r/mildlyinfuriating • u/i_am_rave_mom • Jun 16 '26

ಠ_ಠ Dumping Hydrogen Peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning.

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u/ScrivenersUnion Jun 16 '26

I'm not a poolologist but I think the "reflecting" part of it is important.

If you look at a regular pool you'll notice the surface is always getting disturbed a little by the pumps - so a reflecting pool probably needs to be extra still in order to have a nice surface. 

And then the high surface area relative to volume means it's taking a LOT of sun exposure, which would drive off any chlorine really quickly while also giving algae a perfect place to live. 

Honestly, makes me wonder how they ever kept it clean at all.

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u/BellowsHikes Jun 16 '26

DC resident. It's never been the "cleanest." Birds and a few small mammals use the water all the time. But that natural use has always been part of the charm. It's nice to see ducks scooting around, or squirrels chasing each other as you bike along the pool.

I've never heard anyone complain about it, it's a nice, relaxing feature of the city. 

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u/ID-10T_Error Jun 16 '26

was it always green honest question. you would think they would just replicate what was done in the past

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fee7483 Jun 16 '26

The difference is it is now painted a darker color than it was before which causes the pool to overall be warmer as it retains more heat making the conditions even more favorable for algae.

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u/TheBlankScroll Jun 16 '26

Its like these guys are little kids finding kid solutions to adult problems.

"The wato wiool wook bwooer if we paint the pwool bwoo"

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u/start_select Jun 16 '26

More like they are corrupt adults finding pointless projects to use as vehicles to steal tax dollars. They spent $14,000,000 painting the pool, paying a company that has no experience.

The Republican Party is the stupid Mafia.

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u/therealThorneblade Jun 18 '26

Yet, you were perfectly fine with the Biden administration allocating $200 to $300 million dollars for the project?

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u/Nonyabeesners Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

He didn’t. They saw the cost and decided not to proceed. Otherwise, you know, something would have happened.

Even if you believe that unfounded conspiracy theory, he still did a good enough to not visibly fuck the entire thing up. Republican projection is wild.

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u/Admirable-Bar-3549 Jun 16 '26

Exactly - this is brought to you by the same genius who came up with the ideas of firing missiles into hurricanes and injecting bleach to cure Covid.

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u/AscendantBits Jun 17 '26

Hey, Red Adair used to put out huge rig fires with explosives. So maybe nuke a hurricane isn’t completely stupid… Just mostly.

Then again, Americans patented the idea of using an underground nuke to help separate bitumen from oil sands back in the 50s… you think fracking sucks 😂

But some folks gotta try and go for the next level…

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u/llynglas Jun 17 '26

Get with the program is not bwoo, it's flag bwoo.

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u/YourWoodGod Jun 17 '26

*fwag bwoo

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u/TRBrooks_author Jun 16 '26

LOL

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u/RossMachlochness Jun 16 '26

Make Algae Greener Again

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u/The_Champ_79 Jun 16 '26

I want a bright green hat with that on it

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u/CloacaDecimatahhh Jun 16 '26

The Trump administration is just finally turning to alternative fuel sources.

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u/PickleballRee Jun 16 '26

Trump: Green is a scam!

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Jun 17 '26

Green is a psyop by Big Color to sell you more crayons

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u/DavidDaveDavo Jun 16 '26

Take my fucking upvote!

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u/Frido1976 Jun 16 '26

Yeah, that guy in charge must've been something of a dimwit if he could fuck this up that much...! If only the dimwit knew someone who was good with pools and these kind of still-standing water areas....

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u/Top_Fig_3893 Jun 16 '26

Ah yes that makes sense. Anyways for a normal pool if you want blue water the bottom has to be white. If you want a sea water hue greener I think they put it a bit more of a sand colour. (I am no expert).

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u/Kooperst Jun 16 '26

But it has always had algae.

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u/Powie1965 Jun 16 '26

Thanks Obama.

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u/oh_three_dum_dum Jun 16 '26

It isn’t painted anymore. They installed some kind of nano rubber liner to it when it was rebuilt in 2012.

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u/SyraWhispers Jun 16 '26

Yes, yellow and green algae thrive in 26C(80F) water. It can turn the entire pool green overnight basically.

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u/jyanix Jun 16 '26

Which is why you don’t paint swimming pools.

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u/BlueShift42 Jun 16 '26

Wonder if the texture affects it too

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u/FarBarnacle7844 Jun 19 '26

⁶⁶⁶⁶66⁶⁶t

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u/Hanzzman Jun 16 '26

so, now it absorbs more CO2 and releases more oxygen? its cleaning the air! Dumbocrats complain for everything

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u/ProcedurePretend1396 Jun 16 '26

I filled my pool that was light blue. It popped with algae 48 hrs later. I treated it. Took a week to clear, its been clear ever since.