Great Video. Saw it and toured turbines with parents in ‘77. Parking lot is above top of dam. Weather constantly changes. Will survive droughts and heavy rain and snow cycles. Enormous engineering accomplishment. Seeing it in person is absolutely stunning.
Thanks for making these awesome videos. Im on the other side of the world and will one day visit America, and the Hoover Dam is on my 'to see' list. Hope it lasts a few more years before I get there.
The parking lot is at least 30’ below the road and the water isn’t that far down from there. How much water do you think should be there?!?! Look on the other side.... it goes way deeper... it can hold more but that doesn’t mean it’s drying up. A couple good rain falls up river and it will be fine.
It will begin to refill after this wet western slope year tons of snowpack. The low levels of the reservoir is a combination of the Arizona Project taking more water and the drought of the last decade. We waste so much water in the form of DUMB grass lawns in suburbia. Lawns should be illegal in desert climates.
Meh, if they can build a golf course, I can have a fucking lawn anywhere I fucking please. You can go buy a ton of pretty white rocks. 😂 P.S. I'm also OCD and shower like five or six times a day.👍😉
According to the latest stats from the Bureau of Reclamation the lake level is up 13 feet since it low point last June. The snow is just starting to melt in the Rockies. Let's see what it looks like in June.
Around 1965 the US population was about 144 million. Now over 300 million which is more than double. Keeping in mind only the south western US uses this water but it goes to show usage has a lot to do with the low water level.
Dman Nevada yes. The inflow comes from snow melt-offs each year. In an average summer a lake in the dessert should lose some of the of water in evaporation. But the rains from other places and snow should make the difference. In fact it did for a long time. No over population is the main culprit. The lake is deep enough and narrow enough (despite being large) that evaporation shouldn’t be that big of an issue. The Colorado River use to flow into the lake almost year round. Now days they are lucky for a trickle. It use to be full.
@@dfl4701 My comment should have said " a lake being in the desert doesn't matter". All bodies of water have evaporation regardless of where they're at. Of course, the Lake Mead Reservoir has a higher percentage for a few months during its hot summer, but it's still pretty marginal.
Great video. Thank you for posting it. The last time I crossed the dam (many moons ago) the water level was almost up to the top of the dam. What a change.
The biggest problem is the Las Vegas water intake. They have moved it (dug tunnels) many times and now there is no more options. If the lake level goes any lower Las Vegas will lose their water supply.
The higher the lake level goes, the more the pressure increases to push water into the fractured rock below - a lot of reservoir water is lost because of this - comment from a Geological Engineer.
Meanwhile lake Oroville is at full pool and the brand new spillway is letting water out to the sea.... So I think the newly constructed 3e intake below lake Mead is doing a good job keeping the water level low.
Okay, some mixed information then.... water is flowing since 2015 when the constructor literately pulled the plug from the intake. As far as I can do research on this, these are some copy/pastes from different sources: source= tunneltalk : A tunnel heading will connect intake No 3 with intake No 2. Intakes 1 and 2 are not interconnected and connection between Intakes 2 and 3 allow pump station 2 to pump water from intake tunnel 2 or 3 with better quality of water coming from the deeper Intake 3. source= CBSNews LAS VEGAS -- September 24, 2015 the intake was unplugged Wednesday to finish flooding an $817 million tunnel and complete a complicated and perilous "Third Straw" project to draw drinking water for Las Vegas from a shrinking Lake Mead. An 8.6-ton steel ball was hoisted to a barge, Southern Nevada Water Authority spokesman Bronson Mack said, in essence pulling the plug on a massive lake-bottom structure built somewhat like a big bathtub drain."It's a milestone. We're ready for operation," project chief Jim Nickerson, of Vegas Tunnel Constructors, said ahead of the final act in the six-year project. The next step will be completion in 2020 of a third pumping station. That job begins next month and will cost another $650 million. Anyway, lets just say something is going on at the bottom of the lake. ;-) Have a nice day and greets from the Netherlands.
@Randy She The third intake doesn't have pumps, are you not paying attention? It's a gravity-fed system, which was the whole purpose of tunneling underneath the river. Hello!!! Do you just make stuff up?
I think maybe Las Vegas built a huge underground reservoir to ensure it has a ready and bountiful supply. Once that underground reservoir is topped off, things should resume back to normal. At least, let's hope that's what happened.
