El Niño Incoming Water Levels Rising! Lake Mead UPDATE June 2023
Welcome back Colorado River Watchers! In this update we’re going to look into the coming El Niño climate cycle and the drastic effects it could have on the southwest water supply! In the “Basin Bin” today we'll check out some details of the new river compact proposal that was just struck between the states last month. We’ll close out the report by examining the water levels that the USBR is predicting over the next 2 years at our major reservoirs...
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Like always, another well put together Lake Mead update!! Love the views...
Thanks appreciate you checking out the update! Loving every day of this mild lake & rockhounding weather👍
El Nino is a welcome change for the 7 basin states. "The good of the many..." I really enjoy your videos! They're factual, focused, and plain spoken, without any digital narration or B.S. hyperbole. That means a lot to me. That's why you're my go-to AZ water resource! Thank you!
Thank you! Appreciate you checking out another update 👍 We have a lot of future plans for the channel including a trip back to Powell soon so we hope our coverage only gets better😎
It's a welcome change in part of the US, but can be catastrophic in other parts of the world, which is also a concern. What I've learned recently is that both sides of the world have been largely blind to the impacts of El Nino and La Nina cycles. But yes, it is very good for the southwest. Unfortunately, the biggest question is whether the southwest will be able to capitalize on the cycle before it ends in storing water, or continue to make the mistakes of the past. At this point, I'm guessing it's too late...
I also understand that consideration into future years of water availability needs to be addressed!! If the water situation is abused n overused it may create the same scenario; gotta learn to be frugal with water usage!!
Hopefully this El Niño will also cut down significantly on the fires the west sees every summer!
You're a great educator. Thank you for this site. I used to work for a Fed power marketing agency and water levels impacted us a great deal. Thank you for your time and effort at educating the public about water. My wife and I are in the process of zero - scaping as we speak :)
Thanks! I appreciate you checking out the update and stopping by to leave feedback👍 I knew very little of reclamation and water management before this all started but I'm learning fast over the last 2 years. It's incredible how much planning, funding, and work goes on behind the scenes that the public has no idea about...
Thank God for El Niño! The west needs the rain and we need to manage our water storage better. Parts of Idaho were in danger of having natural aquifers go dry!
Also, hopefully to wash all the Democrats out of the West
Why?are they acting like Az or Ca? Water conservation should be practiced by all.
I agree, this will be welcome where I'm at! I can see other viewers though are going to have more unwanted effects like drought and wildfire, the cycle we are leaving. Like you said we need to manage the water better in the west because the cycle will be shifting again soon enough. We better be prepared...
Have you ever thought that the water has been managed so well as the reason we've survived this 4 year drought?
@@Bouncer-id1rh No, they have not. Not only that but they forgot that it is the reason so many dams were built and the reservoirs they created are there specifically to cover the periodic droughts that the southwest goes through.
My personal choice would be to invest it in some additional water conservation projects where flooding could be a problem. Retain more water closer to the source and maintain water conservation policies. Better to have sustainable desert plants where appropriate, and more efficient use of water in food production.
Just wanted to tell you that I look forward to your reports on Powell and Mead. In my opinion they are the best on the internet!
Wow thanks! We appreciate the feedback and are very glad people are finding it useful 👍
Awesome news for Lake Mead n Lake Powell and the economy there that’s suffered immensely, not to mention the wildlife!! 💞
El Nino for 3-5 years! Water will be abundant over time given the cutbacks and drastic weather changes. Now is the time for truly managing the problem and providing a long-lasting solution. We caught a huge break from Mother Nature...imagine if we continued on the last several year's course/results.
Thank you for checking out the update 👍That's how I look at it too! Back in November last year, news outlets were talking about "the coming California Mega-Storm". I was wondering if all the irrigation and municipal water districts were building new retention or usage plans to prepare (they didn't). Now here were are just got doused with rain and snowpack, a missed opportunity, and El Nino predicted another 3-5 years. I hope we don't squander it away this time again!
I do know that Governor Newsom is looking into increasing the groundwater settling in the Central Valley.
Yes! I hope this idea catches on, but will those governing see it this way?
The thing that irritates me about this is these cuts are more political theater than real changes most irrigation water is either saline contaminated groundwater cut with river water or river water recycled from industrial and commercial uses that’s now unfit for industrial or commercial uses like drinking water ect if you want to have a discussion about erosion because of ag reliance on cheap flood irrigation considering we have better alternatives fine but this water would’ve gone to flood irrigation naturally without human intervention now in the name of water conservation we’re further restricting flood irrigation land hydration preserving instead of industrial and commercial water districts inefficient waste to evaporation instead of aquifers hydration because agriculture is an easier target for politicians I don’t see this actually helping long term just a way to siphon taxpayer dollars and further remove the system from a naturally balanced state
Interesting - the recent abundance of moisture filling the lakes is a result of Mother Nature but when there is a lack of moisture than the cause if man-made 'change in climate'. Looks like a tug-of-war between science and pseudo-science.
I don't live in California but I love watching your videos
Nice report. Kudos.
Thank you for joining us in this update!👍
Thanks for the updates. Great views too. 😍
It's nice out there when it greens up and people return 😎 Thanks for joining us on another update!
I love your channel, love the factual updates and you have a nice professional sounding voice that is pleasant to listen to. I'm thrilled that El Nino is here. I live in south central New Mexico and we've been spoiled by the unusually cools temps and some surprise before-monsoon storms. This week brings normal HOT temps though. I checked out your Etsy shop and love that you use reclaimed materials! I'm especially fond of metallic pieces. Favorited your shop!
