Snowmaking pond evaporation mitigation

[Nick]

Some more context around this news article about Mount Baldy placing these 4" plastic balls into their snowmaking reservoir

Basically, this company Xavier C- http://www.reduceskiareareservoirevaporation.com - makes these floating plastic balls. They just dump them into the reservoir and they apparently reduce evaporation by 90%. The Mt. Baldy CEO says evaporation costs them something like $120k a year so if they can reduce it 90%, that's pretty significant.

 

[mriceyman]

Think about how many resorts they can go after especially after this low rain fall season.. It almost too easy to be a salesman for them


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[Tin]

I'm amazed at how little snow they need to make compared to out here.

 

[mriceyman]

It helps that there base areas are 6000' .. Snow stays for a long time


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[Smellytele]

I would make them white to keep the temp of the water down. Unless they are making them black so the water doesn't freeze.

 

[Savemeasammy]

Good idea - and pretty damn simple to boot!


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[jimmywilson69]

cool idea. making them white would be better.

 

[KD7000]

As Smellytele said, it's possible they are black to add a bit more warmth- to keep more of the water volume liquid and useable.