Green algae return to reflecting pool days into Trump's renovation
Donald Trump,Washington DC,Monuments,New York Times,Interior Department,Trump Administration
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Images of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool show that green algae have returned to the site on the National Mall despite President Trump's renovations.
The project, which cost more than $13 million, included the addition of nanobubbler technology that has "successfully destroyed the algae," according to the Interior Department.
A spokesperson told The Hill that "due to deploying the advanced nanobubbler technology" the algae are "dead" and "being vacuumed up as we speak."
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