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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, freshly repainted for America’s 250th anniversary, is now battling a stubborn green algae outbreak—just days after the makeover. Crews are deploying underwater vacuums to clean up the algae, while a $1.74 million “nano bubble” system, touted by the Interior Department as algae-killing tech, is in action. But with the project already over budget by $4 million and blue paint peeling, visitors are divided: some say it’s a lost cause, others believe time and tech will restore its iconic blue. The National Park Service insists the algae problem is chronic and the new system is working—though images show visible paint damage. Can this $14.65 million effort truly revive the pool’s legendary glow?

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