getting drier and will need that water as well. It's a nice idea but a project that large could have a lot of big unintended consequences.
@TheCactusjack1 Жыл бұрын
It will never snow or rain ever again.
@MarshallArtz007 Жыл бұрын
Good to know! 😀
@tomcaviar7651 Жыл бұрын
They’re always stuck in a drought. Its the never ending drought
@ut000bs Жыл бұрын
That is probably why they call it a desert.
@arklinmike Жыл бұрын
2:24 He hit the nail on the head. continually growing the population is not sustainable. It's already too much, or there wouldn't be so much worry.
@ut000bs Жыл бұрын
It isn't the population as much as it is we aren't expanding infrastructure to meet it. Look at California. They haven't okayed a new water project in over 40 years. We are outgrowing our ability to supply.
@DWilliams-ce8nb Жыл бұрын
''We still have the need to jack up your water bill Sky High'' LOL
@Distress. Жыл бұрын
Water bill should always be high in the DESERT southwest.
@TrilobitesRTasty Жыл бұрын
Do folks know if there is discussion about Utah decreasing the use of grass lawns (which require watering, of course), in favor of desert landscaping?
@bob15479 Жыл бұрын
Only 10% of GSL inflow diversions go to residential use, both culinary AND outdoor. Meanwhile 80% go to agriculture. Residents could cease watering, drinking and bathing altogether and it works do little for GSL
@TrilobitesRTasty Жыл бұрын
@@bob15479 I know in California, famers grow crops that use massive amounts of water...such as rice and oats. That needs to stop. We even export rice to China! So, what crops are raised in Utah that require a lot of water? ..cattle?
@katherinem.4414 Жыл бұрын
I know….very stupid, and I live in the middle-eastern part of the valley. We did something else with our yard. Our sprinkler system got punctured, so we could not maintain the lawn in every area. I consider it in part, a blessing. I wish our yard was managed better, though. I just do not have the say. We have a water 💦 conservation place in the valley, to show people how to do it, so we should all plant to conserve…,at least with part of our yards if not all. I hopefully will be moving from here one day, though. I need to be where it is quieter, and less crowded.
@fabulousauruspeks7010 Жыл бұрын
@@TrilobitesRTasty Utah's big water-wasting crop is alfalfa.
@billiamc1969 Жыл бұрын
GUARANTEE the lake will NOT fill back to "normal levels"
@cbpd89 Жыл бұрын
It would say 3-4 years of this kind of snow to get the lake back to normal.
@MO-qd6tm Жыл бұрын
Yet you have people like Elon musk complaining that lack of human population growth is unsustainable. Make that make sense to me. Less people is a good thing!!
@mr.potter9426 Жыл бұрын
And don't forget to stay scared.
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Жыл бұрын
Your non sequitur comment helps no one!!
@mr.potter9426 Жыл бұрын
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 and yours does?
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Жыл бұрын
@@mr.potter9426 Of course. I'm just stating the obvious for those who sometimes miss the obvious!! 😅
@mr.potter9426 Жыл бұрын
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 so what you are really saying is I am correct, ty,apology accepted.
@michaeldeierhoi4096 Жыл бұрын
@@mr.potter9426 😂😅. Take it however you want. And have a good day while you are at it.
@slothmarathonpromotions2470 Жыл бұрын
I hear they are changing the name to the mediocre salt lake
@rickylee4228 Жыл бұрын
In a few years it’ll be the “Meh Salt Lake”.
@TheTexasDuke Жыл бұрын
Indeed learn to store it better
@starrider4878 Жыл бұрын
They sound like a politician. The snow is going to melt and cause flooding and I know because I paid hundreds of thousands to go to school to learn that.
@dtsh4451 Жыл бұрын
You are ripped off, literally can learn all of that on KZfaq for free😂
@will7its Жыл бұрын
Bunch of dumb "Experts"
@Isaachsargent Жыл бұрын
How about we get smart like Las Vegas where we recycle 97% of our water 😂
@russian13973 Жыл бұрын
The reason we have water problems in California is because the government can’t find ways to use the problem to make money for their donors.
@billiamc1969 Жыл бұрын
WELL SAID...
@PabloRodriguez-xj1yk Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын
I live in Nevada and had the opportunity to talk with a retired water resource manager from California. It was a long talk and he explained the machinations of water politics in California. This posting would be 3 feet long and still not do it justice. I asked him a question as the conversation continued " How is it that California is on the verge of a drought and yet I see bottled water from California in stores in Nevada and it's on sale? It doesn't make sense according to market economics." He said " It's easy...you know what the number one problem is for water management in California? It's that water flows uphill to the money."
