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阿尔登·法希 华盛顿分社 managing editor
阿尔登·法希是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻华盛顿分社的总编辑。他曾报道多场总统竞选以及奥巴马、特朗普和拜登政府的相关动态。他的监制作品包括《与梅杰·加勒特共进午餐》以及哥伦比亚广播公司新闻原创播客《背叛特工》，其报道曾斩获两项艾美奖、一项杜邦奖和纽约节金奖。
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华盛顿讯——联邦记录显示，美国政府向一家由特朗普捐赠者拥有的公司授予了一份价值170万美元的合同，用于为林肯纪念堂倒影池安装新的净水系统。目前，特朗普总统正推动对该水池进行全面翻新，同时水池正面临藻类泛滥和漆面剥落的问题。
这份授予“纳米气泡”过滤系统安装服务的无竞标合同，花落总部位于俄亥俄州的Green Water Solutions公司。联邦合同文件显示，该公司的所有者为“JJ Cafaro Investment Trust”。根据联邦选举委员会的备案信息，该信托基金的总裁兼首席执行官是约翰·J·卡法罗。
卡法罗近年来曾向多名共和党候选人及保守派事业捐款。他曾大量资助特朗普的竞选活动以及与特朗普相关的团体，仅2020年就曾向特朗普胜利筹款委员会捐赠25万美元。联邦选举委员会的记录显示，他也曾在不同时期向民主党人捐款。
作为商人和房地产开发商，卡法罗曾在2010年因向其女儿的国会竞选活动捐款违反竞选财务法而认罪。近十年前，他还曾承认共谋贿赂民主党众议员詹姆斯·特拉菲坎特，并与检方合作。
卡法罗和妻子在佛罗里达州棕榈滩拥有一处住宅，距离总统的海湖庄园不到一英里。
Green Water Solutions也以Greenwater Services的名义开展业务。记者联系卡法罗未获回复，该公司让哥伦比亚广播公司新闻联系内政部下属的国家公园管理局。《纽约时报》率先报道了卡法罗参与倒影池项目的消息。
在其官网中，Green Water Solutions介绍其专长是利用向水中注入注入臭氧的“纳米气泡”的系统，净化水中的藻类、细菌和其他污染物。
联邦合同记录显示，该公司还获得过另一项政府合同：2025年一份价值100万美元的合同，用于开展一项可行性研究，评估利用其纳米气泡系统处理蒂华纳河的污水流量。
Green Water Solutions似乎还曾为特朗普集团旗下物业提供过服务。该公司在领英页面发布了一年多前为新泽西州贝德明斯特的总统高尔夫俱乐部的一处池塘进行水处理工作的照片。
如今，Green Water Solutions获聘负责林肯纪念堂倒影池的翻新工作。这座拥有百年历史的浅水池面积超过30万平方英尺，多年来一直饱受藻类爆发的困扰。特朗普总统亲自关注倒影池的翻新项目，详细讨论过该项目，还曾亲临现场，并亲自挑选了水池石材地面使用的工业级密封胶颜色：“美国国旗蓝”。
内政部于4月雇佣Green Water Solutions在倒影池安装纳米气泡系统，以替换“现有、失效的过滤基础设施”。
该合同未经过完整的竞争性竞标流程。政府援引了一项针对“异常且极具紧迫性”项目的合同规则，称需要在7月4日美国建国250周年庆典前完成倒影池的修复工作。政府还称纳米气泡系统属于“高度专业化的小众技术，国内供应商有限”。
白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯驳斥了任何利益冲突的说法。
“这份合同是由内政部授予的；白宫并未参与选拔流程，”罗杰斯说道。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已向内政部寻求置评。
卡法罗周五向俄亥俄州扬斯敦当地报纸《捍卫者报》表示，特朗普“对我公司承接倒影池项目的工作一无所知”，并称他“绝不会就此事与总统交谈”，因为“你不会做让朋友陷入尴尬境地的事”。
卡法罗还表示，“我不明白这为什么会成为一个问题”，他认为“该系统在灭藻方面效果显著”，公众的关注是由“似乎不喜欢特朗普的人”推动的。
联邦合同记录显示，另有一份价值1470万美元的无竞标合同授予弗吉尼亚州的大西洋工业涂料公司，用于在倒影池池面安装密封胶。
几天前，在水被重新泵回倒影池后，问题开始出现。本周早些时候，水中出现了一层藻类薄膜，到周四时，新安装的池面至少有一处出现了剥落现象。
内政部发言人表示，藻类爆发是由“水池供水管线中滞留的死水携带的残留藻类”引起的，称这属于“正常的启动流程”。该部门随后在X平台上表示，纳米气泡系统“非常有效地杀灭了藻类”。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已就密封胶剥落问题联系该部门。
人们当时看到工作人员正在清理藻类并向水中注入过氧化氢。近日还能看到一套纳米气泡系统。
Company owned by Trump donor won $1.7 million no-bid Reflecting Pool cleaning contract
June 19, 2026 / 7:01 PM EDT / CBS News
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Arden Farhi Washington bureau managing editor
Arden Farhi is the managing editor for CBS News’ Washington bureau. He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credits include “The Takeout with Major Garrett” and the CBS News original podcast “Agent of Betrayal,” and his work has been recognized with two Emmy Awards, a DuPont Award and a NY Festivals gold medal.
