The new Trump reflecting pool is a big hit… with algae

[citygator]

Live reporting from the shores of green sludge.

 

[tahuyaman]

My pool is sounded by trees and nature and stays clean.

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Your pool is a fraction of the size of the reflecting pool on the white house grounds. Your pool does not attract geese and ducks. Plus your pool still needs cleaning and chemical treatment.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Thirteen pages of Da Algae! Da Algae! If you haven’t figured out TDS is real and incurable after this you’re most likely infected with it.

 

[Delldude]

Live reporting from the shores of green sludge.

Think they'll have to drain it?

 

[postman]

That’s right just days after the opening of the newly painted reflecting pool officials have maintenance crews vacuuming the growing algae off the top of the pool. Turns out that the darker paint creates an even better environment for algae.

Congrats we have a $13 million algae resort

Like closing the strait of hormuz, nobody saw it coming?

 

[postman]

Thirteen pages of Da Algae! Da Algae! If you haven’t figured out TDS is real and incurable after this you’re most likely infected with it.

You would think for $13 million, they would have fixed the problem.

 

[Delldude]

You would think for $13 million, they would have fixed the problem.

That's what your boy Obama spent and it wasn't fixed.

 

[citygator]

That's what your boy Obama spent and it wasn't fixed.

Obama derangement syndrome affects people we all love. Im sorry to see you suffer.

 

[Delldude]

Obama derangement syndrome affects people we all love. Im sorry to see you suffer.

It's the fact that your crew is no better.... I see you couldn't comprehend that.

 

[postman]

That's what your boy Obama spent and it wasn't fixed.

The multimillion-dollar overhaul was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to address severe structural issues.
Key details of the Obama-era spending include:

Timber Pilings: Crews drove over 2,100 fifty-foot timber pilings into the ground to permanently stop the pool from sinking into the Potomac River basin.

Replaced Basin: The deteriorating asphalt and tile bottom were completely torn out and replaced with a reinforced concrete basin and modern waterproofing.

Circulation & Filtration: The water supply was switched from city drinking water to the nearby, fresh-water Tidal Basin, and a new ozone-based filtration system was installed

All Trump did was paint.

 

[postman]

Your pool is a fraction of the size of the reflecting pool on the white house grounds. Your pool does not attract geese and ducks. Plus your pool still needs cleaning and chemical treatment.

So Trump ignored all that, and instead did a rush paint job for 10 times the original estimate. And didn't address the underlying problems.

Kinda like painting a rusty car.

 

[Delldude]

All Trump did was paint.

You think wrong.

And didn't address the underlying problems.

Spent a lot on plumbing and filtration equipment.....leaks that someone else couldn't fix.

 

[postman]

You think wrong.


Spent a lot on plumbing and filtration equipment.....leaks that someone else couldn't fix.

Trump didn't have them work on the plumbing DUDE !!!!

President Trump ordered a six-week, $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which included resurfacing the floor to a deep "American flag blue" and sealing expansion joints to prevent leaks. Shortly after the pool was refilled, green algae resurfaced in the basin

Nothing in there about working on the plumbing.

But they did address the algae after it came back, using skimmers.

 

[Delldude]

Nothing in there about working on the plumbing.

A new water purification system isn't 'working on plumbing'? I don't think it installs on its own into the existing plumbing.

 

[Delldude]

Live reporting from the shores of green sludge.

What do you think the odds are of some left wing 'we hate Trump group' putting some type of agent into the water to cause a huge bloom to cause this?

You can't discount it as a possibility.

 

[postman]

A new water purification system isn't 'working on plumbing'? I don't think it installs on its own into the existing plumbing.

That system was put in by the Department of the Interior, not the contractors for painting (and waterproofing) the pool.

The US Department of the Interior has claimed in recent days that the installation of a water treatment system which a spokesperson described as “nanobubbler technology” would help address the algae issue.

“The nanobubbler technology has successfully destroyed the algae bloom that has plagued every pool reopening since 1922,” a spokesperson told the Guardian on Tuesday.

Nobody thought of that ahead of time?

 

[Delldude]

That system was put in by the Department of the Interior, not the contractors for painting (and waterproofing) the pool.

Like I said, it was part of the repairs/renovation.

 

[postman]

What do you think the odds are of some left wing 'we hate Trump group' putting some type of agent into the water to cause a huge bloom to cause this?

You can't discount it as a possibility.

The pool is longer than the tallest building in the world is tall.

Besides. Don't speculate, roll the video tape and see.

Yes, you can view the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the surrounding National Mall live Webcams - National Mall and Memorial Parks (U.S. National Park Service) via an EarthCam positioned inside the Washington Monument Washington Monument Cam (DC) - EarthCam. This live stream provides continuous, panoramic views of the entire area.

 

[postman]

Like I said, it was part of the repairs/renovation.

It became part of it AFTER the contractor was done.

Kinda like cleaning up the mess the contractor left behind.

 

[Delldude]

It became part of it AFTER the contractor was done.

Kinda like cleaning up the mess the contractor left behind.

So it was an integral part of the repair/restoration project.

Thanks for pointing that out.