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Old 06-10-2008, 11:49 PM   #1
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June 11, 2008: Black Balls

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Department of Water and Power workers are emptying out bales of plastic balls in the Ivanhoe reservoir in Los Angeles to protect the water from sunlight.


Protect the water from sunlight? Say what?

Possible real reasons...

Make the public water taste more like bottled water by adding the plastic aftertaste?

Keep the ducks and geese from hanging out, flavoring the water themselves?

Using black plastic to warm the water, so you get water for your money?

Celebrating Obama's victory?
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Old 06-10-2008, 11:54 PM   #2
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lowering the reflectivity to reduce evaporation?
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:00 AM   #3
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:31 AM   #4
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These balls are also used to deter birds from lakes and ponds near airport runways, pretty clever stuff

http://www.airport-int.com/categorie...bird-balls.asp

I wonder if I could use this method to heat my pool and stop the sun creating so much algae in the pool ??
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:50 AM   #5
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Sure... and you could swim right through them.

Thanks for the link and welcome to the Cellar.
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Old 06-11-2008, 02:01 AM   #6
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Cheers Bruce, I have been lurking for months and felt it was time to post
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Old 06-11-2008, 03:13 AM   #7
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Here is another interesting link, I definatly need to get a load of these balls to use as a pool cover. I just cannot find anywhere that sells a bis amount of them at a decent price.

I have found multi coloured ones though which would look good

http://www.euro-matic.com/hollow.html
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Old 06-11-2008, 04:10 AM   #8
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Black balls.. How lame! So the water will heat up and bacteria will be much happier. Should've used white or yellow or ?
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Old 06-11-2008, 06:02 AM   #9
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Old 06-11-2008, 06:23 AM   #10
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Looks like it *is* supposed to reduce bacteria growth...

http://gizmodo.com/5015148/400000-bo...top-carcinogen
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Old 06-11-2008, 06:24 AM   #11
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I thought this was about somebody's blue balls gone from bad to worse.
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Old 06-11-2008, 07:36 AM   #12
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Old 06-11-2008, 07:39 AM   #13
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It's a more evil version of the ball pit at Chuck-E-Cheese. It's not funny. Children are running into the reservoir and drowning. THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
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Black balls.. How lame! So the water will heat up and bacteria will be much happier. Should've used white or yellow or ?
the bacteria and algae thrive a lot better if they are in sunlight, so if the sunlight is blocked the water will not be so green

well, you wont be able to see how green it is because there is loads of black balls floating on it
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Old 06-11-2008, 07:41 AM   #15
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lol! Welcome stevecrm.

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well, you wont be able to see how green it is because there is loads of black balls floating on it
Like plastic couch covering.
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