@jimtaylor6930 Жыл бұрын
Part of the problem is those metal gate dams they got in the Jordan river set too high water is not moving . Like it use to years ago . Same is with the Weber and Ogden where they both meet. Dont know on the Bear river if it has any of those gates and if it flows in to the lake . They just need to lower those gates some to get a more even flow year round to the lake . Bit of history here way back in the 60s in the winter I'd be walking in snow up to my knees in grade school. 70s was just below the knees in jr high and high school . The last really good snow we got was 36 inches in the valley. I forget what year that was. Fact is when the Great Salt Lake has plenty of water in it we dont really have dry years . Any way i put my two bits worth in on this wayer situation
@reidellis1988 Жыл бұрын
Lake effect is essential. The problem is that there will never be enough water to facilitate endless development. Utah is the second driest state.
@kylea4953 Жыл бұрын
Still need to conserve and up your water bill for our revenue. It's gullible warming people don't pay attention to all the 15 minute cities we are developing.
@justdobetter8 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Water is much needed in Salt lake.
@PInk77W1 Жыл бұрын
I’m riding my bicycle from Reno to SLC next week. Hope I don’t get washed away
@papasquat355 Жыл бұрын
Just do to the GSL what California did to Lake Tulare and get rid of it. We don't need lakes anyway. They're a waste of prime real-estate for condos, apartments, and WalMart stores.
@grantmorrey5138 Жыл бұрын
Honestly you've got a giggle. When humans think they are smarter than Mother Nature
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
The link is filled with those that believe it... tho NONE of them EVER do all they can to limit THEIR impact upon Earth. Absolute hypocrites they ALL are.
@krishgounder5116 Жыл бұрын
Conservation is planned. Hopefully, they will replenish the aquifers. 😢
@rpf276 Жыл бұрын
The American West could learn a lot from Israel in how to manage water in a country that is most desert and semi-arid and can't rely on their neighbors either. They are the world leaders at truly efficient water management and infrastructure.
@jimyeats Жыл бұрын
Managing water is a lot easier when your country is the size of New Jersey. Sure, doesn’t mean they don’t have good practices, but it’s a lot easier to implement that when your country is small enough to drive across lengthwise in about 5 hours.
@maxfastest Жыл бұрын
There's no profit in sensible living in our country . Never gonna happen.
@MrThorp1 Жыл бұрын
@@jimyeats yeah, not only is it the size of jersey, they are also right next to the Mediterranean sea. They get 75% of their water from desalinization. We only have a handful of states that could do that. Seeing as how Utah is like 1500 miles from the nearest ocean, it may be a problem.
@1rexrex Жыл бұрын
@@MrThorp1 Problem is that those states dont do it either. They buy water from states like Utah. If they did. Then Utah would have the water it needed.
@MrThorp1 Жыл бұрын
@@1rexrex as Steve mentioned above. Cheaper , therefore ,more profit to just buy it. Maybe Utah should stop selling
@rolandaaden-hussey1672 Жыл бұрын
Conserve water everyone! We need to be sure there's enough for the golf courses!!
@sherise_2020 Жыл бұрын
I agree we still need to conserve, Utah has had crazy weather since 2012
@markmiranda9461 Жыл бұрын
The fact that California has dumped billions into the fast rail track that’s not even 40% done but hasn’t started making more reservoirs until last year is a complete failure.
@hobamasucs Жыл бұрын
What happen to "IMMINENT FAILURE" of the lake as the Enviro-Whackos and Climate Whiners were Screaming and Panicking about, earlier this year ?????
@letsburn00 Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what climate predictions said. Periods of droughts, then intense flooding. Moderate flows will be less likely.
@UncleKennysPlace Жыл бұрын
"Billions" is cool, but if you added a couple of billion gallons instantly the the GSL, you wouldn't notice the increase in depth.
@wm3293 Жыл бұрын
Tell that to Niagara Falls
@happycanayjian1582 Жыл бұрын
Utah is the 2nd driest State in the country!?!? 😳 Nevada? Arizona? New Mexico? I never would have guessed Utah would be second…
@Dog.soldier1950 Жыл бұрын
Wait what? We were told only a weeks ago that the GSL was disappearing FOREVER!
