2026年6月18日 美国东部时间下午6:21 / CNN
作者：阿比盖尔·勒德海瑟、迈克尔·威廉姆斯、基特·马赫尔
内容提要
- 林肯纪念堂倒影池底部的蓝色涂层在重新注水数日后出现剥落现象。
- 该水池翻新工程由特朗普总统下令推进，耗资约1400万美元，远超最初预估成本。
- 这座标志性水池数十年来一直饱受藻类滋生和渗漏问题困扰，此前已进行过多次翻新。
本文由AI生成摘要，并经CNN编辑审核。
林肯纪念堂倒影池底部有部分蓝色涂层正在剥落，这里刚在数日前完成蓝色涂装并重新注水，这是特朗普总统下令推进的耗资数百万美元翻新工程的一部分。
18日周四，CNN在国家广场现场观察到，水池某区域底部有一块蓝色涂层翻卷，部分仍与池底相连，正漂浮向水面。目前尚不清楚该物质是涂料还是密封胶，也不清楚其脱落的原因。
美国内政部未立即回应置评请求。
当被展示相关涂层剥落的图片和视频后，负责该水池翻新工程的弗吉尼亚州企业大西洋工业涂料公司所有者埃迪·伍德表示，现有图像无法提供足够信息“来确切判断那是什么”。
“我们后续维护时需要处理好几项问题，这类情况如果确实是故障，也会被解决的，”伍德说道。
水池基础设施专家、水上设施委员会主席蒂姆·奥厄恩表示，仅从视频很难判断造成“明显分层脱落”的原因。
“涂层系统失效可能有多种原因，包括基底处理、表面污染、施工条件、附着力问题、产品选择、机械损伤、环境影响，或是多种因素共同作用，”奥厄恩说道。
CNN在倒影池某区域观察到一块部分仍与池底相连的蓝色涂层翻卷物。
华盛顿特区倒影池内漂浮的蓝色物体。
他补充道，更大的问题在于，这究竟只是水池某一区域的局部问题，还是涂层本身存在更广泛、更系统性的缺陷。
“如果多个位置都出现涂层附着力下降的情况，那可能预示着更严重的隐患，”他说道。
此次问题是特朗普今年4月下令翻新这座数十年来一直作为国家广场核心景观的水池以来，该标志性水景遭遇的最新一波麻烦。
这座水池自一个世纪前首次开放以来，历届美国政府都一直被藻类滋生和渗漏问题所困扰。
2012年，奥巴马政府斥资3400万美元对水池进行了为期18个月的翻新，旨在解决持续存在的水华问题。然而，翻新工程完工后不久，水池再次变得浑浊不堪、散发异味，布满藻类、鸟类粪便和死鸭。
此次翻新未能妥善解决水池问题，成为特朗普推动自身翻新计划的政治口实，他下令将水池底部涂装为他所称的“美国国旗蓝”。
该翻新工程最初预估成本为180万美元。根据内政部授予大西洋工业涂料公司的合同摘要，该项目最终成本似乎达到了1470万美元。
但没过多久，同样的问题就再次出现。本月初刚翻新完毕的水池重新注水后不久，藻类就再次让水体变色。
2026年6月18日拍摄的林肯纪念堂倒影池大片区域仍呈绿色，藻类清晰可见。
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2026年6月18日拍摄的林肯纪念堂倒影池水面。
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本周早些时候，为了修复水体变色问题，工作人员被拍到向水池中倾倒罐装过氧化氢，内政部发言人将此举描述为“使用先进纳米气泡技术”。但截至周四下午，水池大片区域仍呈绿色，藻类清晰可见。
此次水池翻新是特朗普总统下令推进的多项“美化”华盛顿特区工程之一。特朗普还曾推动在白宫东翼修建宴会厅、在阿灵顿国家公墓附近建造巨型拱门，并提议修建“美国英雄国家花园”，在全美各地设立250座栩栩如生的美国历史知名人物雕像。
Blue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation
2026-06-18 6:21 PM ET / CNN
By Abigail Roedersheimer, Michael Williams, Kit Maher
Summary
- Blue material is peeling off the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after its refilling.
- The pool’s renovation was ordered by President Trump and cost about $14 million, far exceeding initial estimates.
- The iconic pool has struggled with algae and leaks for decades despite multiple renovations.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by President Donald Trump.
On Thursday at the National Mall, CNN observed a flap of blue material that was partially attached to the bottom in one area of the pool and floating toward the top. It is unclear if the material is paint or sealant, and it’s unclear what caused it to come up.
The Department of the Interior did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Shown pictures and videos of the material, Eddie Wood, who owns Atlantic Industrial Coatings, the Virginia-based firm hired to renovate the pool, said the images do not provide enough information “to tell exactly what that is.”
“There’s several things that we’ve got to address when we come back for maintenance, and anything like that will be addressed, if it’s a problem,” Wood said.
Tim Auerhahn, a pool infrastructure expert and the chairman of the Aquatic Council, said it’s difficult to tell from the videos what was causing the “apparent delamination.”
“A coating system can fail for several reasons, including substrate preparation, surface contamination, application conditions, adhesion issues, product selection, mechanical damage, environmental exposure, or a combination of factors,” Auerhahn said.
CNN observed a flap of blue material partially attached to the bottom in one area of the Reflecting Pool.
Blue object floating in reflecting pool in Washington, DC.
The larger question, he added, is whether this represents a localized issue in that part of the pool or a larger, more systemic issue with the coating.
“If the coating is losing adhesion in multiple locations, that could indicate a more significant concern,” he said.
The issue is the latest to plague the iconic body of water since Trump ordered the pool, which has served as the centerpiece of the National Mall for decades, to be renovated in April.
Issues with algae and leaks have bedeviled various presidential administrations nearly since the pool was first opened a century ago.
In 2012, President Barack Obama’s administration spent $34 million on an 18-month renovation of the pool which was meant to address ongoing issues with algae blooms.
However, shortly after that renovation was completed, the pool again became a murky, smelly mess, filled with algae, bird waste and dead ducks.
That apparent failure to adequately address the issues with the pool became political fodder for Trump when he ordered his own renovation, seeking to repaint the bottom of the pool a color which he referred to as “American flag blue.”
The renovations were initially estimated to cost $1.8 million. It appears the cost of the project is now up to $14.7 million, according to a contract summary of the Interior Department’s award to Atlantic Industrial Coatings.
But it didn’t take long for many of the same issues to resurface. Not long after the newly renovated pool was filled with water earlier this month, algae again discolored the water.
The surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool remains green in large sections with algae visible on June 18, 2026.
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The surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026.
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Earlier this week, in an apparent effort to remediate that discoloration, workers were seen pouring jugs of hydrogen peroxide into the pool and deployed what an Interior spokesperson described as “advanced nanobubbler technology.” As of Thursday afternoon, the pool was still green in large sections, with algae visible.
The pool renovation is one of several projects ordered by the president to “beautify” Washington, DC. Trump has also sought to build a ballroom at the East Wing of the White House; build a towering arch near Arlington National Cemetery; and has proposed constructing a “National Garden of American Heroes,” with 250 lifelike statues of several prominent Americans throughout the country’s history.
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