- The cascading fountain at Washington, D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, has turned brown just weeks after its reopening.
- An Interior Department spokesperson stated the brown color is due to sediment from two water lines that had been out of service.
- The department anticipates the fountain's water will run clean again within the next 24-36 hours.
- The fountain was reopened in May for the first time since 2019, pursuant to an executive order by President Donald Trump titled “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful.”
- This incident follows a similar issue with the newly revamped Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which turned green from algae and experienced paint peeling shortly after its reopening in June.
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