LOS ANGELES, CA -- City officials released 20,000 shade balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir Monday, the final step in a $34.5 million water quality protection project. The Los Angeles Department of ...

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES -- City officials released 20,000 shade balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir Monday, the final step in a $34.5 million water quality protection project. The Los Angeles Department ...

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About a year and a half ago, Arielle Breuninger read an article about how drought-stricken Los Angeles has been using small black plastic “shade balls” to prevent water evaporation in its reservoirs.

A year after Los Angeles authorities covered the reservoir with 95 million plastic shade balls, the unusual project to protect it from evaporation, algae and birds has been deemed a success.

LOS ANGELES, CA -- City officials released 20,000 shade balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir Monday, the final step in a $34.5 million water quality protection project. The Los Angeles Department of ...