Wow, thanks for the comment! 👍 We do this as a hobby when time permits so having feedback like yours helps motivate us. Sounds like you are having similar El Nino weather in NM as we are here. We have been loving it! It is getting hot here also this week and Lake Mead is 103 today so the honeymoon may be over until fall 🤣 Thank you also for checking out the Etsy store, really appreciate that it! KZhead squeezes anything we get until it's almost not worth it to create content here, so we are going to channel more time into side ventures as well. There will be much more up to come in the future!
I wonder if El Nino has Always been on our globe causing weather cycles. Yes, money appears to be no issue to this Fed. Admin. Calif. bought off easily. Would have had to negotiated anyway in 2026 with other SW States. Straight facts, thanks for the report update.
Great Video. Thanks for the awesome content!
Thank you for watching! ✌
I am always interested in your videos. I am glad to see the water improvement in the Southwest. However, as another Ohio resident stated, it is not a good weather situation for us. But, keep up the good updates. 😁
Well thank you for the support and we appreciate you leaving a comment!👍 Yep it's a bittersweet El Nino... the rain is a savior for us, but even just next door in central CA there is possibility of bad flooding and mudslides AGAIN. Some of those poor folks are still recovering from the winter storms. El Nino may bring you a dryer winter in Ohio, so for those dealing with lake effect snow there may be some positive at least! I feel your pain though as a NE Ohio native. Left 15 years ago... couldn't stand the weather😂
Great video, en very good post MOJO. I,m enjoy your post from The Netherlands
Welcome to the channel Cali! We appreciate you watching the update and dropping in to leave a comment 👍
Very welcome change
El Nino and getting more rain (and more snow) will solve many issues in CA - only leaving the Sierras and Rockies getting more rain that will continue increasing the snow packs, and fill up the Colorado River watershed.
I hope so!👍 The only problem I see is El Nino only last 3-5 years. Do you think new infrastructure and new planning will be in place? New storage would have been a very good use of that federal funding in my opinion... instead of bribing farmers!
@@mojo.adventures even 20M wont get u the water storage u need. When we look at tree rings we see that the southwest has gone trough drought's that can last as long as 20 yr since the ice went away. There are more bad yr then good in those rings. It was a thing some wanted todo back in the early & mid 70"s. It was gone by 78. That thing would of made it so the Colorado River would never leave AZ if built. It was to be a sires of dams place where the water would go after the mean dam began backing up water and it is here where we need another dam and so on for 34 dams taking 50 yr to build them all and make AZ an inland sea state with 10% of the sate under water if they ever filled it.
@@mojo.adventures Your question is rhetorical - and obvious that the answer is (with all govt and bureaucratic projects) - nooooooo !!! They will watch it all flush to the ocean - preventing sotrage and cistern applications saving the rampaging waters (flooding Las Vegas casinos etc) ... and all the greenies will feel satisfied that they have mucked up another part of natural resources in turning back the landscape into desert - destroy populations, destroy greenery, destroy water resources, insane higher cost of living etc. If anything, these dinks should be pumping the excess waters back down into the aquifers at every location imaginable. And tell CA to get off their azz and make their desalination plants - and then events will start working to logical and rational.
El Nino will not solve anything. It's only a bandaid.
Glad to see the water level at lake is rising.
Here in the Four Corners just now getting the swamp coolers put in service. The Animas and San Juan rivers have very vigorous runoffs going and the snowpack in the southwest corner of Colorado still covers the mountains above the timberline. Expect the runoff to continue like this for at least another month.
Excellent, thank you for that update from the Four Corners area!👍 Lake Mead just had it's first 100+ day forecasted here also, looks like summer is finally moving in. We were glad to have had a mild May this year for once!
It is good that GOD is in control of the weather and even our lives get use to change.
I just flew over the Rockies Tuesday and couldn't get over the amount of unmelted snow as far as you can see. Things are looking good
That is awesome news to hear thanks for that report! 👍 I have been trying to find some local sources up in CO for pictures of the snowpack up high. Some of the 4x4 clubs get way up there before most of the routes are fully open
@@mojo.adventures I have some blurry photos from the plane but don't know how to share . Do you have Facebook messenger?
No messenger, but you can email us mojoadventuresmail@gmail.com 👍 We have it posted on our "about" tab here on KZhead now also
Great video..
Thanks for the visit appreciate the feedback 👍
Glad to hear that water is returning! I would hate to see lake Mead disappear! Same for Lake Powel!
Hey mate, here in New Zealand we will be pleased to see the back of El Nino - 2 cyclones and massive destruction later, not to mention mowing the lawns nearly every week it will be good to get back to a hot dry summer again. The farmers however will miss the rain as they have had bumper feed for animals like never before.
Thanks for that report from over in New Zealand! Very interesting... so you'll be glad to see El Nino go and we'll be glad to see it come! 😎 It really depends on your region it seems. Our best hope could just to be prepared for the highs and lows from now on.
El Ninio is only a problem, if you build your house in a place that is potentially dangerous. We should all just plan for an El Ninio forecast. In the NE , farmers and those with low wells may be the only ones effected. Campers needs to watch fires more closely and towns need to possibly have more fire bands
Another great video, thanks!
