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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Is the reflection not full of chlorine to prevent this? It's a super wide, super shallow stagnant body of water.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It has apparently always been a problem and without a complete overhaul of the plumbing to be redone to accomodate these fixes it wont change. I think Obama had a bid out to have it done but did not do it when it was like 20 million to do it. I also think it's hilarious that he just spent 10 million to do absolutely nothing. At least his pool company is now rich. From my understanding even that paint job will only last like 5 years tops.

I also think it's hilarious that he just spent 10 million to do absolutely nothing

That's not true!

He spent 16 million doing nothing except rob it of its ability to reflect.

[–] Oyml77@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

I expect that there was a little kickback money in it for himself, so not for nothing

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Online federal contracting records show that $1.7 million was awarded to Green Water Solutions for the ozone nanobubbling system, while $14.2 million was awarded to Atlantic Industrial Coatings to line the pool in the color “American Flag Blue.”

Source

It's an ozone system, just like the one before it.

An Interior Department spokesperson said that the current algae is “residual” from supply lines that sat dormant for eight weeks during construction. The residue is part of the normal startup process, the spokesperson said.

(Same source as above quote)

I don't know why they wouldn't drain the lines but okay.

I don't know the details of the new system. If it's only for treating the new water being fed into the pool like the old one, it's not going to prevent all blooms just minimize the amount of algae or food brought in with the new water.

You can't constantly be bubbling ozone through open pools of water because it off gasses. When it's used as a disinfectant in drinking water the offgas need to be captured and treated.

Eta: found an article from May describing the system

I don't know why they wouldn't drain the lines

Less money left over for kickbacks is my guess.

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

You need a huge plant to produce enough chlorine to filter that.