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Los Angeles dumps 20K ‘shade balls’ into reservoir to stop evaporation
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| 11 Aug, 2015 21:58
Posted on 08/12/2015 2:27:10 PM PDT by Minutemen
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I am not positively certain, but I believe the "libs" got the color of the balls "wrong" I would have gone with white.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:27:10 PM PDT
by
Minutemen
To: Minutemen
I wonder how much, and how fast, the water in the reservoir will heat up.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:30:00 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: WayneS
Won’t black balls absorb heat and cause evaporation?
To: Minutemen
I wonder if this plan was Reggie Love’s idea...
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:31:04 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Minutemen
Not a bad idea until you get bacteria and mold from the balls in the water.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:31:12 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women)
To: Minutemen
Black polyethylene resists breaking down from UV rays better than other colors. These black shadow balls will last longer.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:31:23 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Deo Vindice)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Yes. Yes they will. And the remaining water will also increase in temperature.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:32:03 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Minutemen
Coated with chemicals? How do those greenie Kalifornians like that?
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:32:45 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: Minutemen
I also would have gone with white, which is the most reflective.
Also, "Lastly, the protective barrier formed across the surface of the water by the small spheres will help stave off contaminants from birds and other animals."
Does somebody actually think that the balls won't rotate and toss whatever bird poo and dead animals happen to land on them right into the reservoir?
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:32:59 PM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
To: Minutemen
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:33:25 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Minutemen
This will backfire.................
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:34:21 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: Dilbert San Diego
If they were smart they would have thought that thru before hand.. I highly doubt they did.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:34:28 PM PDT
by
matt04
To: Minutemen
Desperate to preserve its water supply amid a four-year drought, Typical stupid liberals...cause a drought with stupid liberal practices and then whine when they don't work and become "desperate".
Idiots.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:36:40 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
To: Minutemen
lastic balls will preserve the Van Normal reservoirs water supply That's VAN NORMAN (idiots)
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:38:11 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: A CA Guy
Not all bacteria are hazardous, fish tanks routinely employ beneficial bacteria on filter balls to help clean the water. But the water in this reservoir will be treated with chloramine anyway, and unless there is some sort of fertilizer getting into the reservoir there shouldn’t be much mold or algae growth.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:38:26 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Deo Vindice)
To: Sooth2222
Does somebody actually think that the balls won't rotate and toss whatever bird poo and dead animals happen to land on them right into the reservoir?It would end up in the reservoir anyway. Hitting the ball first merely delays it a bit.
To: ElkGroveDan
I thought it was Van Morrison.
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:39:28 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Red Badger
Ah, what happens as a result of the lack of sunlight in the water. And I assume there will be a reduced oxygen content in the water as well due to the covering. Combined with the added heat from the black balls?
Wow, what could go wrong?
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:39:52 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
To: Minutemen
Shade Balls? Sounds like some minor genital ailment.
To: Sooth2222
This is what happens when liberals use their “brains.”
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posted on
08/12/2015 2:43:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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