Appreciate the support👍
Hi from Baja California. Water from the sky is wonderful, yet it seems to only be shifting the fear from drought to flooding headlines. Here is Baja, I'd love to see people wake up to catching the rain and storing it in new ways. It is my feeling now that this wonderful wet winter and those that might come with El Nino will stop the forward movement to address a returning drought period. I see it only spurring on over-development now that it looks so good. Good point about the "bribe" to cut usage. I wonder who is really going to benefit from this? Still can not find information about Baja. I suspect, still covered by the Treaty until 2026, combined with the wet winter, and non payment from the US (I'm guessing) Baja was not part of this deal. That headline really struck me in this way. It shows clearly how people are thinking, that this is some kind of game that can be owned, won, bought and sold. California's strategy smacks of Narcissism, caring only for self and unable to see the bigger picture. I am thinking 2026 is going to release lots of truth we don't want to see, especially now that there is all that wonderful water filling the reservoirs which are still less than half full. I am going to be writing my last Water Watch article, and if I'm still around in 2026, I think that writing will be very juicy. I appreciate that you will keep the public informed. I'll be siting you as the contact for updates. I'll also be watching, but the politics make me rather sick to my stomach. Thank you for what I see as a very well done and extremely important report.
Hey Martina! I know, it gets exhausting doesn't it!? Can you remember any time we had just "ok" weather or has it always been reporting like this...? 😂 It seems El Nino will be welcome here but not in many other regions. I'm starting to find we might actually be the exception here in the southwest as far as El Nino being "good". I'm with you on that drought relief funding, I personally was hoping the USBR would be forced to get involved. It's the only way real lasting changes can happen. Now we see they won't have to act for another few years if this passes the POTUS desk. I really get the sense no one wants to do anything or make changes, but everyone wants to show that they are part of the solution... whatever that ends up being. It's become a really sad situation. Here in Nevada, the water agency is arguing with residents over social media about why the construction won't stop but they keep getting more restrictions and higher prices. No one's hands are clean in this. Unfortunately like you said... we will have to wait for 2026 to know more. It will be interesting to see which parties to the river usage come clean between now and then. I am already sad to hear you plan to write your final article in 2026! I can't blame you... this is exhausting. It's hard enough to get down to the data and facts on your own, but then twice as tough trying to present it in a way that you won't be immediately dismissed or labeled one way or another. At the end of the day, the information spreading is what matters, and the knowledge of how we all should prepare for these cycles are what is important. I hope that before (or at least BY) your 2026 article we can all agree on that and see this fixed!
@@mojo.adventures Hola! It is great to hear from you. I appreciate all of your words and insights. One thing I wanted you clear up in what I wrote. I will be working on what I perceive is my last water article this month and will be posted in the Gringo Gazette in June or July. It will be a wrap up, if you will, I could be wrong but feel not much is going to happen that will effect Baja until 2026. The stories might start to be generated prior to this, as all Colorado users will probably become nervous heading into 2026, so there might be some interesting headlines. Right now, the grueling construction is scarping all the hillsides of the native plants, loosing all the top soil, so if it did rain, the hillsides will just slide toward the ocean with the rain run off. Maybe there is a story here, but one too depressing to write. I guess I'll never stop writing, but for now, taking a break, and keeping watch incase something more than politics should happen. I'm probably wise never to use the word "last." Better is the word "until." Ill keep updated through your channel. Much appreciation!
Don't get too giddy. We've had el Nino periods before in this 20-year drought, and one larger-than-usual snowpack doesn't mean Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Colorado watershed are out of danger.
The discussions should have been only about water not money. OK I will dream on.... The predictions are fun but, they did not see the current conditions coming. Even the snow plows were late to the party. I'd say they do not have a clue about what will come next.
Great, Texas needs to get out of the drought & power grid needs a cooler summer.
I hope that we get what they are predicating a strong El Niño Everyone in the west needs it bad! I’m from the Bay Area and it literally rained for forty days and nights that winter some flooding it wreaked havoc on the beaches from the Reese’s coming down the rivers but really the worst was the mudslides so be aware of your surroundings and if you live in a place where mudslides can and do happen then be safe and get out now.
The other thing you guys need to do in the USA is the Hills hoist. A rotary clothesline like we have here in Australia so you reduce your power usage by not having to use dryers all the time.
I will look into the Hills Hoist I have not heard of that before! 👍 There is definitely no problem drying clothes quickly in the desert air. I think it is mostly just a convenience/time crunch thing for most people now. Most see it as a necessity. Thank you for watching over in Australia! 😎
When politicians make deals the general population always loses through increased taxes or borrowing (future taxes) and only corporations make profits (and that shouldn't be allowed). This will only further inflate the cost of food and the people (who are held captive) will be the ones to suffer.
Before last years "rivers of moisture'" hit the Southwest, no one was talking about or predicting El Nino. BUT, what was happening just prior to that? We had just entered the next active Sunspot Cycle, and I believe it is the driving force of our weather patterns.
Very good point! El Nino is certainly not a new pattern or cycle but humans seem to have amnesia when it comes to finding answers and solutions outside throwing funding around. I think you are getting to the heart of the issue also and it isn't coming from this planet. Solar flares and sun spots throw out gobs of magnetic energy that affect us and the planet in ways we still don't fully understand. We seem to keep looking for the problem and solutions in all the wrong places...