@Randy She well actually, the huge underground water Reserve did happen. Nevada has stored essentially 7 years of water usage Underground as a reserve.
@Randy She Nobody said the excavated anything. The geology reports commissioned by the SNWA told them exactly where they could store the water and of course with a geology would accept it. Of course, some of that went into part of Arizona( which is why both States entered into the agreement to do it). Lastly, if you say 20 years is a long time, ok. The origins of that agreement go back to the mid-1990s. It also wasn't simply about replenishing the aquifer, the SNWA also recognized it would reduce evaporation, hence increasing its water supply.
@Randy She While I'll admit the numbers are tricky(technical), Nevada actually Banks about 100,000af of water every year. That happens because of conservation, and the fact that Southern Nevada now recycles much of its water, returning it to the reservoir(receiving credit from the BLM). In fact, the last data that I've seen is...Southern Nevada recycles about 93% of its water. The seven-year number is simply based off the fact that it's essentially the amount of water currently stored, and what Southern Nevada would use over seven years if it didn't get one drop from the Colorado River going forward. The fact is, the water Banked has essentially guaranteed Southern Nevada's Water Supplies until 2050 when you factor the Banked water, and the projected draft from the Watershed. Nevada has so much water banked, it has repeatedly sold some of it to California,(the last time was 2016/2017 I believe). You don't have to believe me, you can simply Google it. I'm repeating myself, but because of the massive conservation that has gone on, and the water credits received because of it, Nevada isn't even close to using its full allotment, which is only 2%(flow rate) to begin with. A couple of caveats... S. Nevada has reduced usage by 1/3 with a population of over two million, then when its population was 600,000. Think about that. In addition, Southern Nevada jumped on the conservation, reclamacion, and recycling long before other western states did. It was never about drought, climate change, the elevation of the water in the reservoir (the water is actually owned by Arizona and California anyways), whatever. The policy change came about because of the understanding that Nevada received such a small water allocation, it understood that it had to get into massive conservation for the city to ever grow, knowing it was highly unlikely the allocation would ever be increased. Lastly, just to be technical, Mexico's water allocation is actually stored in Lake Mohave, not Lake Mead. It's why Lake Mohave's elevation never changes, as it's water rights are guaranteed on demand per the compact. That's the story, Google what you need to Google if you don't believe it.
Some areas of the Rockies have reported the highest amount of snow levels in the past 100 years for winter 2018/2019. Massive spring storm coming in from the Pacific this week will bring more snow above 7000 feet and heavy snow melt below 6000 feet. We are about to have more water than we know what to do with.
You know how empty lake Mead would be if it was left alone it would only be a river so any water in the lake is unnatural. The reason there is a problem is from bad water managing if you let out more than you get in every lake will go dry.
I read all these comments bashing people that have lawns and golf courses, what about all of the pretty water features in Vegas that spray the water up into the air where it just evaporates and is gone?
good luck on the lake refilling itself, the colorado is a choked up mess with less than half of historical flow, river has large areas of silt filled up and down the river. Arizona has its paws in the lake mead supply as well, with I believe the saudies are growing food nfor their own country since they used their own water resources. check into this, they are using az ground water for their own countries use, forcing az to buy into lake mead/colorado river. this sucks, but it's true.unless this country comes together with a huge project of diverting flood water from the midwest to the colorado river and on to western water reservoirs. we can dig ditches, bore tunnels, some places bring the pipeline above ground. the benefits of a project would be huge. less flooding, far fewer claims for flooding, less destruction, some new jobs for a while, etc. etc. Everybody meaning all states and feds get involved and help with the cost. right off the top of my head legalize weed, the taxes and money from that would be huge. stop putting people in prison for weed. save that for murderers, rapists, and child molesters, and 3rd strike burglers and theives. just some ideas for people to muddle with
We in southern Ontario Canada have too much fresh water in Lake Ontario the levels are rising every year causing severe flood damage. Why don't they build a water pipeline to the dry States of America? Our governments say they don't know what to do about the excess water? When the water is high we can send it south and when it's normal we close the valve. I doubt even the tree huggers won't try to stop the pipeline from being built being it's only water!! Just a thought.
@@georgehogart461 "No water"... Nevada has a 7-year surplus of excess water stored Underground. In fact, Nevada has so much water it was selling some of it to California( you can Google that). The water in the reservoir is not owned by Nevada. That water is owned by California and Arizona, and primarily agricultural interest. You're kind of a moron, and don't know it.
