In a bid to tame the algae blooms that clouded the Reflecting Pool almost as soon as its multimillion-dollar renovation was complete, the Trump administration has deployed an array of interventions in recent weeks.
Crews were dispatched to vacuum and scrape away the green growth by hand, nanobubbler filtration systems were installed to pulverize the aquatic organisms and, at one point, workers even resorted to dumping hydrogen peroxide into the water in a bid to restore clarity. President Donald Trump has also suggested the swampy basin — a problem he has blamed on vandals — may ultimately need to be drained.
