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Green algae return to reflecting pool days into Trump’s renovation
Workers are vacuuming residual algae after the $14.2 million renovation, and officials say nanobubblers will help keep the pool clear.
- Just days after a $14.2 million renovation, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool became overrun with algae, threatening preparations for the nation's 250th anniversary celebration on July 4.
- President Donald Trump commissioned the project to seal leaks and paint the basin "American Flag Blue," previously disparaging the pool as "filthy" and "dirty" for years.
- On Sunday, National Park Service workers in waders manually cleared algae with hand tools, while the Department of the Interior attributed the growth to "residual" material from supply lines dormant during eight weeks of construction.
- Hans Paerl, Research Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told USA TODAY on Monday the pool may remain impacted by algae as temperatures rise.
- Algae thrives in hot weather but dissipates in cooler months, experts explained, meaning July temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s may complicate efforts to restore the pool's blue appearance before Independence Day.
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The Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., which President Donald Trump had painted with pool blue, has turned green. Algae is to blame.
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