Where's all the Dam Water???...Flooding on the eastside... Flooding on the west and still low water along the Colorado River??? .. Hmmm.... Something is amiss...
Las Vegas and California use.a lot of water. They are about to run out. Supply & Demand. There isn't enough to keep California and Las Vegas supplied because of over consumption
Which isn't entirely true. With the winter rains and snow that we just had, all of the California reservoirs are now reaching capacity. In fact, the spillway at Lake Oroville had to be opened on 4/2/19 because there's too much water. It's only a matter of time before the spring runoff from the Rockies will increase the water level in Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam .
@@GSMSfromFV It might! But, that is not certin. The was in a twelve year drought. Lake mead has been dropping in capacity for a decade. The Orville dam did get a temporary influx of water. But, it's less than a 1/3 of water used in California. Most of the water that is used in L as Vegas and Southern California is bought from Arizona. The Colorado River is within Arizona contained with the Borders of Arizona. But, drought does have a factor in the levels being down as well. Over the last 25 year's there has been many isolated draught stricken areas from Texas to Oklahoma, then to Arizona California etc. Many of the lakes across the country have either completely dried up or are abnormally low due the droughts. So, it's not all California and L as Vegas. It's been across the country. Arizona has increased the the height of their reservoirs to meet the needs of a growing population. As well they can sell more to Las Vegas and California. California has not done anything to deal with increase of population.
@@jamiross7816 - Considering that Oroville is only one of 1,500 reservoirs in California, that "less than 1/3" is significant. And to say that California "has not done anything" is simply false (see link): __ www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/California-funds-new-dams-to-protect-against-13101961.php
@@jamiross7816 - And file this one under, "Everyone's a dam expert" . . . This individual says California already has too many dams: __ www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-water-storage-california-20190304-story.html
Do your research before making statements that are factually incorrect. Over the past decade, Las Vegas has reduced its water consumption by 23% despite the population growing by 500,000 people. So go blame something else, but you may want to understand what you’re claiming to be true before pretending to know what you’re talking about.
@@bamahama707 your statement was idiotic, Nevada has a significant amount of water, and only gets 2% of the flow rate of the Colorado River to begin with. Could you be any more moronic?
Not very informative. Videos like this should include information about how low the current water level is from the design water level. Also some of the video was repeated. Why. To make it longer? Fleh!
was at the hoover dam 2 years ago and the water levels were low then. much lower now, the helicopters that carry water to forest fires should bring in water. i know it would take forever,but something should be done before it turns into a cesspool
Where is the Rocky mountain snow melt.......Is this water diverted somewhere else.... Those monstrous underground aquafers perhaps to be privately sold.
As of today the water elevation is 1089 ft above sea level. And I think last year or the year before we were down in the 1074 range so roughly 15 feet and I believe maximum capacity is 1229 but don't hold me to that number I have to look
Here's some humor. Well (deep subject) DAM IT, will the pumps ever be used again. Or are we going to experience power outages, because there is no water to turn the turbines to create electricity to run our computers, something to seriously think about FOLKS, since we mostly depend on computers.
@Randy She Don't worry, the reservoir doesn't need water from the Great Lakes. Once the Colorado compact of 1922 is renegotiated, the reservoir in the future will slowly start to fill again.
There's a proposal to recirculate part of the water back up to above the dam to run over the turbines over and over again essentially turning the lake into a giant renewable battery. Don't know if it will become reality!
@@davemc4530 I have never seen/read such a proposal. There's a misconception about the turbines at the dam, as they don't operate 24/7. The turbines only operate during the legal obligation to transfer water. That Matrix is unlike any other damn in the United States, so recirculating water is an odd proposal. With all due respect, that doesn't sound like anything that would be proposed.
@@dmannevada5981 www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/24/business/energy-environment/hoover-dam-renewable-energy.html I thought the NY times was reliable but maybe not
There are groups who are trying to to convince the Powers That Be to remove the Glen Canyon Dam to let all of the water it stores in Lake Powell be stored instead in Lake Mead. I would rather have a set of pipes installed at the base of the Glen Canyon Dam that could be shut off when the next wet cycle comes around. Or reopen the side tunnels that were built before the dam was constructed to divert the Colorado River's flow while the dam was being built (this would probably be easier than installing the pipes) which, again, could be closed again when the next wet cycle comes around. The side tunnels were closed after the dam was completed. This is a standard thing that is done when building dams like the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams. Of course closing these pipes or tunnels assumes we, humans, are still here when the next wet cycle come around.