The problems that El Nino bring are very different for Powell, Mead, and each individual state within. It could rain 40 days and nights over every square inch of California and snow all the same and neither Powell or Mead would gain a single foot from it. Diverting unuseable flood waters from California to Powell is logistically and economically not happening, it COULD be possible to divert some waters from California to Mead but the routes and cost would be steep to say the least but doable. Powell has a different problem, it can only fill with snow melt as by the time any remnants of atmospheric rivers get there they've used up most of their energy. It'll dump snow still sure... but it has to be at the right time of year. Another issue that doesn't get talked about is the smaller reservoirs that feed into Powell. Currently they are running at 80% capacity, combined they all hold a tad over 10 MILLION acre feet of water! That is a bit under half of Powell and around 35ish% of Mead at full pool. So in reality, we actually have to fill those first, so all overfill goes into Powell, THEN fill Powell, to then fill Mead. The great news of a 3-5 year El Nino is that IF it does ensure a constant water cycle on the level of this past Winter it would be possible to fill Powell and Mead..... at the cost of drowning California unless they somehow can divert a sizeable portion of the flood waters at altitude above Mead down to the Vegas Wash and let nature take its course. Mead by the way has the most problems of all as in really no way shape or form can it sustain itself, it must be maintained solely by human intervention in one form or another. Hopefully for the next few years El Nino helps it out.
You detailed that information spectacularly, far better then I have described to people who simply say, ”just build dams.”
Wait, all the dams are maintained by human "intervention". These aren't natural lakes. So what the heck?
Very interesting, I guess we'll call that reverse plan the "Fill Mead Last" proposal!👍 You have a lot of good points in there I never considered. I think the piping ideas have all been mostly abandoned after the Mississippi River and Great Lakes talk of last summer. I brainstormed a similar piping idea to what you describe with sending excess CA flood water back to Mead. If there was someway to have dual direction pumps on the Colorado River Aqueduct maybe excess water could be linked in to be sent back at Iron Mountain Tunnel. The pump station there is powered by transmission lines that run across the desert all the way back to Hoover Dam. That would be an easy direct route to follow and would just dump anywhere above the dam. Another "pipe dream" I suppose! From what I see the push is towards desalination now.
@@mojo.adventures LOL! Well, due to misguided, but well intentioned water management teams of the past, we really don't have a choice in filling Mead last. In the long game I think Powell gets taken damn as alternative energy matures on an nationalized industrial scale. However until that happens it'll remain, as will Mead's being behind the geographic 8-Ball as it were.
@@mojo.adventures The environmental lobby will never allow for the transfer of water to the reservoir(s), they've clearly stated as such at the various symposiums on the subject over the past decade and a half. They've clearly stated, not only would they block it in the courts, but would even primary any congressional representative who'd support it. Congressional representatives are fully aware of this stance. People would think the opposition would be over the environmental impact the diversion of water would cause, which is what they'll claim publicly, but the real truth lies in this fact that they believe. They're against what they feel is a massive carbon footprint the transportation of all the agricultural imprints on the planet, and any increase in water availability would only increase that footprint. Their position for the future is for people to go back to more locally grown, sustainable agriculture. I know this because I attended the symposium up at Lake Powell more than a decade ago where hydrologists & engineers proposed a diversion from the Arkansas River. The proposal was a 4% diversion with 4 pipes with the capacity to carry 1% of the flow of the Arkansas, leading to aqueducts that would connect to various tributaries of the Colorado. They spoke of the fact that the Arkansas' ave flow rate is more than 10x that of the Colorado's, so a 1% diversion of course would increase the flow rate into the Colorado by more than 10%. Environmental protesters were there and outside after the symposium, I was told the reason for the opposition, which I stated above. They'll never be a diversion of water from anywhere that I can see.
El Niño, Welcome!
Pray 🙏 for rain 🌧
"Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels." anyone who believes that is a fool and does not understand science.
It has been 17 years since the last strong El Niño event, Let's hope Mother Nature bless us with one this year... Lord knows we need it.!!!!!
The boat you show and was on the bottom for over 20 years jas been recovered and completely restored, it’s back on the water instead of under the water. The original engine you can see in the boat still runs. It’s entire recovery and restore is on KZhead.
Thank you for your videos. I don't like the idea of paying farmers not to farm. The US gets lots of our produce from the southwest.
The golf stream may consistently remain North, and keeping the Canadian air in Canada 😎
El Niño is a welcome change. Proves that, once again, weather is cyclic.
It is going to be interesting to see if the states that are getting paid to cut back water usage actually do cut back usage. Plus, will the states getting the money actually distribute it to the end users that do the actual cutting back?
I am curious why the caretakers of the lake are not doing anything about the very thirsty Tamarisk plants that cover the shoreline. A four inch diameter Tamarisk can consume up to 7 gallons of water per day. They need to eradicate every single Tamarisk.
My guess is it would be too much work to remove invasive plants and they never have funding for anything. The area of the lake itself is really massive. They collect and do controlled burns on the dead brush, but as far as I know they do not actually remove any invasive plants. You have a great point though! Just a few miles away in the city, we cannot plant certain landscaping like that because it is too thirsty.
First, typical impact of El Niño here in the Ohio Valley is dry hotter summers and snowy colder winters…personally not my favorite weather combination 😊 Second, I’d like to think that the $1B in taxpayer funded “bribes” will find some tangible return in the resulting farm/commercial/tourism dollars to US citizens and tax receipts…but I know that may not be realized. Thanks for another informative video.
Oh yeah you definitely don't need colder snowy winters there, especially in Northern Ohio!🤣That's why I had to place emphasis on it depends on your region. Some international viewers have said the effects of El Nino are not going to be so great where they are. I guess it's just us in the desert who are glad to be on the receiving end!
