*Central Valley Farmers: "Why don't they recharge the aquifers?"* Everyone else: "why do those Almond Milk assholes keep pumping 2000 gallons of water per day each while we're trying to recharge the underground aquifers?"
@@thecactusman17 and it's not just almond milk! The vast majority of the high-quality almonds get shipped right out of the United States to other high-end countries while all of California pays the price for the depletion of our precious water resources. A few people get rich at the expense of the entire state.
Think about the government putting water into pure water? How messed up would the water get. I would let mother nature of the pumping, let the farmers have water from the rivers.
Good video. Like the time and effort to put these videos together. Watch every one that comes out. San Luis is kind of an outlier that it doesn't have natural inflow of water. Water gets pumped into that one. Hopefully, once the other big ones reach full capacity, they pump whatever water they release from those other into San Luis so that they have all reservoirs full to capacity
Lake Shasta sits within a huge basin and receives 90% of it's water from rain runoff and only 10% from snow melt so any incoming water from the snow is easily managed.
@@gordybishop2375 Lake Trinity is the complete opposite. It sits in a small basin and gets only 10% of it's water from rain runoff and 90% from snow melt.
Very disappointing that over the years California hasn’t broken the code on automatic balancing across all reservoirs…leading to waste when reaching full pool. These highly productive years won’t last. Got to play the long game!
Yes, like Donald Trump simply raking the leaves in the forest to prevent wildfires, in California we have the ability to just take a simple scoop out of one lake and put it into another! It really is that easy! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 🖕
@@gordybishop2375 From where? Do you think that states will willingly give up their water resources to be sent to the West? A multi-state compact already prohibits any sale of water from the Great Lakes unless all bordering states agree to it, and it’s almost certain that Mississippi River states would pass laws restricting water diversions, or file lawsuits against western states, if such a project went forward. Then, the billions of construction which who pays for?
Spot on. There are many who believe in the “all or nothing” approach. Not so! It all starts with connecting two large water sources. Boring technology has vastly improved over the past decade. There is no reason why that technology and technique cannot be leveraged to accommodate level loading.
It is understandable that their water levels would be down and it is apparently intentional. Copco lake is being lowered as part of the removal of the Klamath River dam system. Copco 1 was removed last year and Copco 2, Irongate and JC Boyle removal will begin this year. Removal of these dams will restore the riparian habitat and the salmon runs on the Klamath.
April 1st !? Mother Nature gave us a belated April Fool's joke on April 4, here in Tehachapi, and it snowed that afternoon, and continued to snow all Friday. Yeah, not much snow this year, down here.
If all the reservoirs reach very close to full capacity but we once again have disastrous terrible rain and snow figures for say the next five years what can be expected for the level to decrease to approximately?
California's water system was designed and built prior to the realities of global warming. It worked well for decades, but GW is bringing drought, more rain, less snowfall, and quicker melts. It's actually impressive how quickly CA is moving to address it's water need. (Also, find it ironic that the biggest critics of CA's adaptation also seem to be those most likely to deny global warming in the first place.)
They better! If you keep track of new construction which means more water users. Especially in Central and Southern California. And according to USDA over 500 thousand acres of farmland in California is not producing due to water shortage.
With all the reservoirs so full, why is the huge majority of Colorado River water still going to California? And "The Compact Says So" isn't a good enough excuse. Drove through so many SoCal towns and cities, wondering why they aren't ripping out the grass in their public areas, and why so many lush green lawns - even in basic middle class neighborhoods, not just Beverly Hills - when Las Vegas did all the work to reduce what little, seriously small, allotment they used...and are still expected to cut back more?
Actually that's a complete myth told by conservatives bent on discrediting Governor Newsome. There is a water management authority in California that manages water releases from reservoirs not the governor.
Vote 🗳️ better our “leaders” have not done their jobs in the context of MORE Reservoirs. They had passed bills in Sacramento to create more LARGE regional reservoirs and nothing has been accomplished in over 40 years so over 50% gets to go to the ocean. Good job 👏
CA water management is terrible. Too much water is let out in anticipation of the snowpack melt. With all the technology at their disposal they continue to get it wrong every year.
Thank you for the update, it amazes me that climatologist use statistics from naturally occurring climate patterns that fluctuate yearly for millennia to justify their climate change histaria, at 70 I've seen floods and droughts in the west, the Midwest River system and the Great Lakes, one thing about climate, it is ever changing and unprecictable.
