Posted on Aug 12, 2015
$34.5 Million in "Shade Balls" project to prevent water evaporation and algae growth. Do you think there is a better way?
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The EPA mandates that all reservoirs be covered, but tarps and metal coverings can be expensive and take too long to install, however shade balls are becoming the preferred method and are expected to save more than 300 million gallons of water annually at this particular LA Reservoir.
Now... Estimates vary, but it's "guesstimated" that one person uses approx 80-100 gallons of water per day, times 365 days would be approx 29,200 to 36,500 annually... With this usage for 10,000 people annually, it would be 292,000,000 to 365,000,000 gallons. Los Angeles has approx 10 million people, and I really suck at math (so someone please check my numbers), but would this be considered a significant saving? Especially since they are spending $34.5 million to do this... What other options (besides desalination and floating icebergs) do you think they should/could consider?
Oh... And no jokes about the "Shade Balls" please!!!
Now... Estimates vary, but it's "guesstimated" that one person uses approx 80-100 gallons of water per day, times 365 days would be approx 29,200 to 36,500 annually... With this usage for 10,000 people annually, it would be 292,000,000 to 365,000,000 gallons. Los Angeles has approx 10 million people, and I really suck at math (so someone please check my numbers), but would this be considered a significant saving? Especially since they are spending $34.5 million to do this... What other options (besides desalination and floating icebergs) do you think they should/could consider?
Oh... And no jokes about the "Shade Balls" please!!!
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Kinda wondering about this myself. The science seems legit. Will it help California with their problems? I doubt it. I believe it was SGT Jeremiah B. who mentioned the government there not actually going after any corporations or people who defy the ban in place. I wonder who supplied the Shade balls? 34 million would be a nice sum of money for a start up company in CA who was saving the environment by making plastic balls. I think I will write this one off to stop gap fix for a long term crisis that is making someone some money off the CA Government. As for a better alternative, invest in Sea water purification, actually enforce your laws against corporations, and why not try reducing waste in city run buildings? That would be my best guess.
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MSgt Curtis Ellis
All definitely good recommendations. SSG Thornton also brought up a point that why are the balls dark instead of a light color? Yeah... You can almost bet somebody is pocketing some cash from this...
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Interestingly simple and elegant. Of course they could also order Nestle to stop pumping water for bottling and start fining the individuals and corporations openly flouting the current restrictions, but we all know that's not going to happen.
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MSgt Curtis Ellis
Nestle does employ approx 7000 employees state wide, and their draw form the total reserves of water is only about 0.008% of the 13 trillion gallons used by the state each year for 5 bottling plants. As far as fining those individuals ignoring the restrictions, you're right, that ain't gonna happen!
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MSgt Curtis Ellis
True, but at least, if you suspect you may be accumulating too much in your body, a few ways to eliminate it from your body is by Probiotics, Drinking black tea, Quercetin (eating fruits and veggies) or, which seems to be the best option to me, Sweat it out! :)
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