Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned green just days after a six-week, £10m renovation project was finished. The project involved draining the pool and repainting its surface in an "American flag blue", as requested by President Donald Trump. An algae bloom quickly returned to the shallow pool, which has a history of forming rapidly. A visitor from Florida suggested that eliminating the algae is an "impossible task" that will likely persist. The Department of Interior confirmed the algae is dead and being vacuumed, thanking Trump for the pool's repair. In fullPool owners weigh in on what went wrong as Reflecting Pool turns green days after $14m Trump paint jobThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Reflecting Pool turns green days after Trump’s $14 million renovation
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned green just days after a six-week, £10m renovation project was finished. The project involved draining the pool and repainting its surface in an "American flag blue", as requested by President Donald Trump. An algae bloom quickly returned to the shallow pool, which has a history of forming rapidly. A visitor from Florida suggested that eliminating the algae is an "impossible task" that will likely persist. The Department of Interior confirmed the algae is dead and being vacuumed, thanking Trump for the pool's repair. In fullPool owners weigh in on what went wrong as Reflecting Pool turns green days after $14m Trump paint jobThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