Snow pack is much more efficient water distribution. Much more.....
"dry hotter summers and snowy colder winters" That's just what I like and haven't gotten enough of recently. I don't think we even got more than a flurry this past winter where I live. It's even been a cool wet spring so far. Hopefully not too much longer.
I don’t agree paying farmers not to grow. Its not mandatory, already farmers are saying they make more money growing. Hopefully they do instead of disrupting supplies. El Niño developing, our Midwest heat waves could cause their farming to fall short. At the same time, El Niño bringing monsoons to the West, all the more reason for Western farms to remain fully operational. I’m happy for UT, AZ & NV, rain will help Powell & Mead, but not without moving mud around. I’m not sure what it does to States east of the gulf, guess we’ll out. I live in Orange County CA, ignore Los Angeles Times! They’re so negative, they insult and skew business in their own backyard. If there were such a thing as a winner, it’s my understanding the Colorado River starts in Colorado. Hello! Thank you for your video. ❤️
Welcome to the channel, thank you for dropping in and commenting! I'm also noticing some farmers report they can make more money and do a lot less work letting the fields go fallow and just collecting the drought funding. I am definitely concerned this could start a bad precedent with our farmers nationwide. I also do not think this was a good solution. Maybe a half decent "band-aid"... but very temporary and not very effective solution. I appreciate the "heads up" about the LA Times! I use them occasionally because they are one of the only publications I've found in California that actually covers the Colorado River issues on a regular basis! Like you said though, much of the times they are negative, which is actually the OTHER reason I cite them occasionally. It seems when other regions are posting solutions and trying to work positively with what nature gives them, the LA Times is always reporting doom and gloom and helplessness. It doesn't matter if it's flooding or drought, it's always got to be bad somehow to get the clicks. I like observing how different media outlets approach the same stories and trying to find the core information between all their different perspectives, but I've seen how wildly it can vary lately!
El Nino is just fine by me.
Thanks for an interesting and informative post, MOJO. I'm still unclear as to when the banking of 3 maf of Mead water, spread over three years, will begin. Has it already started or does this agreement kick in at the end of this Water Year, 30th September? As of June 1st, we are 67% through the Water Year. Unless this new water policy is already being enacted, Lake Mead has a problem in that it has released only 54.9% of the required 9 maf downstream to wherever. Mead is legally required to release another 4.06 maf of water by September 30th. To put that in context, 4.06 million acre feet is pretty much 15.7% of the total capacity of Mead. Lake Mead is currently less than 31% of Full Pool. Can you see where I am going with this? Of course there is water flowing in, raising the level by a couple of inches each day but it's nowhere near enough to meet that September 30th deadline. Lake Powell is eventually going to take the hit and start releasing huge quantities of its hard-earned water downstream so Mead can, in turn, meet its obligation. Lake Powell this Water Year will release far more water than is legally required. I can't see Powell getting anywhere near BuWreck's fantasy figure of 3598 in a years time. Their predictions are notoriously wide of the mark. You may as well ask the cat how high will Powell rise by June 2024. Unless there has been another extremely wet winter, next April 2024 Mead will be back to 25% of Full Pool and Powell will be sitting at 3540, just 20 feet up from its record low of April 2023.
Hey Dave welcome back and thanks for checking out another update! That's a good question. It seems like this is just a proposal and the details aren't complete yet. I would imagine the conservation plan would actually start later this year when it is officially approved by POTUS. From what I've seen already, parties are lining up now to take cuts in order to get some of the payout. I even see it locally now these developers are actively trying to rip up features in brand new communities they just finished to collect some of the funding. I just read Phoenix is also planning to give up some of their Lake Mead allotment like Tucson now too. Money talks right🙂
Everyone is excited, but the system has a yearly 2maf deficit. So banking 1maf each year(3 years)is great I guess, but obviously the system will still have delivery obligations exceeding it's 300 year statistical average by 1maf the next three years. So, even with the heavy run-off this year acting as a buffer against deadpool, we're still in the same position essentially as we were before this massive water year, just kicking the can further down the road. Wouldn't you agree?
@@Bouncer-id1rh Absolutely agree with that. If this winter hadn't been so wet the ordure would have really hit the fan.
@@DaveFiggley So do you think Ag production should be reduced, or another water source tapped to increase the Colorado's capacity to produce Ag into the future?
@@Bouncer-id1rh I have no idea what the solution is but I know it's going to be expensive.
I'm in the white area between both...what kind of crazy weather will that bring lol the weather view at 3:48 is the white zone reference
That is a good question! You are in limbo between the hot and dry + wet and cool so it should just be perfect mild weather right? 😎 I'm not sure that will be the case though. I'm certainly no expert on any of this but from what I've read when the jet stream splits like that, the weather patterns could start to "play" off each other north to south, sending the volatile weather that is affecting areas around you back and forth across you're region. You'll have to report back and let us know if it's been wild or mild!
I'm curious. What are the usual climate conditions in Western US when there's an El Nino? In Australia it means warmer and less rain, and after a few years of that we have droughts and bushfires.
When El Nino comes the southwest US changes to cooler & wetter based on the reporting I've seen. That is also certainly what I am experiencing here locally too. Usually by June we'd have days or weeks of "triple digits" (aka over 100F/38C). This year we are still averaging 90's. The pacific northwest US however will shift to dryer & warmer. Where you're at in Australia, the effects could very well be opposite. I know that it varies around the globe because viewers in South America have said the same as you. When we cycle back into La Nina here in the southwest US, that is when we should expect droughts and wildfire like you have just described as happening there during El Nino. Well I hope it is a *mild* El Nino over there for you friend, but a *wild* one here for us 😎
@@mojo.adventures Thanks.
