The very bad math drying up the Colorado River

COME ON! Mark Twain explained this over a hundred years ago! He said " Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over!" LOL

Never thought I'd hear the words: "Arizona's Navy" :D

It is actually two rivers hot glued together. A main river stem is defined from the mouth to the most distant source, which in the case of the Colorado would be the Green River.

We really aren’t putting enough consideration into the carrying capacity of our lakes and rivers…

Trying to solve this issue now after the river has already been drying up for a few decades. The problem is all these states are dry and full of deserts. California has used the most water due to growth and power. They should be responsible for fixing this issue.

I was born in Colorado and currently live here. With the pace of building and massive influx of humans to this state I can already see local mountain streams and rivers dwindling that once were full. And that’s happening at the head of this massive river… scary indeed. Which is why I’m moving to Alaska. No people and ASS tons of water. Wouldn’t run out of water up there if you tried. Have fun west USA and all the tech bros and wealthy people moving in and building giant pools and golf courses and more people being born requiring more food and water out here. A rude awakening is indeed coming.

Most of the water is used for agriculture especially low value crops like alfalfa and hay, plus the water that flows into Mexico just dries up in the desert. So much for planning.

Great video guys. Great visualizations. Great explanations. What else do you have planned?

California's fires won't go out California has a national floods California where's all the water gone It's definitely not our fault 😅😂

Thank you for the video. It brings attention to real causes that can be addressed. Politicians, global elite and MSM have taken the convenient easy route of blaming climate change for these types of issues (forest fires is another). Regardless of climate’s effects, we need to understand the issues, identify what we can actually do to mitigate, and act responsibly. Unfortunately, it’s easier to blame everything on climate change and then use resources to promote pet projects instead of fixing the problems.

Hey U. S. A....... EASY ON THE WATER HERMANOS.. BAJA MEXICO NEEDS A DRINK😢

Great ideas without the understanding that billions of people would overwhelm what they envisioned. NEVER could they or the water engineers of California's central valley dams and projects see the current number of people living here now. Our only source that can keep up with population is reverse sea water filtration, massive infrastructures regarding sewage, and runoffs.

California should get cut first there land provided the least amount of water that goes into the river

Baked. Me too, coincidentally. Love it! 🌿🌿🌿

Wow, the Americans really hate Math.

I don't know but I think California should flex its wealth and tech to conserve/manage/generate its water like middle east countries to reduce consumption of the river.

Great explanation of the current water crisis. One significant logical error, though: The narrator said that Arizona's and California's overuse of the water are causing shortages UPSTREAM, which in turn is causing low levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. This, of course, can't be true unless they were pulling water from the Colorado River ABOVE Lake Mead and Lake Powell, which they're not. Only the UPPER basin states water use can cause the Lakes' levels to be low, right? So, even if the upper basin states aren't using all of their theoretically allocated water, the mega-drought is the problem which has led to the low lake levels and danger of the dead pool and loss of power at the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams.

An informative video to be sure! However, I wonder if the narrator was high.

What's the situation with Mexico here?

Nevada and Utah also get their water from the colorado River