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Beau says:
"Major reservoirs are trending up."
"Reservoirs and groundwater remain at historic lows."
"We're definitely going in the right direction, but we still have a long way to go."
"The worst may be over, but certainty depends on upcoming forecasts."
Beau covers the ongoing water shortage out west and the cautious optimism surrounding recent improvements in reservoir levels amidst a long-term drought.
Environmental advocates, water conservationists
The full transcript provides a detailed overview of the water shortage situation out west, including recent improvements in reservoir levels but underlines the continued need for long-term conservation efforts and caution due to the persistent drought.
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today we are going to talk about water out west
and whether or not the issues are over.
We have been covering the water shortage out there
on this channel for a while.
And with all of the recent rain, there
have been a lot of questions that have come in.
So how are things going?
Major reservoirs, they're trending up.
They're going up, which is good.
And this is, in addition to the rain that has occurred recently,
there's also a decent snowpack, which is good.
The thing to remember is that the reservoirs and groundwater
remain at historic lows.
And this is not a one-year thing.
This is a long-term drought.
It's been going on more than 20 years.
I want to say 22.
This is an uptick.
But it's an uptick in precipitation
framed against a much wider picture
of a long-lasting drought.
There are some estimates that say
The drought could last as long as until 2030.
There will be forecasts soon talking
about how things are going to shape up this year.
But the general tone is that things
are going to warm soon, which will lead to evaporation.
And while what's happening is good, it's not over.
and it probably won't be over for a while.
There is one quote that kind of sums it up
from a hydrologist with the National Weather Service's
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.
We're definitely going in the right direction,
but we still have a long way to go.
And that is the general consensus.
There is a little bit of concern that some
the water management areas are going to see this and not continue to take the
precautions that they should and not continue to manage as if they're still
in a decades-long drought. Hopeful that that doesn't happen. It's a concern. I
would hope that at this point and as bad as things got last year over the last
year that that's less likely. I would imagine there's still going to be
conservation efforts underway because there kind of has to be. This is good.
It's good news. The precipitation is it would have been better if it didn't come
in the way that it did and cause all of the destruction that it did along the
but generally this is this is moving in the right direction but as far as is it
over no it's not over yet but maybe the worst of it is over but we're not going
to know that for sure until we see some of the forecasts that are going to come
out over the next month.
Anyway, it's just a thought, y'all have a good day.
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