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Would covering part of Lake Mead with large sheets of bubble wrap reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation?
Something similar has been done with plastic balls. I'd guess they're much easier to manufacture, since it doesn't have to be a continuous sheet. It sounds like there is some local water savings, ...
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