Workers pour hydrogen peroxide into Lincoln Reflecting Pool to kill algae
Technicians poured gallons of hydrogen peroxide into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., to try to kill a heavy algae bloom. The Reflecting Pool holds roughly 6.75 million gallons of water, and workers were seen emptying individual gallon jugs into the basin days after a $14.2 million renovation under President Donald Trump that repainted the pool a darker "American flag" blue. Hydrogen peroxide breaks down rapidly in sunlight into water and oxygen, so small, daytime pours into millions of gallons are unlikely to eradicate the bloom and raise questions about treatment effectiveness and possible impacts on aquatic life.
The reflecting pool now hazardous to all living creatures. Brought to you by the folks who think windmills cause cancer.
I. L. Prentiss106They're trying to make it suitable for RFK Jr. to go swimming in it. 🙄
For Freedom's Sake4For a hot minute minute. That's a 12% solution they are pouring by the gallon jug into a 6.5 million gallon pool. It's not going to be effective, and even if there was by some mystical chance any noticable difference, the effects would be temporary.
New footage of workers dumping hydrogen peroxide into the algae-filled Reflecting Pool
Jacqui V25Oh yes, that’ll fix it, sure. A gallon of hydrogen peroxide.
© 2026 Matt Thompson. All Rights Reserved.13My very limited understanding is that this is a medium (12%) concentration and would require several thousand gallons of the stuff. But hey, if it works on cleaning game skulls…
Kiki H11The ducks will love that!
Trixiebelden757May those two companies go right out-of business
Nora Lynch7Trump’s stupidity coupled with his vanity is an insanely expensive duo.
Buttes6Literally our entire lives have become a series of #VEEP credits reel shots.
Slavuji6others have done more exacting calculations as to the amount needed, supported by knowledge of chemistry & pool maintenance. I would point out that pouring it this way is too dainty. just cut off the top and dump it in. Massive time waster. or, buy it by the tanker-truck load.
John H3With that volume of water I really don't believe that this will solve anything, even if the purity was 99 percent, but it might explode.
jungkafka.bsky.social2won't anyone think of the ducks ?
steveharbor.bsky.social2Trump recently made a major stock purchase in an industrial manufacturer of hydrogen peroxide. (And RFK jr is launching a campaign promoting it as a safe oral medicinal alternative to all classes of vaccine.)
Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers.2Jesus why not just dump a bunch of Clorox in there and call it a day
wts1135.bsky.social2Are all the people who work for trump idiots? (Not referring to the frontline workers. They have to do what the idiots tell them)
Nothing a couple gallons of hydrogen peroxide won’t fix. Algae in the Reflecting Pool continues to grow …
🅖🅤🅝🅝🅐.🅦🅩 (𝑔𝓏) 🇺🇸🇮🇸𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙼 𝙰𝙻𝙻33We all knew he wasn't going to drain the swamp, but I didn't think he would actually build a new one.
Jeni McCoy19They need to give the Reflecting Pool Ivermectin.
Underwater coatings can alter the PH of the water itself, and depending upon whether it's an 'open' or 'closed' coating, it can increase the surface area to harbor algae. A few gallons of anything isn't going to fix the problem, given how much water is in the reflecting pool itself.
Beth Unlimited11Meanwhile, the guys pouring household containers of hydrogen peroxide into the pool a) know it's not going to work, and b) know it's stupid but they're getting paid so no way they're saying anything.
Noelle Schultz8ETTD. It has never been beaten yet.😞
Let’s Do This7The company that took the 14 million to do the work didn’t know this would happen? 🤨
Green Hombre7Don't let your dog drink from this chemical stew.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS7The sell those pool cleaner robots, you know.
aswegrow.bsky.social6Doesn't peroxide bleach paint? asking for 13+ million bucks!
California Dreaming6This seems to be the administration that fixes things that aren't broken and makes them broken after fixing.
