Shade balls answer to saving water
A creative solution to water conservation was recently finalized by the mayor at the Los Angeles Reservoir where 20,000 shade balls were released.
Lake Forest residents, who have grown weary of being chastised by local government to conserve water via literature supplied by brochure printers, will be pleased to know that officials are doing their part to end waste as well.
Each year 100s of millions of gallons of water in the reservoir are lost to the atmosphere due to evaporation. A plan to release a total of 96 million black, plastic ball into the reservoir to cover the water’s surface at the Van Norman Complex in Sylmar was formulated to prevent this evaporation.
Each ball cost the city 36 cents and altogether the plan cost the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power $34.5 million. While that may sound like a lot of money, the project is expected to save 300 million gallons of water from evaporating per years. Additionally the balls protect the 175-acre reservoirs' contents from chemical reactions caused by sun, from birds and wildlife and from dust. …show more content…
Best of all the $34.5 million saved is $250 million less than the next cheapest solution
A creative solution to water conservation was recently finalized by the mayor at the Los Angeles Reservoir where 20,000 shade balls were released.
Lake Forest residents, who have grown weary of being chastised by local government to conserve water via literature supplied by brochure printers, will be pleased to know that officials are doing their part to end waste as well.
Each year 100s of millions of gallons of water in the reservoir are lost to the atmosphere due to evaporation. A plan to release a total of 96 million black, plastic ball into the reservoir to cover the water’s surface at the Van Norman Complex in Sylmar was formulated to prevent this evaporation.
Each ball cost the city 36 cents and altogether the plan cost the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power $34.5 million. While that may sound like a lot of money, the project is expected to save 300 million gallons of water from evaporating per years. Additionally the balls protect the 175-acre reservoirs' contents from chemical reactions caused by sun, from birds and wildlife and from dust. …show more content…
Best of all the $34.5 million saved is $250 million less than the next cheapest solution