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 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 forecast 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 there aren't,

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 Services 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 of the water management areas are going to see

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