On Monday afternoon, the mayor of Los Angeles found a ballsy way to fight California’s unprecedented drought:
LA just completed a project at the LA Reservoir to save 300 million gallons of water by deploying shade balls on its surface, saving our city over $250 million dollars while keeping our water clean & safe.
Posted by Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday, August 10, 2015
There are now 96 million “shade balls” floating on the surface of the LA Reservoir. They’re made of plastic, the same kind of polyethylene that gallon-sized milk jugs are made of, so they don’t pose a threat to the drinking water, according to the LA Times. They’re designed to keep water from evaporating and are expected to conserve 300 million gallons per year. And at a cost of $35 million, they’re about $250 million cheaper than the alternative, a tarp-like covering.
So, saving California from the drought just takes leadership from someone with a pair of…sorry I’ll just stop now.
#shadeballs.
