400,000 balls go into LA reservoir

A total of three million balls will be put into the Ivanhoe Reservoir for four years to block sunlight from forming a carcinogen found in the water there.

(I just can’t help but think that the Law of Unintended Consequences will kick in here and the three million balls will create some undesirable environmental effect that no one could have predicted.)

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2 Responses to “400,000 balls go into LA reservoir”

  1. Ten Bears on 10 Jun 2008 at 8:01 pm #

    Balls of whit?

  2. Bob Morris on 10 Jun 2008 at 10:44 pm #

    Plastic. They cost 40 cents each!

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