The legal fallout over the controversial makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has widened, with three more people facing criminal charges for allegedly damaging the newly painted surface.

President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.

The reflecting pool, which stretches between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, has faced maintenance challenges for decades. Officials have long struggled with leaking, poor water circulation,

The $1.7 million “ozone nanobubbler” being used in an effort to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water crystal clear has a unique ability to shoot 500 million microscopic bubbles into every teaspoon of water.

About two weeks ago, President Donald Trump said work to restore the Reflecting Pool was finished. It has since turned green and paint is peeling.

Visitors have said that the pool looks "absolutely beautiful" in the last day.

Trying to kill algae with chemicals is a common response when community ponds or other water features go green, but a freshwater ecologist says there may be safer and more effective solutions