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In reply to the discussion: pool renovation expert had seen it coming - the algae bloom in the relecting pool was inevitable when painted a dark co [View all]Farmer-Rick
(12,834 posts)Algae dies in dark pipes. I move my water for animals into underground storage during summer to prevent algae growth so rapid that it blooms immediately when I pump it into their troughs.
The brilliant pedo Trump administration pumped the new water from an open water source with algae already in it. (Perhaps the Potomac or Anacostia rivers?) And it merely grew and thrived in the extra heat.
Most algae will die in about 7 days in the dark. Some very hardy types of algae will take about 2 weeks to die. But algae does not grow or survive in dark pipes. The pool was empty for about 6 weeks. Long enough to kill most all algae.
They should consider covering it with a black out tarp. That will kill it in about 2 weeks. Though I can't imagine a blackout tarp that big.
Also a salt pool would be more environmentally safe than all the chemicals they are pouring into the pool.
This is what happens when scientists are removed from the equation.