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Goonch

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4. ;-{) Water is pumped from the Tidal Basin, an inlet of the Potomac River, to the treatment plant.......

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Tue Jun 16, 2026, 04:09 PM

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Water is pumped from the Tidal Basin, an inlet of the Potomac River, to the treatment plant. There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.
An illustration showing how water is pumped in from the Tidal Basin into the water treatment plant, where it is then moved into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/31/us/trump-reflecting-pool-problems.html

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Just want to break this out as a question, what was the water source that filled the reflecting pool? [View all] 31j20b3 Tuesday OP

Its basically a tidal basin Potomac brackish water Lochloosa Tuesday #1

Well that's an answer that accounts for what was seen 31j20b3 Tuesday #3

Both the tidal basin and city water. Here's a really good explanation of how the whole system works, Ocelot II Tuesday #2

Filtration wouldn't rid the water of nutrients it would require biological consumption 31j20b3 Tuesday #5

;-{) Water is pumped from the Tidal Basin, an inlet of the Potomac River, to the treatment plant....... Goonch Tuesday #4

With all the water fowl Jerry2144 Tuesday #6

And of course, painting it a dark color added heat. pat_k Tuesday #7