You know nothing but libtard blabber. Why did you comment on this subject? The damn damn was constructed to stop down stream flooding not for living in a Las Vegas oasis you idiots!
This thing was constructed as part of the new deal to put people back to work during the depression. There never was any need for it. Look over the dam and compare the water level. There is one hell of a lot of water in the lake, don't panic!
Why not bring water from the East States that have an abundance of water. Do like we do with oil and gas pipelines. We could have a main water line with connecting lines from different states. The ancient Romans did it. Why not?? The water is plentiful and free.
Was here just yesterday, and it is absolutely mind blowing how big everything is! I can't wait to come back! :D
Really? You should get out more and see the world, see what others have in China, Brazil, Africa, ...
@@yaglehoole5662 perhaps one day. The Hoover Dam has a special place in my heart, and plan on seeing it again.
Micah Pickett
Drive a little further and see the Grand Canyon .
@@pushpushlambert8079 I plan on it. And I plan on staying more than one day. :)
@@yaglehoole5662 like you've been to those places you described.
Great Video. Saw it and toured turbines with parents in ‘77.
Parking lot is above top of dam. Weather constantly changes. Will survive droughts and heavy rain and snow cycles.
Enormous engineering accomplishment. Seeing it in person is absolutely stunning.
Thanks for making these awesome videos. Im on the other side of the world and will one day visit America, and the Hoover Dam is on my 'to see' list. Hope it lasts a few more years before I get there.
Very cute dream-I am very sure the dam will be there waiting for you. Make sure to take a tour the power house below the dam.
Visit the insides. One in Nevada, one in Arizona.
The parking lot is at least 30’ below the road and the water isn’t that far down from there. How much water do you think should be there?!?! Look on the other side.... it goes way deeper... it can hold more but that doesn’t mean it’s drying up. A couple good rain falls up river and it will be fine.
It will begin to refill after this wet western slope year tons of snowpack. The low levels of the reservoir
is a combination of the Arizona Project taking more water and the drought of the last decade. We waste
so much water in the form of DUMB grass lawns in suburbia. Lawns should be illegal in desert climates.
Looking forward to mead rebounding due to last or still present wet season. Thx
Jeanie Keep dreaming
Meh, if they can build a golf course, I can have a fucking lawn anywhere I fucking please. You can go buy a ton of pretty white rocks. 😂
P.S. I'm also OCD and shower like five or six times a day.👍😉
Jeanie Rides So should golf courses.
And desert plants allowed to grow and not be classed as weeds . some of these weeds are pretty
Is there a leaning tower of Hoover, or are the pillars not plumb? I checked again, one is leaning.
tilt your screen, its the way they are holding the camera
Must be the curve of the earth!
According to the latest stats from the Bureau of Reclamation the lake level is up 13 feet since it low point last June. The snow is just starting to melt in the Rockies. Let's see what it looks like in June.
Yeh a lot of snow up in the Rocky Mountains this past winter.
Was there last December...Wow was it low. Looking better now
so hows it lookin guy ?
@@chillindude5471 The lake level is 5 feet higher than it was a year a go and 12 feet higher than it was two years ago.
It's June what is the level ow?
It is hard to imagine a more heartbreaking sight.
wow having driven my semi truck over this dam many time's and I have never seen this, unreal!
What hwy runs through the hoover damn
The water is still 200 feet deep and backs up 130 miles.
Around 1965 the US population was about 144 million. Now over 300 million which is more than double. Keeping in mind only the south western US uses this water but it goes to show usage has a lot to do with the low water level.
Am I wrong,looks like it's come up alittle?
Andrew Howarth Just A Little!!!
The long hot dry summer and fall will take care of that! Too many people in LV and LA and PHX. @@LasVegasFlicks
it’s up.... wish we could divert the flood waters from the mississippi to there
It has a few feet.
Yes, I also noticed that
The water level is up quite a bit since last year, even 6 months ago!
Yeah if you're watching between your legs.
A 1971 buick skylark did this with those darn low compression slow v8 small blocks
Ура, я нашла дамбу где снимали трансформеры часть 1.
You don’t realize how big those pillars are until you see someone standing on them. That lake is so sadly low. But it’s in the dessert.