I believe that California should use the recovered monies from the Colorado River conservation, should be used to make an aqueduct feom the Sierra Nevadas, into Lake Mead. Otherwise, runoff will be dumped from the CA reservoirs to the ocean.
Californias president Newsom will use the money to help build his bullet train to nowhere
I would certainly vote for you for governor! 😃
I think you have a better plan than the water managers already!🤣 I was almost sure the plan was just to pocket the payoff and split the profits with the irrigation districts who aren't going to be farming.
Well, the money isn't really going to Calif, but individual water rights holders in Calif. People misunderstand this.
Mother nature works over a much longer timespan than what we humans can easily comprehend. It doesn't matter how much money flows into California. Regardless of how clever they think they are at getting more money, their future is bleak. Money cannot fix their problems. It is great news to see these reservoirs filling up and that neighboring states take some responsibility. You produce great content.
Well said, and I can definitely see the truth in that! Us humans couldn't even accurately look ahead 100 years of probable data for the river compact before heavily altering the course of nature. Or perhaps they DID know and carried on regardless. Interestingly enough back then Arizona fought VEHEMENTLY to keep California away from the Colorado River. They even threatened sending a militia! So for those that have followed these issues over the many years it is unsurprising that we're in this situation now. It seems for the last several decades we've just continually kept kicking the can down the road hoping for better solutions or technology while funding everything under the sun outside our own country and infrastructure...
Any news on the Blue mesa reservoir in Gunnison?
I haven't got into covering the smaller reservoirs at all, but if you check out the "Dobrinich Channel" he usually covers Blue Mesa reservoir levels in his shorts - kzhead.infovF3rfLWySwk I will definitely consider this in the future👍
Thanks for the reply
Blue Mesa is 73.3% of Full Pool and 25.5 feet below its maximum elevation of 7519.4. It was releasing up to double the average until 14 days ago. Now the gates have been closed to bank water. June 2nd 2023, inflow was roughly 125% of the average and outflow was about 50% of average for this date. Since the outflow was seriously throttled back eight days ago Blue Mesa has risen another eleven feet. Blue Mesa is up 52.2 feet since October 2022.
@@DaveFiggley that’s fantastic news, it was so sad seeing hardly anything left in it last summer!
El nino is good👍
Just got back from reno drive they are dumping water into desert because reservoirs are full
I believe it! That whole area got dumped on and they are still expecting much more snowmelt feeding the tributaries. If only there was a place to store it all until we need soon...
These resources and lakes were built to provide power. Recreation anx farmland. No ond projected the growth the state of calafornia would grow in population. Not to bring up international forgin owned farms growing crops for export durring the drought. Then we need to manage what crops are supposed to be planted by the resources we have , crops that use a lot of water durring a drought need to scale back. Hydrostatic farms are a better idea in a temperate climent. We have the water now we need to manage its uses. There is no reason treated clean waste water cant be used to farm if the clorein and salts are removed or anything else that will damage the soil.
El Niño is good for NE Ohio winters👍
Oh yeah I hear you, that lake effect snow off Erie can be relentless! I saw how upstate NY got hit hard with snow and ice storms this past winter too.
You asked if el nino will be a (paraphrasing) blessing or a curse. Obviously, both. I don't think you can separate blessings from curses. One always accompanies the other.
Good point 👍 It is certainly coming as a blessing to the southwest with this mild weather and rain! I know from our viewer comments though not everyone is having a good El Nino already.
This new water is temporary. It’s only because of one big snow pack.the levels of the lakes are higher than last year, but still dangerously low. People are talking like we’re past the problem, but we’re not. We’re not managing carbon emissions at all. The 20 year trend is still going straight down.
3:32 What do the clouds spell?
"M" for MOJO! 🤣
@@mojo.adventuresLol. Not what I see. 😂
For every yea for the compact, there will be the nays saying the opposite or making claims which cannot be substantiated.
Will the t trash be be picked up boat's etc
No
No boat is
El Nino can be bad for some and the other one, El Something is probably bad for some.
El Nino and La Nino do not change the climate 😮😅. They change weather patterns.
In South Africa El Nino brings draught.
Thank you for reporting in! 👍 So El Nino will be less than welcome there now I take it...? Unless you have been experiencing prolonged rain or flooding? I know we certainly need it here!
So we are going to reduce inflation by paying farms to stop farming which will cause less supply and raise prices that contribute to the overall inflation index.
Makes perfect sense right...?🤣 Don't forget the "drought relief funding" comes from the "inflation reduction act" two completely different issues. The drought is not causing inflation. It's like our federal government doesn't even care to have an actual effective water usage policy in place, just throw blind money at it. With logic like this I'm sure it will be a great use of taxpayer money that will not be abused in any way👍 /s
07:16 Are there stories of people visiting with their sunken boats? Maybe reliving the day?
There is only 1 story so far it was the speedboat "Quickscrew" we did the video on: kzhead.info/sun/hpqplM6Np5R_ia8/bejne.html I wish there were more stories! I think people are worried if the park service found out the owner they would fine them or charge for removal. Maybe after people see that story, more will come forward to tell about when their boat sank. I would definitely interview any Lake Mead survivors!
