FACT CHECK FOXnews.com’s story entitled, “LA ‘black ball’ reservoir rollout potential ‘disaster’ in the making, say experts,” is inaccurate, based on uninformed assumptions The story by Halley McKay for FOXnews.com posted online on August 20, 2015 is laden with factual errors and uninformed assumptions about LA’s sophisticated drinking water system. The Los Angeles Department […]
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Mayor Garcetti Announces Completion of Innovative ‘Shade Ball’ Cover Project at Los Angeles Reservoir
Water infrastructure investment represents $250 million in savings, and prevents the annual loss of more than 300 million gallons of water LOS ANGELES (August 10, 2015)— Mayor Eric Garcetti today released 20,000 “shade balls” onto the surface of the Los Angeles Reservoir, marking completion of a $34.5 million initiative to protect the city’s water quality. […]
LADWP BEGINS COVERING THE IVANHOE RESERVOIR WITH SHADE BALLS
NEWS RELEASE June 9, 2008 LADWP BEGINS COVERING THE IVANHOE RESERVOIR WITH SHADE BALLS INNOVATIVE MEASURE TO ENSURE WATER QUALITY LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2008) — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began covering the Ivanhoe Reservoir this morning with floating black plastic balls known as Shade Balls. At a brief ceremony, […]
