[Minutemen]

I am not positively certain, but I believe the "libs" got the color of the balls "wrong" I would have gone with white.

[WayneS]

I wonder how much, and how fast, the water in the reservoir will heat up.

[WayneS]

I wonder if this plan was Reggie Love’s idea...

[A CA Guy]

Not a bad idea until you get bacteria and mold from the balls in the water.

[Pelham]

Black polyethylene resists breaking down from UV rays better than other colors. These black shadow balls will last longer.

[al_c]

Coated with chemicals? How do those greenie Kalifornians like that?

[Sooth2222]

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?

[xp38]

IDE's Israel seawater RO desalination plant sets world record for water production

[Red Badger]

This will backfire.................

[Fledermaus]

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.

[ElkGroveDan]

lastic balls will preserve the Van Normal reservoir’s water supply

That's VAN NORMAN (idiots)

[lee martell]

Shade Balls? Sounds like some minor genital ailment.

[Minutemen]

The name of the reservoir should be “Van Norman” reservoir.

[DB]

I would have thought a thin layer of some sort of mineral oil or maybe even vegetable oil would have worked best. If there is fish in it that they want to preserve they may have to aerate it.

[tired&retired]

I am not positively certain, but I believe the “libs” got the color of the balls “wrong” I would have gone with white.

That’s racist!!!

[Lizavetta]

If anyone cares to do the research, I am fairly confident that whoever L.A. bought the "shade balls" from will be shown to be a campaign donor.

Follow the money.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Black plastic resists UV, the white plastic does not. That's why outdoor PVC items are often made of black PVC.

We use milk jogs made of white PVC to store rainwater outside. They start getting brittle, breaking down, and biodegrading in about a year.

As well, the black balls minimize shininess/bright reflective surface of water, which is what attracts birds and wildlife.

[BatGuano]

Waste of money and time....preventing evaporation? Who thought up this silliness? Evaporation is the first stage of the rain cycle. California should not be messing with Mother Nature but this is not the first time!

If California would send the illegals home to Mexico, the state could lessen the demand for a lot more than 300 million gallons of water per WEEK! If each illegal, (the estimate is close to 10 million but we could halve that to 5 million) uses 30 gallons per week, the use is 150,000,000. So, let’s say TWO WEEKS!

[Vinnie]

Black... No kidding, the first thing I thought of is the heat absorption of black.
But they meant well and that’s what counts.

[SpaceBar]

#blackballsmatter

[The Working Man]

Any guesses on how long before they have to ‘discard’ the water in the reservoir before it is ‘unsafe’ for human consumption?