{"id":2624326,"date":"2026-07-05T11:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reflecting-pool-algae-was-in-the-pipes-burgum-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:39:09","slug":"reflecting-pool-algae-was-in-the-pipes-burgum-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reflecting-pool-algae-was-in-the-pipes-burgum-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting Pool algae was &#8216;in the pipes&#8217; Burgum says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freflecting-pool-algae-was-in-the-pipes-burgum-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2624326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that teh algae present in the Reflecting Pool was \u201cin the pipes\u201d and has now been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-language-scientists-claim-to-have-created-robot-cloned-pigs\/\" title=\"Chinese language Scientists ... to Have Created Robot-Cloned Pigs\">fully eliminated<\/a>, contradicting President Trump&#8217;s claim that vandals caused the algae. Burgum highlighted that recent technology, specifically nanobubblers, has effectively cleared the algae and ensured an algae-free pond. He clarified that the algae was due to issues with the pipes prior to the recent renovation, not vandalism. Burgum also addressed concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-flag-blue-coating-apparently-peeling-off-in-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool\/\" title=\"\u2018American flag blue\u2019 coating apparently peeling off in Lincoln Memorial ...\">paint peeling<\/a>, explaining it was due to an industrial liner used during the renovation, not paint damage.Additionally, he dismissed suggestions that Trump\u2019s motorcade damaged the pool and commented dismissively on the indictment of former Olympian David Hearn over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-crime-hoax-black-university-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-painting-racist-graffiti-on-school-building\/\" title=\"HATE CRIME HOAX: Black University Employee Arrested For Allegedly ...ing Racist Graffiti on School Building\">alleged vandalism<\/a>, emphasizing that being a former governor does not exempt individuals from obeying the law. The interview took place shortly after the U.S. celebrated its 250th birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-cmte-questions-biden-classified-document-timeline\/\" title=\"Oversight Committee Inquires About Biden&#039;s Classified Document Schedule\">amid ongoing discussions<\/a> about the Reflecting Pool\u2019s condition and repair efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interior Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5973\">Doug Burgum<\/a> said the algae in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4631720\/reflecting-pool-what-stains-nation-more-than-algae\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4631720\">Reflecting Pool<\/a> was \u201cin the pipes\u201d and is now all gone despite President Donald Trump\u2019s insistence that vandals had introduced the organisms to the pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appearing on CNN the day after the U.S. celebrated its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">250th birthday<\/a>, the conversation quickly switched to drama around the Reflecting Pool after a single question about fireworks, to Burgum\u2019s chagrin. When asked by host Dana Bash what went wrong, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >interior secretary touted<\/a> the progress that had been made.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4636430\/trump-american-exceptionalism-condemns-communism-july-4-speech\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump touts American exceptionalism and condemns communism in July 4 speech<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4636420\/trump-promises-america-250-speech-despite-weather\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump promises to deliver America 250 speech despite inclement weather: \u2018I will be there\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4636384\/severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued-washington-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Freedom 250 attendees told to evacuate after severe thunderstorm warning<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, the algae is all gone.\u00a0I mean, that was a momentary\u00a0thing. As it was being\u00a0refilled, there was algae in the\u00a0pipes, but the new technology,\u00a0the nanobubblers that have been\u00a0installed \u2014 if you go down there\u00a0today and look at it, it is\u00a0completely clean and clear,\u201d Burgum said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd\u00a0so for the first time, there\u2019s\u00a0an actual solution that involves\u00a0making sure that we\u2018ve got an\u00a0algae-free pond,\u201d he added, then turning to claims that paint was peeling off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt keeps being\u00a0reported that this was paint. It\u00a0was not paint. This was an\u00a0industrial liner that was put\u00a0into the pool for the very first\u00a0time, multiple layers fixing 2 1\/2 miles of expansion,\u201d Burgum continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His reply drew attention for blaming the presence of algae on problems with the pipes before the renovation rather than vandals, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628098\/trump-criminally-made-algae-reflecting-pool\/\">as Trump had done<\/a>, with the president even suggesting vandals had introduced fertilizer to foster the algae\u2019s growth. Burgum still blamed vandals for the industrial lining peeling off, however.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in the interview, Burgum denied that Trump\u2019s motorcade driving over the pool damaged it and said the same contractors who refitted the pool would do the repairs, as they did a \u201cfantastic job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4636478\/photos-record-fireworks-show-july-4-dc\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4636478\/photos-record-fireworks-show-july-4-dc\/\">PHOTOS: RECORD FIREWORKS SHOW LIGHTS UP DC FOR AMERICA\u2019S 250TH BIRTHDAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about David Hearn, the former Olympian who was indicted by a grand jury over his alleged vandalism of the Reflecting Pool, which he denies, Burgum was dismissive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can be a former governor \u2014 just because you were a former something doesn\u2019t exclude you from the law today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burgum: Algae in Reflecting Pool gone; pipes were the issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2624327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26175711940547.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[21492,28356,36450,78950,36571],"class_list":["post-2624326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-algae","tag-burgum","tag-environmental-issues","tag-reflecting-pool","tag-water-quality"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26175711940547.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624330,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624326\/revisions\/2624330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2624327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}