@shawnjensen3896 Жыл бұрын
Seventh generation Utah boy here up my whole life drought drought drought. No question we were in a drought, but then we have a record-breaking year and everybody still negative. No one wants to say hey we’re good this year water but be careful and try to conserve it’s we gotta conserve like we’re still in the drought. The water is just going to run through the canals and the rivers and go out to the great Salt Lake anyway, so why not encourage people to water more right now to help alleviate the flooding
@daltontierney8064 Жыл бұрын
We are still in a drought. Just because we had a freak year of a ton of snow, that doesn’t constitute that we just say, “hey we’re good this year”. That makes no sense. The flooding needs to be addressed by the government and redirected. People don’t need to use more water to help alleviate the floods😂
@luckyc3926 Жыл бұрын
Bingo
@luckyc3926 Жыл бұрын
@@daltontierney8064 Watering more sure helps my drought stricken lawn. I’m dumping it to it this year.
@STGKKS Жыл бұрын
Glad were packing in as many people as we possibly can along the wasatch front. I'm sure mother nature will provide.
@midwake9951 Жыл бұрын
Alfalfa farms and other water intensive ag are the biggest users by a lot. Typical consumers can't conserve their way out of the water shortage issues.
@cbpd89 Жыл бұрын
Midi is right. Household/yard use accounts for about 10% of water use, agriculture for about 80%. If we can get farmers to switch away from alfalfa and field flooding and sprinklers, we'd save a lot of water.
@MarkTurner-vs7uc Жыл бұрын
Liberals cry if it's dry, cry if it rains.
@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 Жыл бұрын
Snowflake.
@markbrockman9859 Жыл бұрын
As long as right wingers can keep their lawns and golf courses green.
@geomodelrailroader Жыл бұрын
that's good news Salt Lake is healing itself. Hopefully there will be enough water this year to fill it up.
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
Before man, it WAS vastly larger.
@azalli Жыл бұрын
Now tell the farmers to conserve it
@davidhagerman7165 Жыл бұрын
What is needed is more reservoir's to extend the time period of the wet seasons.
@toniklemm1172 Жыл бұрын
And not once was climate change mentioned. It's amazing how reluctant people still are to mention the link to climate change when discussing extremes like dry or wet years.
@guidedmeditation2396 Жыл бұрын
Before you get too excited. All that water is going to be very salty.
@pamelawing5747 Жыл бұрын
That lake really needs an influx of new water.
@mikeL1080p Жыл бұрын
Look at what Aamir Khan is doing in India with the Paani foundation. The American West could learn a lot from them.
@raclark2730 Жыл бұрын
Have been watching Andrew Millisons videos on the topic, great stuff.
@franklesser5655 Жыл бұрын
When climate change isn't bringing drought it brings abundant water.
@TheEsseboy Жыл бұрын
You are talking about weather, global warming brings more extreme weather...
@raybod1775 Жыл бұрын
A billion here, a billion there, it adds up.
@stanleymcomber4844 Жыл бұрын
How about shutting down the immigration particularly illegal immigration to the state. We only have so much water, so increasing the state population does not help the water issue.
@famousnobodyz Жыл бұрын
That's a Great Start!
@kepckatherinec805 Жыл бұрын
Here’s an idea-promote smaller families. Fewer people=less drain on resources, less environmental damage.
@TheEsseboy Жыл бұрын
Or, we could easily cut down on water use by 90% by not eating so much beef, pork and chicken...
@chhindz Жыл бұрын
How is the spiral jetty?
@SongMom8 Жыл бұрын
Seriously? When will they let this drought go? Do we need to flood for a decade? It’s always a good idea to conserve in a desert (Utah is the second driest state next to Nevada) but we can’t keep talking like there is always an emergency. Nature will do its thing, there’s not much we can do about it. All this “save the GSL” sounds like it will come at the expense of human lives.
@aired-downdisconnected4125 Жыл бұрын
"Save the GSL" brings in lot's of $$$. Like cancer will never be cured.
@matthewerwin4677 Жыл бұрын
Fear sells
@shawnjensen3896 Жыл бұрын
Best statement on all the comments. Good job.
@JaneHall-xc2wd Жыл бұрын
2nd dryest state in nation. I wonder how many golf courses huge hotel grounds are located in that state?
@normansilver905 Жыл бұрын
Doing what is has been doing for that past thousand years or so. There is an abundance of water right now. BUT don' think the wests water woes are over with.
@Isaachsargent Жыл бұрын
I’d bet you next year we will be back into a drought seeing the reason re got all this rain and snow was due to a volcano eruption back in January. It released a bunch of water vapor into the troposphere which shifted the jet stream. Making the weather patters change. So therefor we probably will see continue drought
@ut000bs Жыл бұрын
That is not true or what caused our wet, cold winter.
@markdoolan7282 Жыл бұрын
I am not american but i have seen videos of that Salton lake in California . I think this lake is in Utah I’m guessing. Nevertheless i am wondering if all this excess water in the Californian reservoirs could not dump or pump the excess over into that Salton lake to help save it , or flush it or whatever as it has lost so much water over the last few decades. Just saying all this would be a place they could redirect the excess and may be do something good with it and avoid flooding? May be it’s not that simple and I’m talking crap but suddenly you have got all this over load of water and that Salton Sea needs a drink bad.
