As the Lincoln Reflecting Pool turned green with algae, officials are now using chemicals to fix it.

It has been 14 years since the overhaul of the Washington D.C., reflecting pool was finished. It was the first time in 90 years that the reflecting pool was repaired, and a more cost-effective way to bring water into it was developed.

To fight the bloom, the Trump administration has tried to kill the algae — with hydrogen peroxide and a technology called nanobubbles, which can damage algal cells — and then vacuum it up. This doesn’t, however, address the root of the problem, Elser said: the nutrients.

The duck's cause of death is still unclear amid concerns about water quality, chemical treatments, and environmental conditions.

In fact, people online have not only expressed a desire for resources such as the National Guard to be used on more pressing matters, but they're also so dumbfounded over the display that they're cracking jokes.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green and new paint peeled days after a $16 million renovation was completed. Officials touted blue paint and a nanobubble system to kill algae, and the