Being in the desert does it mean anything.
Dman Nevada yes. The inflow comes from snow melt-offs each year. In an average summer a lake in the dessert should lose some of the of water in evaporation. But the rains from other places and snow should make the difference. In fact it did for a long time. No over population is the main culprit.
The lake is deep enough and narrow enough (despite being large) that evaporation shouldn’t be that big of an issue. The Colorado River use to flow into the lake almost year round. Now days they are lucky for a trickle.
It use to be full.
@@dfl4701 My comment should have said " a lake being in the desert doesn't matter". All bodies of water have evaporation regardless of where they're at. Of course, the Lake Mead Reservoir has a higher percentage for a few months during its hot summer, but it's still pretty marginal.
@@dfl4701 You said population is the issue. What population are you referring to?
Dman Nevada shut the fuck up
Hmm how could you get some of the water back to the top and over without using much energy.
Water level is up 75ft from low winter level-and snow is still melting!
Great video. Thank you for posting it. The last time I crossed the dam (many moons ago) the water level was almost up to the top of the dam. What a change.
Sorry-more like about 7ft up since the beginning of the year.
Ruby mountains in Nevada have twice as much snow now than last year this time
@Randy She, correct. I was just adding case in point that there is a huge amount of snow this year.
No its not you lying idiot
I was there last week in Sunday September, 22 2019 it’s very Lower the water on the Hoover Dam 🤔
The biggest problem is the Las Vegas water intake. They have moved it (dug tunnels) many times and now there is no more options. If the lake level goes any lower Las Vegas will lose their water supply.
You have no clue what you're talking about. Not the dumbest comment I've read here, but I'm going to give it the Second dumbest.
How much water does Vegas waste? AZ ? It's a desert out there!
The higher the lake level goes, the more the pressure increases to push water into the fractured rock below - a lot of reservoir water is lost because of this - comment from a Geological Engineer.
@@dennispaulsen2408 So if it goes empty it's a big win! Keep wasting the water Vegas!!
I’ve deen there too , it’s very sad that the water is lower than ever ☹️
Meanwhile lake Oroville is at full pool and the brand new spillway is letting water out to the sea....
So I think the newly constructed 3e intake below lake Mead is doing a good job keeping the water level low.
Why ? Is it closed for maintenance ? I'm not from the US, I only have videos like this as source: ruclips.net/video/Wi-W5hcRN4E/видео.html
Okay, some mixed information then.... water is flowing since 2015 when the constructor literately pulled the plug from the intake.
As far as I can do research on this, these are some copy/pastes from different sources:
source= tunneltalk :
A tunnel heading will connect intake No 3 with intake No 2.
Intakes 1 and 2 are not interconnected and connection between Intakes 2 and 3
allow pump station 2 to pump water from intake tunnel 2 or 3 with
better quality of water coming from the deeper Intake 3.
source= CBSNews
LAS VEGAS -- September 24, 2015 the intake was unplugged Wednesday to
finish flooding an $817 million tunnel and complete a complicated and
perilous "Third Straw" project to draw drinking water for Las Vegas from
a shrinking Lake Mead.
An 8.6-ton steel ball was hoisted to a barge, Southern Nevada Water
Authority spokesman Bronson Mack said, in essence pulling the plug on a massive lake-bottom structure built somewhat like a big bathtub drain."It's a milestone. We're ready for operation," project chief Jim Nickerson,
of Vegas Tunnel Constructors, said ahead of the final act in the six-year project.
The next step will be completion in 2020 of a third pumping station.
That job begins next month and will cost another $650 million.
Anyway, lets just say something is going on at the bottom of the lake. ;-)
Have a nice day and greets from the Netherlands.
@Randy She it's operational now.
@Randy She The third intake doesn't have pumps, are you not paying attention? It's a gravity-fed system, which was the whole purpose of tunneling underneath the river. Hello!!! Do you just make stuff up?
I think maybe Las Vegas built a huge underground reservoir to ensure it has a ready and bountiful supply. Once that underground reservoir is topped off, things should resume back to normal.
At least, let's hope that's what happened.
@Randy She well actually, the huge underground water Reserve did happen. Nevada has stored essentially 7 years of water usage Underground as a reserve.
