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reflecting pool has gone from ‘US blue’ to algae green The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is green because of algae. Look, algae happens. It's clouded
pool to attempt to clean it.  National Park Service employees and contractors use vacuums to remove green algae from the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting
green color. The Lincoln Memorial is seen in the distance. ](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3512x2711+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2F3e%2F2f05a5bf4760895c6824fea55e2d%2Fgettyimages-2281919312.jpg) National Park Service employees use a vacuum pump to clean algae off the bottom of the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
pool at one of the president’s golf clubs.  National Park Service workers clean algae from the Lincoln Memorial reflecting
Reflecting Pool. The water is in the foreground of the photo, and it is a deep green color. The Lincoln Memorial is seen in the distance. ](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3124x3124+729+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F3b%2F1edb279a4acbb8bdb673bcc264d0%2Fgettyimages-2281919207.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/19/nx-s1-5863044/dc-reflecting-pool-algae-green-trump) ### [National](https://www.npr.org/sections/national/) ### [Algae
reflecting pool. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images The latest defiance of Donald Trump comes from algae in the Lincoln Memorial pool, [which is green
Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, has long been beset by leaks, structural deterioration, faulty pipes, algae growth and bird droppings. But despite the makeover, which cost an estimated $13m (£9.8m), the pool
algae blooms have for decades dogged the 2,000ft pool, which sits between the Lincoln and George Washington memorial monuments, turning its water green and confounding previous expensive government-commissioned repair schemes, including one commissioned
Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was given to [Atlantic Industrial Coatings](https://vaspray.com/aic/sites/index/#page-top), based in New Canton, Virginia, on 3 April – despite company records’ showing it has not previously been awarded a federal contract