400,000 plastic balls dumped into LA water reservoir
by friver ~ June 19th, 2008. Filed under: Strange & Funny News, Strange Environment News, Strange Technology News.
People don’t usually toss lots of junk into a city water reservoir, unless as part of a comic-book villain’s plot to take over the world or something.
But the Ivanhoe Reservoir in Los Angeles recently got 400,000 shimmering black plastic balls dumped into it for reasons that sound like they also cam from a comic book story.
Called “shade balls”, the spheres were meant to block the sun’s rays from entering the water and triggering a rare reaction between sunlight and chlorine which produces with bromate, a known carcinogen.
The balls are just a temporary fix, though, while the city sets up a permanent underground reservoir.
