Algae Turns Trump's Blue Reflecting Pool Green After $10 Million Makeover
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Trump’s team spent roughly $10 million repainting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a supposed ‘American flag blue,’ but heat and algae have turned the water green; officials say they’re treating it with nanobubble ozone and hydrogen peroxide to curb growth with no harm to wildlife, even as the project faces criticism over bidding and preservation concerns amid 250th anniversary preparations.
- Trump wanted the Reflecting Pool to be ‘American Flag Blue.’ Algae is turning it green. NBC News
- Reflecting Pool woes: Trump administration turns to hydrogen peroxide in latest bid to beat back algae CNN
- Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump’s Renovation WIRED
- Workers dump hydrogen peroxide into reflecting pool to fight algae The Hill
- Algae has Washington, D.C.'s newly renovated reflecting pool turning green. Again. WBAL-TV
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