Posted on 05/11/2019 10:00:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
I took a boat through 96 million black plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they're there. The first time I heard about shade balls the claim was they reduce evaporation. But it turns out this isn't the reason they were introduced.
Huge thanks to LADWP for arranging this special tour for me. Next time let's put the GoPro on the submersible!
The balls are made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) which is less dense than water so they float on the surface of the reservoir even if they break apart. They are 10cm (4 inches) in diameter and contain about 210ml of water. So the main reason they are on the reservoir is to block sunlight from entering the water and triggering a chemical reaction that turns harmless bromide into carcinogenic bromate. This effect occurs with prolonged exposure to bromate so regulators insist that levels be kept below 10 microgram per liter on average over a 12 month period.
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd, Penward Rhyme and everyone who provided feedback on an early draft of this video.
Thanks to:
Las Virgenes Reservoir for footage of initial shade ball dump
Euro-Matic for bird into jet-engine footage
Researched and Produced by Casey Rentz
Animations by Maria Raykova
Music from http://epidemicsound.com "Colorful Animation 4" "Seaweed"
And from Kevin MacLeod "Marty Gots a Plan"
This is an educational video about the science of water quality.
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Those UFOs were just scout ships from Nibiru.
It comes from diabolical white men, trying to rid Los Angeles of the bro’ citizens
Mom, I’m having a ball at my new job at the water works.
I was black balled at work
Everyone voted against it.
Was thinking along the same lines, but the mods are twitchy enough already.
Easier to hide bodies though.
Hmm...where's this reservoir again? Asking for a friend.
The lake is not chlorinated. Antibacterial chemicals are pumped into the water at the pumping station just before entering the pipe line.
Lack of algae creates bacterial slime.
Fish are in every large body of water. They are part of maintaining an ecologically balanced system. If the water cannot support fish it cannot support humans.
LOL!
Based on their logic which is illogical the balls should be white or even better silver. Those black balls absorb the heat of the sun and contribute to the “horror of global warming.” White balls or silver balls would reflect the horror of global warming back into space.
I find this most amusing.
:^)
I thought it was where Jesse Jackson disposed of his handiwork.
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Both deserve prison. Especially JWP.
Plastic casting mold solvent now in the water?
Secondary chemicals released as the plastic breaks down in the sunlight ?
What does it do to the wildlife that would like to use that water ??
Nice. One more reason Californians are so bat-shit crazy (bromide...prevents iodine absorption, along with chlorine & fluoride).
They fall back on that old saying, "not my problem". Then they keep their lawns that perfect shade of green, even during a drought. ;^)
LMAO!!!!
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