Did the Reflecting Pool remodel cause the bright green algae bloom?

(NEXSTAR) – President Trump’s vision was to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a darker shade of “American flag blue” to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday. But this week, it’s been looking more green.

The Washington, D.C., pool has turned a shade of green thanks to an algae bloom that appeared just days after the $14 million renovation wrapped up.

“What do you expect?” said Cochise Wanzer II, president of the Pool Service Company in Arlington, Va., in an interview with the Associated Press. “You’re basically taking natural, untreated river water, pumping it in and expecting it to do something different from what it would do out in the open.”

The Reflecting Pool typically gets its water from a basin nearby that is often filled with algae, WIRED reports. However, during periods of algae activity, like when the weather warms up, the supply is supposed to switch over to another clean........

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