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Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool

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Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool

Steve Goodale isn’t used to attention like this. It’s not that he’s unfamiliar with being on camera: His YouTube Channel, Swimming Pool Steve, has amassed nearly 91,000 subscribers covering topics like how to bond concrete and clean a used hot tub. But the saga of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which an algae bloom turned … Read more

Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump’s Renovation

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Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump’s Renovation

On Wednesday morning, workers poured hydrogen peroxide into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC. The treatment is the latest attempt by the Interior Department to control an algae bloom that has turned the pool bright green, despite President Donald Trump’s costly renovation to make it “American flag blue” in time for the nation’s … Read more