Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool paint peeling off
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The Trump administration spent $14.8 million painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool an "American Flag Blue." See why the pool is green again.
As the Lincoln Reflecting Pool turned green with algae, officials are now using chemicals to fix it.
Lincoln Reflecting Pool overhaul tops $16M as algae lingers, raising questions about cleanup efforts and costs ahead of peak summer heat.
According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, algae are usually seen in natural water bodies. However, a harmful algal bloom, or HAB, grows when a major amount of toxic algae covers a water body. The excessive algal bloom is when it becomes visible to naked eyes, and the color can be green, blue-green, brown, or even red.
