Yeah but did you do the math? They can't really own that water. They had to have cheated somehow. In a state this dry, all the water is already portioned out. Nobody has that much extra water unless they did some kind of backdoor deal. And water isn't that easy to move; so you can't just truck 4 reservoirs worth out of California to Utah.
It was theirs. when you own land you gain the water rights of a certain amount of water on your land. For example rivers go through multiple properties so its gets split up between the people whose land it goes through. This is so someone in the chain cant just cut off the river from everyone else. They are essentially saying we have this much to use and we are going to not use it. AKA let it go into the reservoir connected to the river.
@@noahriding5780 True, but is a hard thing to determine how much can be withheld. The GSL is a large body of water...different amounts of runoff all around the lake from snow...different temperature during summer months. I was a Brine Shrimper out of Grantsville from 1987-89 and I can tell you there was a whole lot more water in the GSL then. Long term, when seeing the lake levels are getting too low...it might be best to sort of do what they are doing now...let lots more water go into the lake. Long term means thinking of hundreds of years in advance for management...not just the next couple years.
I spoke to someone working in a surveyors job at Lake Mead, [ is that in ? ] Nevada. He said that they were building a "tunnel" , [ probably > ] a water conduit under the bottom floor of the Lake. And when down there & seeing Large Boulders Above [ I Assume that they were held up by supports ] you could see Water constantly pouring through them ! " The Point of this; is " That Even Though The Conservationists " Who Like to See the Sights on the Surface, " Are Unaware of the amount of Water " that is " Stored in the Earth " !
Basically though, all the reseviours contain what "Naturally" would have ended up in the great salt lake. Wanna give it a boost, let some water flow high all winter and drain half the reserves. Fill the great salt lake, and get a fresh refill from runnoff. Do it, and you wont have to again for 50 more years.
Great salt lake has been around for about 18 thousand years; previously Lake Booneville. The current status of the lake hit record highs in 1986 and since then, without legislation on water siphoning is now estimated to go away within 5 to 10 years. It very well may be on it's way out naturally, but the rate of change is clearly not natural. Unless you decide to ignore, the capital of Utah sitting right next to it and non stop mineral extraction. 16K years going strong and now pure coincidence natural causes, it's unexpectedly dissapearing in 40 years. right.
You should do a little research on the toxic dust storms that could plague the valley if that lake gets too low. You might care more about the health of the lake after that.
Maybe the Environmentalists can get a Deal done with Mother Nature to not Evaporate so much Water everyday. And maybe replace what it takes in Excess every Winter like the last 2 years.
This is smoke and mirrors. The backroom deal for the mineral company buying a favor for a vote later.
You don’t know that
@@JCsouthernmiss they want approval for the lithium extraction which was originally denied.
Don't be so jaded....business is about making trades.
@@boydwhite3708 whos jaded? Lol. Silly rabbit.
Let us all donate a glass of water. 🚿
The concept of a corporation "owning" so much water is disgusting.
Yeah but did you do the math? They can't really own that water. They had to have cheated somehow. In a state this dry, all the water is already portioned out. Nobody has that much extra water unless they did some kind of backdoor deal. And water isn't that easy to move; so you can't just truck 4 reservoirs worth out of California to Utah.
Sounds like this company is in a P.R. Nightmare and is trying to better its image doing this
Ohhh... Voluntarily or else!! I get it! 😂
I must be missing something. How does a corporation donate water? Where does the water come from?
Bad reporting, they gloss over stories not understanding it themselves.
wait a second, so we are praising the business for "donating" what was never theirs to rightfully keep? I said rightfully, not legally.
It was theirs. when you own land you gain the water rights of a certain amount of water on your land. For example rivers go through multiple properties so its gets split up between the people whose land it goes through. This is so someone in the chain cant just cut off the river from everyone else. They are essentially saying we have this much to use and we are going to not use it. AKA let it go into the reservoir connected to the river.
Where is Chief rain-cloud " ? ! 🌦 / ⛈ " He'll settle this " ! 🌛
Unfortunately that's the reality. And hopefully more businesses and private owners will follow, that's why this one is being praised.
Can't wait for the UT legislature to waste this water too!
If the water goes into the main body of the Great Salt Lake it will become salty.
We need for the weather pattern “lake effect”.
@@jordanalexander8099 Yep, what goes in might come out as rain or snow.
If too much water goes to the Salt Lake then that's water not being used for farms, or other things that support other people other than mining also.
@@noahriding5780 True, but is a hard thing to determine how much can be withheld. The GSL is a large body of water...different amounts of runoff all around the lake from snow...different temperature during summer months.
I was a Brine Shrimper out of Grantsville from 1987-89 and I can tell you there was a whole lot more water in the GSL then.
Long term, when seeing the lake levels are getting too low...it might be best to sort of do what they are doing now...let lots more water go into the lake. Long term means thinking of hundreds of years in advance for management...not just the next couple years.
Where does this company store all of "their water" that they are donating
This could go terribly wrong.
This is a beautiful donation!! This is amazing!! What a great team effort
How much water do they have rights to still?
Banking and stacking is great thanks big company for the water
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I spoke to someone working in a surveyors job at Lake Mead, [ is that in ? ] Nevada. He said that they were building a "tunnel"
, [ probably > ] a water conduit under the bottom floor of the Lake.
And when down there & seeing Large Boulders Above [ I Assume that they were held up by supports ] you could see Water
constantly pouring through them !
" The Point of this; is " That Even Though The Conservationists " Who Like to See the Sights on the Surface, " Are Unaware of the
amount of Water " that is " Stored in the Earth " !
Basically though, all the reseviours contain what "Naturally" would have ended up in the great salt lake. Wanna give it a boost, let some water flow high all winter and drain half the reserves. Fill the great salt lake, and get a fresh refill from runnoff. Do it, and you wont have to again for 50 more years.
GTFOH with this BS! You want to save water then stop wasting water. That's how you save water and the lake long term.
The lake has been going down ever since Lake Bonneville broke the dam up north and it’s gonna keep going down. Welcome to reality.
Lol
BINGO!
Great salt lake has been around for about 18 thousand years; previously Lake Booneville. The current status of the lake hit record highs in 1986 and since then, without legislation on water siphoning is now estimated to go away within 5 to 10 years. It very well may be on it's way out naturally, but the rate of change is clearly not natural. Unless you decide to ignore, the capital of Utah sitting right next to it and non stop mineral extraction. 16K years going strong and now pure coincidence natural causes, it's unexpectedly dissapearing in 40 years. right.
Here's the problem: Too many humans!
Who cares😂
you do obviously
You should do a little research on the toxic dust storms that could plague the valley if that lake gets too low. You might care more about the health of the lake after that.
A lot of people
Maybe the Environmentalists can get a Deal done with Mother Nature to not Evaporate so much Water everyday. And maybe replace what it takes in Excess every Winter like the last 2 years.
Or stop running it to coastal cities and dumping it in the ocean