The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool’s bottom.
President Trump’s efforts to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have not gone smoothly, despite the president maintaining he has a lot of experience with pools. Questions have swirled about the no-bid, multimillion dollar contract given to complete the pool renovations. And now, just two weeks out from the completion of the pool’s renovation, it has seen a large algae bloom and peeling paint. Here are four things to know about the issues with the century-old Reflecting Pool. #Trump #ReflectingPool #NationalMall #Algae #Peeling READ MORE: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5932337-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-algae/
KABUL — The notorious terrorist organization ISIS has claimed responsibility for an algae attack that has disrupted the beautiful blue color of the Reflecting Pool.
President Donald Trump said on Friday evening that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, amid reports of an algae bloom and peeling paint just two weeks after the multi-million-dollar project’s completion. “We’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool, which sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial,” the [...]
There have been reports that the new reflecting pool coating has begun to peel as federal workers battle an algae bloom.
President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue."
The president on Friday night without evidence blamed vandals with chemicals for the extensive problems at the newly reopened Reflecting Pool.
The water of the Reflecting Pool remained filled with algae, peeling paint as well as white blobs on Friday.
As National Park Service crews try to clean the algae that turned the water bright green, another problem has developed: The “American flag blue” coating is coming off.
The shallow, sunny waters of the reflecting pool are an ideal incubator for algae growth in the summertime. Experts say the recent renovation may have helped accelerate it.