A green pool is far from appealing, especially if you want to take a dip. You can fix it by pouring hydrogen peroxide into the pool, but with some caveats.

President Donald Trump’s more than $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation was completed just over a week ago, with its more than 300,000 square feet refilled with 6.5 million gallons of clean water.

As the Lincoln Reflecting Pool turned green with algae, officials are now using chemicals to fix it.

The National Park Service is deploying hydrogen peroxide in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to combat algae growth, according to a Department of the Interior (DOI) spokesperson. This effort follows the Trump administration’s controversial $13.

The water in Washington DC's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned green, and National Park Service officials are turning to drastic measures.

The Washington Monument is once again visible in the refilled pool, but Trump's vision of an azure expanse between the D.C. landmarks has been complicated by the harsh realities of chemistry and biology known to any backyard pool owner.

The Trump administration spent about $14.2 million on renovations to the Reflecting Pool, including painting it “American Flag Blue.”

By Ryan Patrick Jones June 16 (Reuters) - Work crews poured hydrogen peroxide into the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday to combat an algae bloom, a little over a week after it was repainted as part of President Donald Trump's campaign to revamp some of Washington's major monuments.

Wildlife investigators are conducting urgent necropsies on three ducks found dead near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, intensifying public scrutiny over a controversial $14 million White House infrastructure project that has struggled with rampant algae blooms and construction failures.