Yes. Fab Rats and friends took a sunken boat and repaired it to running condition and had a greet up with the owners. Utube
@@IEchuckie The yellow submarine! That was a great story!👍Fab Rats pulled that boat out of Lake Powell though. You can see in the beginning of the episode, he was trying to get clearance from the NPS to remove it 👉kzhead.info/sun/mJmundKlZ52mrGg/bejne.html Quite an unnecessary headache to get permission to remove trash!
Takes close To five years of wet years to break a drought
Spending more money, and reducing farmland increases inflation. It should be " inflation increase bill"
I trust these predictions and or models as much as I trust the past models and predictions. 😂😂😂. Was not Mead and Powell both going to dead pool. These are swags. Scientific wild ass guesses. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lets hope California and other SW states are paying attention and well on their way to building additional new water reservoirs to mitigate future droughts.... Probably not!
Nope, not yet! We'll see if there is any new catchment or planning by the end of El Nino. The big project to keep an eye on will be the Sites Reservoir.
Drought is not the issue. This was a 4-year meteorological drought...completely normal. This is about usage and the fact the the C.R. was over allocated by 2maf, of which, over 80% of that is used to irrigate crops, crops that contribute to the food supply of roughly 700 million people worldwide. It's great we all have and consume that "soft" Ag, but if it wasn't for the scale of Ag production, meteorological drought or no meteorological drought, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
@@Bouncer-id1rh Cyclical drought is normal. What is not normal is that entire lakes and other waterways have been drained from where they use to be and sent out into the ocean. & when it finally does rain, they send millions if not billions of more gallons of water again to the ocean instead of building more reservoirs to compensate for all the lakes and water ways they drained decades ago which do not cause drought but contribute to the severity of droughts and the severity of forest fires.
@@jean-claudelol563 What is normal? What does that even mean? As far as sending water to the ocean, first, this is about the C.R. Having said that, sending water to the ocean is called "environmental water", and it's completely normal. Now, putting that aside, building reservoir(s) in Calif is not as simple as snapping one's fingers. There are geological factors today that make building reservoir(s) very difficult. Studies are constantly being performed trying to find suitable locations, and many engineers have stated that most of the existing reservoirs today would have never been built had that geological information been understood in the era they were built. So don't be so judgemental when you yourself don't understand the dynamics at work. Lastly, please provide the citation that there is causation regarding forest fires.
Again, the 1922 Compact does not expire in 2026. The 2007 Guideline do and will and are being renegotiated.
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All that panic for nothing
too much water is way better then not enough .
The weather event named “El Nino” refers to an event that occurs during the Christmas holiday time of the year. It is named El Niño because it occurs when the arrival of the Christ child is being celebrated. El Niño means the boy child. So any other severe weather pattern cannot be called by the same name when it occurs at a different time of the year. The name wouldn’t be applicable. Please do your homework on weather patterns and where their names originate before opining on them because you can cause others to repeat what you say and they also will be wrong, like ripples in water from a pebble dropped in a pond. You have a responsibility to your audience to present correct info.
Good points, thank you! I agree with not leading the audience astray but I think you are much more focused on a label than I am. I'm much more concerned with cycle and data itself and how to better prepare. El Nino has been discussed since the 1500's so I'm not sure how renaming it 500 years later because it came a few months late would change anything, but perhaps you could petition the AMS with this info? I am not a meteorologist, hydrologist, scientist, or anything of the sort... I just like hiking around the lake 🙂
Governments need to stop weather engineering with chemtrails thing might not be so bad then
Best option - if you live in a desert location - no lawns and watering. NV, AZ, NM, and almost all CA (!) would solve a huge problem right there ! Plant massive tree forests for shading across the entire Southwest Desert of CA/NV/AZ/NM - that will solve many problems !!!
What I can't figure out is the city here is continually ripping up plants and trees but at the same time they just started a new program to combat "urban heat islands" caused by too many buildings and pavement... by planting more trees. I'm not sure they even know what's good or bad...
We drink our water in Arizona.
@@mojo.adventures the whole Los Angeles and San Fran planting palm trees (WTx !) instead of shade trees, shade tree islands ... go figure Fremont, CA city (me) got paid $15M (M=million) to plant trees everywhere to offset heat islands and all the rest of the insane build cardboard 3-story condos everywhere there was a piece of grass, increased parking issues, increased populaiton, inreased traffic and accidents, (yeah increased property taxes for the bloated city govt), raise up sales tax as well (everybody must pay for all the stoopid people in the area in civil and govt offices), ... and yet how many trees did you think would be planted, knowing that Arbor Day tree foundation sells treees for mere $1s ... and how much was wasted and pocketed by the d! bureaucrats having to do surveying and planning projects ... and then to plant what (I still can't get the city to admit to extorting the monies) and get what 1,000 - 5,0000 6 foot trees. Give me that $15M and you will have every crevice, green spot, and median area covered with trees like a permaculture food forest !!! 1-5,000 trees - my azz ! Should be planting up to 10,000 - 15,000 trees just in our 10 square mile city boundary !!! And you wonder why others tear out everything - and then decry heat islands - stoooooooooopid people in elected offices. There needs to be an IQ test for every elected person to qualify for such a position. A govt of stoopids run by stoopids for voting stoopids who only want stoopid agendas and stoopid philosophical brain fart thoughts.
