The black balls of Ivanhoe


	The black balls of Ivanhoe

hitchhiker08

6-16-2008 1:59 PM

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los angeles, potable water, reservoir

hitchhiker08 says:

Do we have the balls...?

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6-16-2008 2:13 PM

dgreplay

Wow, that is wild.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0b8e8815-ba83-4660-b868-c7d60dc43114/1189561A-6F2F-4B61-A9CB-AC5E4C7ED9DD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.odditycentral.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><DIV class="titlebg">The black balls of Ivanhoe</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><STRONG> Thousands of black plastic balls cover the Ivanhoe reservoir in Los Angeles</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html">It might not look like serious business, but  				 					 				 				<STRONG>The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power</STRONG> dropped 400,000 <STRONG>black plastic balls</STRONG> into one of the city’s reservoirs for a reason.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/ED5BDECF-7639-41FD-830B-FE5A569AF678" alt="black_balls.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html">sunlight mixes with the chlorine and bromide in the water creating a deadly mix which some scientist believe may be causing cancer. The balls are meant to shade the water from the dangerous sunlight.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/94BF2517-15E8-41FB-B6EC-576E295F2792" alt="black_balls1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/655D3436-6522-43DF-ADC4-397BEA22FB02" alt="black_balls2.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/0ED4474E-AFA5-43FE-91BA-3C0EB9BFE6D3" alt="black_balls3.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-black-balls-of-ivanhoe.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.odditycentral.com/img/772BC9A9-0718-46E7-9CA6-75DCED693220" alt="black_balls4.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balls10-2008jun10,0,5878575.story" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balls10-2008jun10,0,5878575.story" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balls10-2008jun10,0,5878575.story"><H1>DWP drops 400,000 balls onto Ivanhoe Reservoir</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balls10-2008jun10,0,5878575.story"><DIV class="storysubhead">In a move to block the formation of a carcinogen in the water, the Los Angeles agency will add 3 million more black spheres.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balls10-2008jun10,0,5878575.story"><UL id="article_galleries"><LI class="photo_article">
					<A target="" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balls10-pg,0,4019467.photogallery"><IMG width="140" height="110" alt="Covering up the Ivanhoe reservoir" src="http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photogallery/2008-06/39792289-09130715.jpg" /></A>
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The agency started dumping thousands of floating plastic balls  into Ivanhoe Reservoir -- the dwarf sibling next door to Silver Lake Reservoir, the neighborhood's crown jewel -- to protect the drinking water supply needed for summer.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1189561A-6F2F-4B61-A9CB-AC5E4C7ED9DD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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