With enough H2O2, about 6,500 gallons in this case, they can definitely kill the algae (for a time being, the H2O2 won’t last long before breaking down, and then you’ll get another algae bloom). The dead algae will lose its green color and settle on the bottom.
The bigger question is how it will react with the algaecides that are also meant to be in the pool.
If the Trump team isn’t involved and it’s just NPS acting on its’ own, it might be well thought out: shock the pool with H2O2 to kill the algae and reset, then get ahead of the next bloom with a larger algaecide does to compensate for the warmer waters created by the darker bottom.
I‘m no specialist, how do you remove algae with peroxide? Do they want to bleach it a lighter color of green?
With enough H2O2, about 6,500 gallons in this case, they can definitely kill the algae (for a time being, the H2O2 won’t last long before breaking down, and then you’ll get another algae bloom). The dead algae will lose its green color and settle on the bottom.
The bigger question is how it will react with the algaecides that are also meant to be in the pool.
If the Trump team isn’t involved and it’s just NPS acting on its’ own, it might be well thought out: shock the pool with H2O2 to kill the algae and reset, then get ahead of the next bloom with a larger algaecide does to compensate for the warmer waters created by the darker bottom.
Maybe they also want to poison any animal that drinks from the pool. Yknow, as a warning to the public.
The water gets circulated between the pool and the Tidal Basin. Fish there about to go belly up.
No H2O2 is used in aquariums to kill algae. I mean concentration has to be low but it turns to water.
Next headline: “Republicans Blame Democrats for Rafts of Rat Corpses in the Reflecting Pool”
Probably.
They don’t want it clean, they want it to appear clean.
Optics are the only thing they care about, and that almost always results in more work for more money for the worst result.
No one thinks long term anymore
Peroxide is an oxidant, it kills bacteria and algae without the odor of chlorine bleach.
But it does not last long, it’s gone in an hour, so these clowns have no idea what they are doing.