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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Device installed to help keep Trump’s Reflecting Pool clear of algae was never used on a pool: report

The device used to clear the algae outbreak from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following President Trump’s troubled refurbishment has never previously been used on a pool, according to a report.

The $1.7 million “ozone nanobubbler” operates by shooting 500 million microscopic bubbles of oxygen into every teaspoon of water in order to blast apart algae, bacteria and other unwanted contaminants.

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