2026-07-11T18:32:12.761Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：阿丽娜·法亚兹
1小时28分钟前发布
发布于美国东部时间2026年7月11日下午2:32
唐纳德·特朗普
2026年7月11日周六，华盛顿哥伦比亚特区（DC）的默里迪恩山公园喷泉池水浑浊。
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本月早些时候，在华盛顿特区默里迪恩山公园标志性的层叠喷泉前举行的一场仪式上，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯和美国高级官员们盛赞唐纳德·特朗普总统让华盛顿“安全且美丽”的努力。
但不到两周后，作为赫格斯背景板的这座历史公园，就成了特朗普总统为美化美国首都这一计划面临的最新障碍——这座拥有13个池体的喷泉池水已变得浑浊不堪，呈锈橙色。
这座喷泉在特朗普政府于今年5月斥资400万美元翻新并重新启用前，已经干涸了7年，翻新工程让当地居民欢欣鼓舞。翻新后，居民们每晚都会涌向公园，坐在喷泉旁的台阶上野餐、读书。
但本周，公园游客们注意到蓄水池的水变成了棕色。
“看起来就像泥浆，”来华盛顿旅游的纽约居民詹姆斯·兰根说道。
默里迪恩山公园的这座喷泉，是特朗普2025年3月行政令要求恢复运行的9座喷泉之一，该行政令旨在让华盛顿“安全且美丽”，正值美国建国250周年纪念筹备期间。本周CNN走访了分布在华盛顿特区的9座喷泉，仅有一座仍无法使用，另有两座池水呈棕色。
一些居民和游客表示，尽管水质变色，他们仍欢迎默里迪恩山公园重新启用喷泉。
“以前我来这儿的时候，总会有点失望，因为喷泉从来没开过，公园里还到处都是垃圾，”华盛顿特区居民杰迪·斯沃罗布克告诉CNN，“能有喷泉挺好的，尤其是在夏天这么热的时候。”
美国内政部周二晚间向CNN表示，默里迪恩山公园的棕色池水是“因两条停用已久的供水管线重新启用产生的沉淀物”，并预计池水将在24至36小时内恢复清澈。
在社交媒体上有关池水变色的热议之后，CNN记者周三观察到工作人员正在清理层叠的池体。
2026年7月11日周六，华盛顿特区默里迪恩山公园的喷泉池水。
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周六时，池水仍浑浊，但橙色色调有所减轻。
内政部周六未就默里迪恩山公园喷泉的现状，以及此前处于停用状态的谢里丹圈菲利普·谢里丹将军雕像旁的喷泉置评。
默里迪恩山公园的喷泉引起了来华盛顿旅游的伦敦居民亚历山德拉·麦肯纳的注意，她将这座公园纳入了行程。
“看起来相当恶心，”麦肯纳笑着说道。
麦肯纳还提到了林肯纪念堂倒影池的池水问题，该问题最近几周也登上了新闻头条，她补充道：“眼下华盛顿似乎出了这类问题。”
默里迪恩山公园的风波，是在倒影池争议主导华盛顿各界讨论之后发生的。特朗普4月呼吁对倒影池进行翻新后，这项耗资超1400万美元的工程经历了排水、涂装、注水和涂层剥落的一系列波折。
2026年7月2日，华盛顿特区，国民警卫队士兵等待国防部长皮特·赫格斯前来参加默里迪恩山公园的“华盛顿安全美丽特别工作组”仪式。
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特朗普指责有人破坏了倒影池的内衬。最近几周，至少有三人因涉嫌从池壁上刮下蓝色涂料而被指控犯有故意毁坏财物罪，一名前奥运选手也因这一指控被起诉。这名独木舟选手戴维·赫恩已提出无罪抗辩。
在5月的内阁会议上，特朗普表示大部分喷泉工程已进入最后阶段或已修复完毕。
在最近的7月4日美国国家广场演讲中，特朗普宣称华盛顿“再次变得安全、整洁且美丽”，尽管包括倒影池在内的一些美化项目仍在推进中。
美国国家公园管理局表示，历史景观的修复和翻新工作将分阶段进行，并称公众可能会在部分场地遭遇封闭或有限通行的情况。
Trump’s DC beautification push navigates troubled waters
2026-07-11T18:32:12.761Z / CNN
By Aleena Fayaz
1 hr 28 min ago
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2026, 2:32 PM ET
Donald Trump
The Meridian Hill Park fountain with murky water in Washington, DC, on Saturday, July 11.