Aislinn6If it weren't for the fact that he spent our money on this, it would be sublimely comical.
T-Fish🇨🇦🍁5To me it’s par for the course. This administration fails at even the simplest of tasks. They’re the modern version of the Keystone Cops, Laurel and Hardy and the 3 Stooges all wrapped in a neat little bow.
iwillbedamned4Why do I get the feeling this is just a pretext to him cementing over the whole thing?
🇨🇦 🦋 🇺🇸4Plot twist: the bottles say "Hydrogen Peroxide"... but the insides are actually some horribly toxic DOW Chemical Agent Orange liquid kill-all. I wouldn't let wildlife near that cess pool. 💀
🦋 Aldamar 🦋 📎🇺🇸🇩🇰🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽4Making everything worse is kinda his villain super power.
sherylmomof5.bsky.social2No one ever told Trump as has ever been in a home improvement store that all pre-fab ponds or liners they sell are black. Plus the fact you still need algae eaters in them as well.
john.in.chicago2"Obviously the radical left lunatic Democrats dumped algae into the Pool. They want trump to look bad. We're working very strongly to remove it, and Kash is diverting 200 FBI agents from their work on violent crime to get to the bottom of this. Nobody knows more about algae than I do, believe me."
Sherri2At 6.5 million gallons of water it will take about 650 gal of hydrogen peroxide to temporarily kill the algae. Why did they not purchase 55 gal drums? Which Trump has money in a hydrogen peroxide supplier?
Kimberly ☀️2So Trump hires his pool guy who has no idea how to balance the water. Only massive amounts of chlorine will fix that.
Why don’t they just make the entire Reflecting Pool out of hydrogen peroxide?
Wiener King4Just fill the whole thing with clear epoxy and use lights and lasers or whatever to make it look like water.
"and they didn't. Obama didn't even try it. Hydrogen Peroxide is cleaner than water. Most people don't know that. So we've got a beautiful blue lake. they've tried for years. we did it."
killiplaw.bsky.social2Yes a few jugs of that should do the trick.
Hi good morning! SCIENCE HAS THE SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT'S NOT DUMBING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INTO THE REFLECTING POOL.
Jaynie’s Got a Bun3But he loves birds! It’s why he hates windmills
Ferric Fang, MD2Seems metaphorical to turn the reflecting pool into a toxic pond with dead birds floating in it.
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD2At least they did not dump ivermectin into the pool!
gwpda.bsky.social2I maintained my 40,000 gallon pool in Phx using only PHOSfree - even when the air temp was 120F and the water temp was around 95F. Of course that water wasnt recycled thru the Tidal Basin - and none of my filter system leaked.
Who can convince Trump to turn the reflecting pool into the nation’s largest shrimp tank
utopia deferred63He can fix this nation’s widening divide
🦉3Imagine still playing with such a small ball. You gringos don't deserve this but let me know when you want to take the training wheels off and make real money. Indoor shrimp farming. It's like being able to scoop gold right out of a kiddie pool. It's multiplying your money by 100. Aquaponics is the
Camilo 🏆2i think a collab between trump and the millennial Black private-equity CEO of red lobster could really heal this country
For extra laughs, look up: 1) how many gallons of water the reflecting pool holds 2) how many gallons of 3% hydrogen peroxide solution you would need to dump in to kill all the algae Congratulations DC on your new pool bill!
Vern McCandlish5Nothing quite as nostalgic for a GenX as that public pool chemical smell.
Ira Weinschel4It’s maintained by the National Park Service so it’s *our* pool bill. 🤡
&y3Hydrogen peroxide may be how skyscrapers remain algae free, but we all now know that the pool is taller than those buildings. Probably needs a better algaecide.
raebalop.bsky.social3It’s hilarious and sad… for a variety of reasons. I wonder how many kids could’ve been immunized and fed with that money 😔
Mark Anderson2Turns out it’s 12% but that doesn’t change the math much. Still thousands of gallons.