@Randy She Nobody said the excavated anything. The geology reports commissioned by the SNWA told them exactly where they could store the water and of course with a geology would accept it. Of course, some of that went into part of Arizona( which is why both States entered into the agreement to do it). Lastly, if you say 20 years is a long time, ok. The origins of that agreement go back to the mid-1990s. It also wasn't simply about replenishing the aquifer, the SNWA also recognized it would reduce evaporation, hence increasing its water supply.
@Randy She While I'll admit the numbers are tricky(technical), Nevada actually Banks about 100,000af of water every year. That happens because of conservation, and the fact that Southern Nevada now recycles much of its water, returning it to the reservoir(receiving credit from the BLM). In fact, the last data that I've seen is...Southern Nevada recycles about 93% of its water. The seven-year number is simply based off the fact that it's essentially the amount of water currently stored, and what Southern Nevada would use over seven years if it didn't get one drop from the Colorado River going forward. The fact is, the water Banked has essentially guaranteed Southern Nevada's Water Supplies until 2050 when you factor the Banked water, and the projected draft from the Watershed. Nevada has so much water banked, it has repeatedly sold some of it to California,(the last time was 2016/2017 I believe). You don't have to believe me, you can simply Google it. I'm repeating myself, but because of the massive conservation that has gone on, and the water credits received because of it, Nevada isn't even close to using its full allotment, which is only 2%(flow rate) to begin with. A couple of caveats... S. Nevada has reduced usage by 1/3 with a population of over two million, then when its population was 600,000. Think about that. In addition, Southern Nevada jumped on the conservation, reclamacion, and recycling long before other western states did. It was never about drought, climate change, the elevation of the water in the reservoir (the water is actually owned by Arizona and California anyways), whatever. The policy change came about because of the understanding that Nevada received such a small water allocation, it understood that it had to get into massive conservation for the city to ever grow, knowing it was highly unlikely the allocation would ever be increased. Lastly, just to be technical, Mexico's water allocation is actually stored in Lake Mohave, not Lake Mead. It's why Lake Mohave's elevation never changes, as it's water rights are guaranteed on demand per the compact. That's the story, Google what you need to Google if you don't believe it.
This is result of your maniac water use.....
You're not a desert dweller are you.
Who's maniac water use?
You do realize water is created everyday thousands of feet under you. You now that right?
Shut down fountains, close all the golf courses, if it's yellow let it mello if it's brown flush it down.Stop construction.
I hope you realize that 'fountains' pump water around from the same pool they are in ??! They don't use 'new' water.
Evaporation in 100 dirges is massive especially the millions of gallons pumped 100s of feet and n the air .Like they do in Vagus.
HELL YA STICK A BANANNA IN CALIFORNIAS PIPE
Wtf drugs are you on boi
@@JT-wy4km you do realize water is created everyday thousands of feet below you.
Some areas of the Rockies have reported the highest amount of snow levels in the past 100 years for winter 2018/2019. Massive spring storm coming in from the Pacific this week will bring more snow above 7000 feet and heavy snow melt below 6000 feet. We are about to have more water than we know what to do with.
You know how empty lake Mead would be if it was left alone it would only be a river so any water in the lake is unnatural. The reason there is a problem is from bad water managing if you let out more than you get in every lake will go dry.
Wow look at water marks!
I read all these comments bashing people that have lawns and golf courses, what about all of the pretty water features in Vegas that spray the water up into the air where it just evaporates and is gone?
I Whent to the hover dam on March 31 2019 it was awesome and scary I hate heights
good luck on the lake refilling itself, the colorado is a choked up mess with less than half of historical flow, river has large areas of silt filled up and down the river. Arizona has its paws in the lake mead supply as well, with I believe the saudies are growing food nfor their own country since they used their own water resources. check into this, they are using az ground water for their own countries use, forcing az to buy into lake mead/colorado river. this sucks, but it's true.unless this country comes together with a huge project of diverting flood water from the midwest to the colorado river and on to western water reservoirs. we can dig ditches, bore tunnels, some places bring the pipeline above ground. the benefits of a project would be huge. less flooding, far fewer claims for flooding, less destruction, some new jobs for a while, etc. etc. Everybody meaning all states and feds get involved and help with the cost. right off the top of my head legalize weed, the taxes and money from that would be huge. stop putting people in prison for weed. save that for murderers, rapists, and child molesters, and 3rd strike burglers and theives. just some ideas for people to muddle with
In the 80s they were talking about pumping Ocean water into the lake seems like it should be completed by now
Ocean water is SALT WATER ...... don't have sex with your cousins....