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At a ceremony in front of the iconic cascading fountain at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC, earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top US officials touted President Donald Trump’s efforts to make the city “safe and beautiful.”
But less than two weeks later, the historic park that served as Hegseth’s backdrop has become the latest hurdle President Donald Trump is facing in his mission to give the nation’s capital a facelift, as the water in the 13-basin fountain has turned into a murky, rust-orange hue.
The fountain had been devoid of water for seven years before the Trump administration repaired and reopened it in May in a $4 million renovation that delighted residents. After the renovation, residents flocked to the park in the evenings, sitting on the steps bordering the fountain, having picnics, and reading books.
But this week, parkgoers observed a brown color overtaking the reservoirs.
“It looks like mud,” said James Langan, a New York resident visiting DC.
The fixture at Meridian Hill Park is one of nine fountains being returned to service under Trump’s March 2025 executive order calling to make DC “safe and beautiful” coinciding with preparations for the nation’s 250th anniversary. When CNN visited the nine fountains scattered across DC this week, only one appeared to still be inoperable, and two had brown-colored water.
Some residents and visitors said they welcomed running water at Meridian Hill Park, despite the coloring.
“Whenever I’d like come here before, I was kind of disappointed that the water was never on, and it was kind of like overrun with trash,” Washington, DC, resident Jedi Sworobuk told CNN. “I think it’s nice to have, especially in the heat in the summer.”
The Interior Department told CNN on Tuesday evening that the brown water at Meridian Hill Park is “sediment as a result of the reopening of two water lines that had been out of service for some time,” noting it expected the water to run clean in the next 24 to 36 hours.
A CNN crew observed workers cleaning the cascading basins on Wednesday, following social media buzz about the browning water.
Meridian Hill Park fountain waters in Washington, DC, on Saturday, July 11.
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On Saturday, the pools of water were still murky, but less orange.
The Interior Department did not respond to a request for comment on Saturday on the state of the Meridian Hill fountain, and on the fountains at the General Philip Sheridan statue in Sheridan Circle, which were inactive.
The fountain at Meridian Hill Park caught the attention of Alexandra McKenna, a London resident who traveled to DC and made the park a stop on her trip.
“It looks pretty gross,” McKenna said, laughing.
McKenna pointed to the water at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has also generated headlines in recent weeks, adding, “It’s kind of a thing going on in Washington at the moment.”
The Meridian Hill Park scramble comes after the Reflecting Pool saga dominated conversations in Washington. After Trump called for the pool’s renovation in April, the more than $14 million project has taken on a lifecycle of draining, painting, filling and peeling.
National Guard soldiers wait for the arrival of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for a DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force ceremony at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, on Thursday, July 2.
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Trump alleged vandals gashed the pool’s lining. In recent weeks, at least three people were charged with destruction of property after allegedly removing pieces of blue paint from the pool, and a former Olympian was indicted on that allegation. The canoeist, David Hearn, pleaded not guilty.
During a May Cabinet meeting, Trump said most of the fountains were in final stages or fixed.
In his recent July Fourth address on the National Mall, Trump declared the city “safe, gleaming, and beautiful again,” though some beautification projects, like the Reflecting Pool, appear to be in progress.
The National Park Service said work to restore and rehabilitate historic landscapes will occur in phases, noting that the public may experience closures or limited access at certain sites.
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