Algae bloom in Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reaches record levels days after $14M renovation
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Meg Kelly, Maura Judkis
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Summary
Days after a $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool was completed, satellite data analysis shows algae levels spiked to their highest recorded point in June in at least five years, indicating one of the biggest algae blooms in years.
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· 2 pulledDays after the completion this month of a $14 million renovation, the shallow water in the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool had more algae in it than at any recorded point in the month of June for at least five years
An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after a $14 million renovation was completed.
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