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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by TsiCClawOfLight on Thursday August 13, 2015 @04:47AM (#10052869)
Is there any reason why you guys don't have your reservoirs underground? It seems to me that that would solve a lot of problems.
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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by rmc on Thursday August 13, 2015 @04:58AM (#10052911)
They're pretty hard to dig. Outside resivour can be made by damming a mountain valley and filling it in.
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Re:LA is dumping millions of plastic balls into its reservoi... by zz1 on Thursday August 13, 2015 @05:11AM (#10052965)
They have space, and they conceived this system, like many others, thinking of what was the easiest thing to do, disregarding a low-maintenance approach.
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