Reflecting Pool peeling: new drama swirls in the shallow waters after President Trump’s $14 million renovation

The Reflecting Pool on the National Mall has become the country’s most high-profile science experiment, with workers battling against nature.

The National Park Service in April sidestepped the usual competitive bidding process, awarding a $1.7 million cleaning contract to Ohio-based Greenwater Services, which had only ever been given one other federal contract.

Workers of the US National Park Service are urgently working to address an algae problem that has turned the water in Washington's famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool green.

The "American flag blue" coating appears to be peeling away in some sections.