Your going to have to water those trees you want to plant
@@IEchuckie Damned if you do- damned if you dont. But trees vs POS invasive and worthless palm trees, privets, and lawn grass - provide shade against human-created heat islands and asphalt jungles, ... and eventually with enough coverage - they will have smaller organics underneath them and cooled ground is moist ground and both trees and organics will have enough moisture without human intervention - except in totally-insane desert environments as Phoenix and Death Valley ! Here's one for you - if white man is so damned intelligent - then why can't they make white asphalt - that would solve much of the heat island and asphalt jungle effects ??? !!!!
Use that money to move people out of the desert.
For heavens sake, why in the world are we asking farmers to not make food anymore that sounds like a terrible plan
They don't even have to be asked... farmers in CA and MX are volunteering not to work so that they can collect drought funding. What they should have said is no more water, no more irrigation, and no more handouts. Move out of the desert or start a cactus farm!
Lake Mead's water is still disappearing, don't fool yourself. 😮
No it’s not it’s gone up 10 feet from the beginning of the year and lake Powell has gone up almost 50ft from the beginning of the year
The payouts have a similar effect on total water demand as simply selling the water at a higher price; this much is sound, though incomplete. The problem is the whole subsidy and water allocation system is built on a quicksand foundation of bassackwards socialist tomfoolery that misallocates the payout money to a connected few insiders and makes the consumption cuts to totally arbitrary end uses.
I'm certainly seeing that in Nevada... the city will proactively have developers rip up landscaping and key community features in already built and sold communities with long time residents just to collect the "drought relief funding". Then the SAME developer will get approval from the city to terrace and build brand new McMansions all up the way the mountainside like the Hollywood Hills, each with their own pool and tropical landscaping. All while the city cracks down and restricts the existing residents who play by the rules. We have "Lake Las Vegas" with a fake island being built right now while existing residents are told they use too much water. The city says they can't stop construction. So they collect the payout, cater to the wealthy, and restrict the rest. The drought relief funding is already being abused like a slush fund from what I see. Same as it ever was...
Great information update but the speaker is kinda boring. Kinda like an accountant or an insurance salesman.
Thank you for giving it a chance at least I appreciate the feedback. A little off topic here... but do you happen to own your own home? If so, I could save you a bunch of money bundling home & auto!😂
@@mojo.adventures ..well I could sell you some ocean front property here in Arizona..
Save water mead is not recovering
I think they should have told California either comply or get cut off a billion to California will be squandered away to the criminals and the drug addicted homeless.
CUT the water flow to Cali
Its going to be cooler and wetter this summer. Only, give credit where credit is due. That doesn't go to "mother nature ". The credit belongs to God. He still rules the weather.
Given many historic expenditures this seems like a prudent use of taxpayers money.
I'm sure whoever came up with it is convinced the funding will not only fix the drought but inflation also. It's pure genius!
Analyzed by biden, huh? that's a scary thought.
No big loss, take California off the map and averyone with it. World would be better.
The problem is it's man made....everything man touches we try to make better and unfortunately we screw it up ....we screw up our water our air our land we cause harm in the manufacturing transportation process. We need to stop trying to play God
Mother nature never had a lake there so , any signs of excess is obviously good for humans, but saying anything about nature while man made dams are not nature sorry all articles avoid this obvious fact.
Comiefornia shouldnt get none of our tax dollars.
the compact should of been left to run out and then all states start form day1. That includes Mexico witch in my opinion is entitled to at least 40% of the water. Yes 40%. I say to heel with the rich boys running corp farms in CA. Let them go under and let the the Mex Grow the food we where doing in CA. By doing the above the US would save the cost of pumping the water into CA by just letting it run down to Mex where it would go any way if we would let it. And by the way for Mex to get this water they would have to put in writing that no corp with more then 2000 ac can get this water. Also that at least half of that water would have to go to corps farming less then 500 ac with 3/4 of that going to those farming less then 100 ac. In other words let the small Mex farmer stay in Mex and grow good food for US rather then coming to CA top work for some huge corp that grows shit food for US. Why is the above true? Well first of all the smaller the farm the better care is taken in the working of the land so this allows for the farmer to pay more attention to his crops then if he was just another worker for a huge corp. Furthermore the smaller the farm the less water is used to grow the same amount of food b/c more attention is paid to how much water is being used. When using 3 or 4% less water make the dif between ur kids getting a new cell phones or not... See what I am saying here
I definitely see what you are getting at I'm 100% onboard with letting the water run back out the delta in Baja. Not only the small farmers can use it, but the wetlands habitat could be somewhat restored for wildlife down there. The new AG business and revenue could entice MX nationals to stay there and work instead of crossing which would relieve some immigration tensions. I especially like how you mention small farmers who care for the land better than big AG corps. We need this all across the country here also. No more of the sterile seed banks and having to contract to big corps every season. Small farmers who can supply their immediate community and region should be emphasized. They take care of their land and resources. We've centralized our food supply and dependencies too much and at a certain point it becomes a nat'l security issue!
They control the money, water ,food and taxes. You are not telling us anything. The Billions being spent to control the Narrative is not being discussed. The pattern of Tyrants and their oppression of the people are more known now than ever. The policing of the people and keeping them slaves to government manipulation and tyrannical political power.
It’s scary and the leftists in the media and universities don’t realize that they’ll be some of the first to be sent to the gulags.
Well hey by all means if you have some info you'd like to share, let us know. Email is on the "about" page. I just like hiking around the lake brutha 👍😎
01:48 What people understand now is that Climate Change has arrived and that we need to deal with it better than we have already.
The climate changes all the time, it’s not man made