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Reflecting Pool, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Washington.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3626x3626+907+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F47%2F6e%2Fefe490f04f378f1d5ce838e7354f%2Fap26170531261489.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/nx-s1-5854977/opinion-algae-doesnt-care-about-our-party-lines) ### [Simon Says](https://www.npr.org/series/4495795/simon-says) ### [Opinion: Algae doesn't care about our party lines](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/nx-s1-5854977/opinion-algae-doesnt-care-about-our-party-lines) Aquatic ecologists and pool specialists [told
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