Online federal contracting records show that $1.7 million was awarded to Green Water Solutions for the ozone nanobubbling system, while $14.2 million was awarded to Atlantic Industrial Coatings to line the pool in the color “American Flag Blue.”
An Interior Department spokesperson said that the current algae is “residual” from supply lines that sat dormant for eight weeks during construction. The residue is part of the normal startup process, the spokesperson said.
(Same source as above quote)
I don’t know why they wouldn’t drain the lines but okay.
I don’t know the details of the new system. If it’s only for treating the new water being fed into the pool like the old one, it’s not going to prevent all blooms just minimize the amount of algae or food brought in with the new water.
You can’t constantly be bubbling ozone through open pools of water because it off gasses. When it’s used as a disinfectant in drinking water the offgas need to be captured and treated.
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It’s an ozone system, just like the one before it.
(Same source as above quote)
I don’t know why they wouldn’t drain the lines but okay.
I don’t know the details of the new system. If it’s only for treating the new water being fed into the pool like the old one, it’s not going to prevent all blooms just minimize the amount of algae or food brought in with the new water.
You can’t constantly be bubbling ozone through open pools of water because it off gasses. When it’s used as a disinfectant in drinking water the offgas need to be captured and treated.
Eta: found an article from May describing the system
Less money left over for kickbacks is my guess.