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The Obama-era overhaul The most recent major renovation widely cited in reporting was completed in 2012 during the Obama administration, with reconstruction costs reported at roughly $34 million and additional federal contract spending identified, totaling about $35 million in records reviewed by news organizations. That effort changed the pool’s depth, tinted its bottom to improve reflectivity, added paved paths and attempted waterproofing, but reporting makes clear the work did not fully solve persistent leaks and algae problems. https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/did-biden-try-to-repair-the-reflecting-pool-2a0b57