@freefall9832 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't that man-made?
@beyondthebreaks Жыл бұрын
The Salton Sea was an engineering failure and disaster. A lake that shouldn't exist. GSL is a natural body of water.
@redpillaware5101 Жыл бұрын
So no one is going to say anything about the helicopter collision that was narrowly avoided?
@Water-cr6pc Жыл бұрын
Save water!!!!
@BreakneckTrent Жыл бұрын
Water is good
@djaishwgak8017 Жыл бұрын
that news anchor lady was having trouble reading.
@Pissedoffdetective Жыл бұрын
Cut off the Californian Vin Yards. They've completely drained the aquifers, which means even if it rained every day for the next 10000 years, the water table can never be the same again.
@TheEsseboy Жыл бұрын
No, the wine makers are not to blame, most of the water in Cali is used to grow AlfaAlfa and soy for livestock, vegetables and fruits...wine makers stand for less than 1% of Calis total water use..
@lisalastnamesmith Жыл бұрын
You people have no idea what's coming. Next winter WILL BE BIGGER than this year.
@shawnjensen3896 Жыл бұрын
I hope so
@NickoBaggins Жыл бұрын
That'd be awesome. We can certainly hope so.
@n5sdm Жыл бұрын
1:52. See how far you can get as a middle school dropout? Wow. Remember people, these are the brains running our government and billing us what to do under the threat of law.
@saltylegion6288 Жыл бұрын
Desalination,say it with me folks Desalination. If they control the water they control you.
@Ekka007 Жыл бұрын
When reservoirs are at maximum capacity there's only 2 years of supply.... that there is not good enough especially with an expanding population/city. Good luck.
@RCdiy Жыл бұрын
Maybe ban lawns.
@randomreal3228 Жыл бұрын
is there any fish on the lake? (asking from the fishing enthusiast point of view)
@ptyleranodon3081 Жыл бұрын
The only thing you're fishing out of there is brine shrimp and salt.
@stuarthayward2220 Жыл бұрын
No worries, they’ll release enough water until there’s another “drought emergency”
@obiwan2112 Жыл бұрын
Good water news is to environmentalists as holy water is to a vampire.
@Briguy1027 Жыл бұрын
Well it sounds like good news -- the Lake needs that water big time.
@MikeSmith-ch7jv Жыл бұрын
the climate is cumming back!
@matthewmolina2706 Жыл бұрын
Most of that water is going to car washes , lawns and golf courses .
@lindastonebraker2512 Жыл бұрын
Visually it’s great… but we’re still out of our reserves and ground water.
@ut000bs Жыл бұрын
The lack of simple, shallow thought here in the comments is amazing. I totally understand why our country is in trouble. 😉👍
@Dr.Pepper001 Жыл бұрын
It is feast or famine when it comes to water in the Great Salt Lake.
@MrThorp1 Жыл бұрын
i am glad you guys emphasized the need for conservation still. A lot of your and others stories are poorly written. The stories make it sound like water problems are over. This was a " freak" year, not the norm. You still need to be smart and conserve water.
@drcornelius8275 Жыл бұрын
You can't conserve faster than the millions of illegals coming into the country.....
@Notyou5556 Жыл бұрын
Every 7 years , no water, crys about water Next 3 years, all water , lakes are full, cry cry cry about water Repeat Repeat
@julielindholme9584 Жыл бұрын
Praise God ! Prophets said the snow would be measured in feet, and the deserts would bloom.
@kct9967 Жыл бұрын
"We get weather like this every 10 years or so" Climate activists: cyclical climate change doesn't exist! 🤡🌍
@MW-xm1rc Жыл бұрын
Evil man caused the loss of water in the lake AND Evil Man has caused the flood of water we see today! No matter WHAT you do it’s your fault!
@johnwilson6271 Жыл бұрын
Nice!!!
@richarddecker9515 Жыл бұрын
Store ten or more years of water
@TheEsseboy Жыл бұрын
Then the river downstream would run dry, as there only rains enough for 2-5 years every 10 years, so 5-8 years would be bone dry.
@marcoantonio-df4mr Жыл бұрын
Pretty good 👍
@laara1426 Жыл бұрын
The commentators do not know how to annunciate.
@melvinrexwinkle1510 Жыл бұрын
OMG, the lake is not going dry?
@jaygua8006 Жыл бұрын
Good thing i live in Chicago imma go to the lake tomorrow 🤪