We in southern Ontario Canada have too much fresh water in Lake Ontario the levels are rising every year causing severe flood damage. Why don't they build a water pipeline to the dry States of America? Our governments say they don't know what to do about the excess water? When the water is high we can send it south and when it's normal we close the valve. I doubt even the tree huggers won't try to stop the pipeline from being built being it's only water!! Just a thought.
Objective mathematics confirms factual causation > %100 Artifice
Bozo Yatada eschew obfuscation....
What about the snow melt due off of the mountains?
Almost looks deliberate considering the color change in the rock faces.....
And probably is considering the state of American politics atm. NWO.
Call Vegas and tell them to stop wasting so much water.
Winner! The stupidest yet.
@@dmannevada5981 Thank you we'll put it up to the city council for vote. Vote won. Turn off the toilets and dig more holes.
@@georgehogart461 I think there's a hole in your brain as it doesn't seem to be functioning
@@dmannevada5981 Maybe but you're the one with no water.
@@georgehogart461 "No water"... Nevada has a 7-year surplus of excess water stored Underground. In fact, Nevada has so much water it was selling some of it to California( you can Google that). The water in the reservoir is not owned by Nevada. That water is owned by California and Arizona, and primarily agricultural interest. You're kind of a moron, and don't know it.
Contrast this to the video on RUclips of the 1983 overflow 😬
Where's all the Dam Water???...Flooding on the eastside... Flooding on the west and still low water along the Colorado River??? .. Hmmm.... Something is amiss...
Las Vegas and California use.a lot of water. They are about to run out. Supply & Demand. There isn't enough to keep California and Las Vegas supplied because of over consumption
Which isn't entirely true. With the winter rains and snow that we just had, all of the California reservoirs are now reaching capacity. In fact, the spillway at Lake Oroville had to be opened on 4/2/19 because there's too much water. It's only a matter of time before the spring runoff from the Rockies will increase the water level in Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam .
@@GSMSfromFV It might! But, that is not certin. The was in a twelve year drought. Lake mead has been dropping in capacity for a decade. The Orville dam did get a temporary influx of water. But, it's less than a 1/3 of water used in California.
Most of the water that is used in L as Vegas and Southern California is bought from Arizona.
The Colorado River is within Arizona contained with the Borders of Arizona.
But, drought does have a factor in the levels being down as well. Over the last 25 year's there has been many isolated draught stricken areas from Texas to Oklahoma, then to Arizona California etc.
Many of the lakes across the country have either completely dried up or are abnormally low due the droughts.
So, it's not all California and L as Vegas.
It's been across the country.
Arizona has increased the the height of their reservoirs to meet the needs of a growing population.
As well they can sell more to Las Vegas and California.
California has not done anything to deal with increase of population.
@@jamiross7816 - Considering that Oroville is only one of 1,500 reservoirs in California, that "less than 1/3" is significant. And to say that California "has not done anything" is simply false (see link): __ www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/California-funds-new-dams-to-protect-against-13101961.php
@@jamiross7816 - And file this one under, "Everyone's a dam expert" . . . This individual says California already has too many dams: __ www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-water-storage-california-20190304-story.html
Do your research before making statements that are factually incorrect. Over the past decade, Las Vegas has reduced its water consumption by 23% despite the population growing by 500,000 people. So go blame something else, but you may want to understand what you’re claiming to be true before pretending to know what you’re talking about.
Looks good, the major runoff is still two or three weeks away
Wow i was there in 1983 its changed a lot they were saying then the lake was low
This is what happen when you have to many Dams above the Hooves Dam.
Parker Dam: Hold my Beer!!!!
If it was a few feet higher the parking lot would be underwater, so it can't be that low??
The water level would be much higher if Trump didn’t flush his toilet 15 times. 😅
Omg how are they going to water their lawns and golf courses. God the dessert is drying up. ☔⚡⛅☁💨💀😀
The desert has been dry for thousands of years... idiots think they can build there with impunity, without a good source of water. Oops.
@@bamahama707 your statement was idiotic, Nevada has a significant amount of water, and only gets 2% of the flow rate of the Colorado River to begin with. Could you be any more moronic?
That’s what you get for living in a desert!
This is all because the price of milk is just too high.
