...pouring stuff from 1-gallon jugs into a body of water that size is a joke.

On edit: So, Donnie's idea, right?

According to Wikipedia, " (The original reflecting pool) held approximately 6,750,000 U.S. gallons (25,600,000 liters) of water.[9] It was completely rebuilt between 2009 and 2012.[10] How much water the pool currently holds since the 2009 restoration is unknown."

The guide below only shows figures for 30,000 gallons, max size.

https://alliancechemical.com/blogs/articles/hydrogen-peroxide-pool-treatment-the-complete-guide-to-chlorine-free-swimming

Complete Dosing Guide by Pool Size
Proper dosing depends on your pool volume, the H₂O₂ concentration you are using, and whether you are performing an initial shock or routine maintenance. The tables below cover the most common scenarios.

Important: Avoid 3% Drugstore H₂O₂
Household 3% hydrogen peroxide is far too dilute for pool treatment. You would need over 100 gallons of 3% to achieve what 1 gallon of 30% can do. Always use technical or higher-grade concentrations for pool and spa applications.

Initial Shock Treatment (First-Time or Conversion)
When converting from chlorine or shocking a pool for the first time with H₂O₂, use these doses to reach a target of 80–100 ppm:

Note: 12% requires gloves, 25% requires gloves and eye protection, 30% requires full PPE.

...before dumping peroxide into the pool.

a pool specilaist about the color, because any pool guy knows dark pool dolors encourage akea growth

I saw just now a photo of a bunch of workers standing around with really small containers and some hoses going into the pool. No PPE in view, from what I could tell. Don't know the concentration of the H2O3 - I would love to find out. Either way, the word is that they are crazy.

They are using 12% and will need 4,000 gallons. I don't know why they didn't use the 30%?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/was-hydrogen-peroxide-dumped-into-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-171003668.html

I think they didn't want to use chlorine because it can be toxic to some of the wild life.

The effects of H202 are fairly short lived.

Some of the chlorine products are stablized. But once you start putting stabilized chlorine in a pool, it essentially becomes a "swimming pool" with swimming pool maintenance. (Levels need to be checked etc)

Even chlorine itself (Household bleach) can change the pH. Dichlor and trichlor can also change the pH. I could not use trichlor products in my little pool for some reason. Tricholor is the most stabilizing. H202 is pretty much neutral.

There is also sodium perisuflate which is used as a shock. It's "safer" than chlorine products. (It doesn't impact pool pH much) It comes in powdered form.

When it sits around for awhile, it basically releases the "extra" oxygen and transforms into plain water.

Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy.
Step one: get your personal pool guy and give him a no-bid contract.
Step two: Ignore any scientific assessment.
Step three: Gaslight with the paint color, American Flag Blue.
Step four: Glory in your brilliant win.

Geez! And how long do we have to look at the Tarp at the Kennedy Center, the hole where the West Wing was, the ugly UFC Six Flags look alike, the golden crap covering everything etc. etc. etc.

may it be today

to keep everything away from djt and his f**king ideas. Usually ends up in a mess somewhere...

And I thought tRUMP was a builder, who should have known this, eh?

I expect the H2O2 will cause sediment (like dead algal mats) to start floating towards the surface.

on any more of his decorating ideas because he is an idiot. We are stuck with the bills to do these idiotic things and will have to pay to fix all of them.
Any Congress people up for that?

Sure. They all have a D after their name (or an I in some cases, like Bernie). If there were more of them and fewer Retrumplicans, the Democrats could get somrhing done!

I saw a news report a couple of days ago where an Interior Dept spokesperson sais the algae are coming from the supply pipes where algae accumulated "during the Obama and Biden terms when the Pool was neglected."


https://www.wired.com/story/reflecting-pool-full-of-algae-climate-change/

I hear drumpt has already bought rights to this wonderful, serendipitous, sparkling solution formed therein. He claims if injected the shimmering pool has biblical healing powers that will obliterate any liberal notions swirling about your leftist mind. It’s the best antidote against antifa, don’t you know.

RFK has asked for volunteers to prove its efficacy. Sadly, he’s unavailable himself. Something about brain worms don’t like hydrogen peroxide.

Former competitive swimmer here:

There's a reason most pools have light-colored bottoms, as the article indicates.

That said, I did swim in some pools with darker bottoms. Not many, but I encountered them. (This was a very long time ago.). Nevertheless, they were clear and algae-free.

I assume this is because the water was properly chlorinated and filtered. Knowing what I know now, I have to assume these pools were more expensive to maintain; nevertheless, maintained they were.

Given how much larger in area these reflecting pools are, I suspect the kinds of filtration used in swimming pools might be either ineffective or cost-prohibitive, which is why I asked. I honestly don't know the answer; I've been to the pools, but I wasn't looking for how they were maintained.

It's not a swimming pool.

Public swimming pools require high levels of chemicals and filtration.

I had 3,000 gal pool. (2.5 feet deep, 10 feet diameter)

Boy oh boy. (It was near a tree) That thing was a pain to deal with. My exercise routine consisted of scrubbing the pool walls and floors. And it wasn't a public pool either.

Which tells me the peroxide idea might have come from the hairless chupacabra, sometimes referred to as Stephen Miller

On the plus side, it probably won't last long, especially under full sunlight. And iron salts (ubiquitous in Nature) catalyze the decomposition.

So it will mostly start breaking down and dissipating as it gets diluted.

Then I saw that the pool is deeper in the center (something like 30" ) and shallower along the edges (18" ). So that may impact the distribution of any chemicals.

Asking for a friend…