It needs a whole lot of stuff. There are reasons why the reflecting pool has always been a nightmare in regards to algae and that sort of thing, and painting it blue was never going to solve those problems.
Yeah, I get why people are mocking CNN for focusing on this, when we have so much more important stuff going on, but that's exactly what liberals were saying about the renovations in the first place, that Trump had more important things to focus on than this renovation.
It doesn't help that such a huge deal was constantly made about how this renovation was going to last 100+ years, either. And it didn't last a week
All of the problems they're seeing now should have been anticipated during the renovation. Truly, it seems like all they did was drain it, scrub it, paint it, and refill it. They're absolutely astounded that they're seeing algae again when virtually nothing was done to prevent it. They even reused the same algae filled tubes and lines that were there previously.
So why did this cost $14 million dollars when it seems like the only big thing they did was paint it?
Update: There is a filtration system (based on aquatic technology unavailable in the 1920's) in place and starting to function.
It always takes a while to shock the pool. Just sayin'
Well that explains why it was reported that they were vacuuming up dead algae yesterday. It was reported as if it was a foolish effort but perhaps not.
Does filling it with a dead sea level of salt not work? At least if alternated with fresh ever couple years? DC is pretty far from the sea, can't imagine there is a ton of sea water algae around to contaminate it.
It needs a whole lot of stuff. There are reasons why the reflecting pool has always been a nightmare in regards to algae and that sort of thing, and painting it blue was never going to solve those problems.
Yeah, I get why people are mocking CNN for focusing on this, when we have so much more important stuff going on, but that's exactly what liberals were saying about the renovations in the first place, that Trump had more important things to focus on than this renovation.
It doesn't help that such a huge deal was constantly made about how this renovation was going to last 100+ years, either. And it didn't last a week
All of the problems they're seeing now should have been anticipated during the renovation. Truly, it seems like all they did was drain it, scrub it, paint it, and refill it. They're absolutely astounded that they're seeing algae again when virtually nothing was done to prevent it. They even reused the same algae filled tubes and lines that were there previously.
So why did this cost $14 million dollars when it seems like the only big thing they did was paint it?
Update: There is a filtration system (based on aquatic technology unavailable in the 1920's) in place and starting to function. It always takes a while to shock the pool. Just sayin'
Well that explains why it was reported that they were vacuuming up dead algae yesterday. It was reported as if it was a foolish effort but perhaps not.
I'm not sure. It is a new technology to me; I've never used it, but yes, even if the algae dies, it still needs to be removed.
Ok
Does filling it with a dead sea level of salt not work? At least if alternated with fresh ever couple years? DC is pretty far from the sea, can't imagine there is a ton of sea water algae around to contaminate it.