Donald Trump’s $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation couldn’t stop algae from blooming in the D.C. heat and turning the water a murky shade of green once again.
The unsightly hue plagued the pool just in time for an estimated 125,000 people to descend on Washington for Trump’s “Freedom 250” UFC fights on the White House lawn for his birthday on Sunday — despite work crews spreading chlorine pellets to try to deter algae growth.
The Washington Post reported that the bloom “expanded between Wednesday and Thursday amid wet and warm weather.”
Yeah, the entire underlying problem are the pipes that lead to the pool as many have tried to tell him. The pipes leading to and from the treatment machine need to be fully replaced. When the pool was renovated in 2012, the pipes installed were for the wrong application. The land the pool sits on is formerly wetlands. So special attention is required for putting in pipes in that area. This wasn’t done and so the soil is literally crushing the pipes allowing water treatment to leak into the surrounding soil.
This is why they’ve had to have people physically go out there and manually treat the pool. The problem is that the treatment is never making to the pool in a large enough volume to make a difference. But the manual treatment requires people in large “unsightly” protective gear to wade through the pool and treat the water. Then they have to rope off the section that was treated to ensure no one tried to enter the pool until the treatment has diluted enough.
Trump keeps doing the thing Trump is known for, cutting corners that ultimately mean more money is spent long term. The problem is the pipes. They need to be replaced. But then the pool has to be closed for large construction and the short term cost goes up. So Trump keeps just putting a band-aid on it over and over and over again like the idiot he is.
He’s been told what the issue is and what the fix is. He just wants a short-term “fix” so he looks good. He’s not actually interested in fixing the pool. The pipes have to be ripped out and new ones installed. That is the only true fix.
This sounds personal in some way. Know someone who bid on it?
I doubt they do. Want to know why? Because nobody fucking bid on it.
It is personal to me because it was a no-bid contract for under $2 million that increased by over 700% to $14 million of money directly from taxpayers. This is my money.
Want to try to defend that, or…?
Are you familiar with large capital projects and how much a project funded by public money is allowed to increase by legally? Because I am.
It’s 20% the original contract amount in most places. Not 700%.
I’m just trying to understand how you know pipes are the problem? I ain’t defending shit, but your speaking with authority and in depth knowledge. Is it bull shit? If you think I’m defending anything here that’s just projection on your part.
It’s been all over the news.
This sounds like you’re a conservative on Lemmy. Fuckin weird.
Lol? Question someone speaking as if they have inside knowledge makes you conservative?
I really hope you’re just a bot.Q