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Washington— The federal government awarded a company owned by a Trump donor a $1.7 million contract to install a new water cleaning system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, federal records show, as President Trump pushes to overhaul the pool — and struggles with a bout of algae and a peeling paint job.
The no-bid contract to install a “Nano Bubble” filtration system went to Green Water Solutions, an Ohio-based company whose owner is listed on federal contracting documents as “JJ Cafaro Investment Trust.” The president and CEO of that trust is identified as John J. Cafaro on Federal Election Commission filings.
Cafaro has donated to several GOP candidates and conservative causes in recent years. He has donated extensively to Mr. Trump’s campaign and to Trump-linked groups, giving $250,000 to the Trump Victory fundraising committee at one point in 2020. FEC records show he also made donations to Democrats at various points.
J.J. Cafaro leaves U.S. District Court in Cleveland on March 19, 2002, after testifying for the government in the trial against Rep. James Traficant. AP Photo/Tony Dejak
A businessman and real estate developer, Cafaro pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in 2010 over donations to his daughter’s congressional campaign. Nearly a decade earlier, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Democratic Rep. James Traficant, and cooperated with prosecutors.
Cafaro and his wife own a home in Palm Beach, Florida, less than a mile from the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Green Water Solutions is also known as Greenwater Services. Inquiries to Cafaro did not yield a response, and the company referred CBS News to the National Park Service, a division of the Department of the Interior. The New York Times was first to reported on Cafaro’s involvement in the Reflecting Pool project.
On its website, Green Water Solutions describes its specialty as purifying water to remove algae, bacteria and other contaminants using a system that injects ozone-infused “nano bubbles” into the water.
Federal contracting records show that the company received one other government contract: A $1 million contract in 2025 for a feasibility study on using its Nano Bubble system to treat sewage flows in the Tijuana River.
Green Water Solutions also appeared to do work on a Trump Organization property. On its LinkedIn page, the company posted photos of water treatment work it performed on a pond at the president’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, more than a year ago.
Now, Green Water Solutions has been hired to take on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a century-old basin of shallow water that spans more than 300,000 square feet and has struggled with algae blooms for years. Mr. Trump has taken a personal interest in the Reflecting Pool’s overhaul, discussing the project at length, visiting the site and handpicking the color of an industrial-grade sealant that was installed on the pool’s stone floor: “American Flag Blue.”
Green Water Solutions was hired in April by the Department of the Interior to install a Nano Bubble system at the Reflecting Pool, replacing “the existing, failing filtration infrastructure.”
The contract was awarded without a full competitive bidding process. The government cited a contracting rule designed for projects of “unusual and compelling urgency,” pointing to the need to fix the Reflecting Pool in time for the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4. It also called the Nano Bubble system a “highly specialized and niche technology with limited domestic suppliers.”
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers rebuffed any suggestion of a conflict of interest.
“This contract was awarded by the Department of Interior; the White House did not play any role in the selection process,” Rogers said. CBS News has reached out to the Interior Department for comment.
Cafaro on Friday told The Vindicator, a local newspaper in Youngstown, Ohio, that Mr. Trump “doesn’t know a thing about” his company’s work with the Reflecting Pool, saying he would “never talk to [the president] about it” because “you don’t do things to put friends in awkward positions.”
Cafaro also said, “I have no idea why this is an issue,” arguing “the system is working” to kill algae, and the public attention is driven by “people who don’t seem to like Trump.”
A separate $14.7 million no-bid contract was given to Virginia-based Atlantic Industrial Coatings to install sealant on the floor of the Reflecting Pool, federal contracting records show.
Several days ago, after water was pumped back into the Reflecting Pool, issues began to arise. A sheen of algae appeared in the water earlier this week, and by Thursday, the newly installed pool surface appeared to peel off in at least one location.
An Interior Department spokesperson said the algae bloom was caused by “residual algae” from stagnant water that sat in the pool’s supply lines, calling it “part of the normal startup process.” The department later said on X the Nano Bubble system “very effectively killed the algae.” CBS News has reached out to the department about the peeling sealant.
Work crews were then seen cleaning out algae and pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water. Also spotted in recent days: a Nano Bubble system.
A white plume of “ozone nano bubbles” is put into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as it is cleaned of algae on June 16. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
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