Not very informative. Videos like this should include information about how low the current water level is from the design water level. Also some of the video was repeated. Why. To make it longer? Fleh!
Shame about all the barriers. They was not there in 2012
No worries the floods are coming soon
THANK YOU BRING WATER WE NEED WATER
was at the hoover dam 2 years ago and the water levels were low then. much lower now, the helicopters that carry water to forest fires should bring in water. i know it would take forever,but something should be done before it turns into a cesspool
uhh.. David.. where would they get the water?
@@leecowell8165 ummmm hello did you read my post?
Need to build a pipe line to Canada for water. Oops forgot everyone is against pipelines
Stay away from our water, go fuck yourself.
This is a lot higher then it was!!!!
9 minutes of silence 3 minutes will do.
So they drained how much water last month that could have been piped to this dam makes sense these fools are playing with our money
I’ll keep watering my lawn and washing my vehicles in the California sun - buahahahahaha
Sad... Damn...
Where is the Rocky mountain snow melt.......Is this water diverted somewhere else....
Those monstrous underground aquafers perhaps to be privately sold.
Slow down water. Flow
Actually the lake is up this year from the past 2 years
Looks like it. How much up?
As of today the water elevation is 1089 ft above sea level. And I think last year or the year before we were down in the 1074 range so roughly 15 feet and I believe maximum capacity is 1229 but don't hold me to that number I have to look
Here's some humor.
Well (deep subject) DAM IT, will the pumps ever be used again. Or are we going to experience power outages, because there is no water to turn the turbines to create electricity to run our computers, something to seriously think about FOLKS, since we mostly depend on computers.
There was discussion about diverting water from the Great Lakes to refill Lake Mead and Powell but Canada declined.
@Randy She Don't worry, the reservoir doesn't need water from the Great Lakes. Once the Colorado compact of 1922 is renegotiated, the reservoir in the future will slowly start to fill again.
There's a proposal to recirculate part of the water back up to above the dam to run over the turbines over and over again essentially turning the lake into a giant renewable battery. Don't know if it will become reality!
@@davemc4530 I have never seen/read such a proposal. There's a misconception about the turbines at the dam, as they don't operate 24/7. The turbines only operate during the legal obligation to transfer water. That Matrix is unlike any other damn in the United States, so recirculating water is an odd proposal. With all due respect, that doesn't sound like anything that would be proposed.
@@dmannevada5981 www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/24/business/energy-environment/hoover-dam-renewable-energy.html
I thought the NY times was reliable but maybe not
Where can I buy some dam bait?
We meed little Pacific water project built
Might have to turn off the lights in Las Vegas? Smh. That ain't gonna happen unless the mob all moves back to Chicago.
They should take out lake Powell
There are groups who are trying to to convince the Powers That Be to remove the Glen Canyon Dam to let all of the water it stores in Lake Powell be stored instead in Lake Mead. I would rather have a set of pipes installed at the base of the Glen Canyon Dam that could be shut off when the next wet cycle comes around. Or reopen the side tunnels that were built before the dam was constructed to divert the Colorado River's flow while the dam was being built (this would probably be easier than installing the pipes) which, again, could be closed again when the next wet cycle comes around. The side tunnels were closed after the dam was completed. This is a standard thing that is done when building dams like the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams. Of course closing these pipes or tunnels assumes we, humans, are still here when the next wet cycle come around.
@@bradleykuss7623 they should just keep the flood gates open on Glen canyon dam
Wow it's come up some!
Not good thanks for that video.
So much for rising sea levels
Well this sucks its starving for water
time to just remove this dam & move on with our lives... never going to be adequately full of water, again
You know nothing but libtard blabber. Why did you comment on this subject? The damn damn was constructed to stop down stream flooding not for living in a Las Vegas oasis you idiots!
Yo fuck u ohh lets just blow up one of the most awsome structure ever made eat a flock of dix
I hope it raises soon but not up to 1983 levels.
This thing was constructed as part of the new deal to put people back to work during the depression. There never was any need for it. Look over the dam and compare the water level. There is one hell of a lot of water in the lake, don't panic!
Same thing over and over. Waste of time.
So sad
Why not bring water from the East States that have an abundance of water. Do like we do with oil and gas pipelines. We could have a main water line with connecting lines from different states. The ancient Romans did it. Why not?? The water is plentiful and free.
Or the Pacific northwest.
Done. Sad.
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