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Rio spokesman Mario Andrada told The Associated Press that the pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center changed hues due to "a proliferation of algae" caused by heat and lack of wind at the outdoor venue.
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Update from the Wall St Journal:

Yesterday mid-afternoon there was a sudden decrease in the alkalinity of the pool,” said Mario Andrada, spokesman for the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee. “Obviously, the people in charge of maintaining the pool and of checking could and should have done more intensive tests.”Andrada said the pool color would get back to normal “very shortly.” However, he added, Wednesday’s rain in Rio was complicating things.


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Several possible explanations emerged Wednesday, though not all seemed to fit together.
FINA, swimming and diving’s world governing body, said the change occurred, because “the water tanks ran out of some of the chemicals used in the water-treatment process. As a result the pH level of the water was outside the usual range, causing the discoloration.” FINA also added that its sport medicine committee had deemed the water safe for competition.

Tests, he said, had confirmed there was “absolutely no risk, no effect for athletes who will compete in the pool.”

A pool consultant working for the Rio Organizing Committee said the change had come about as a result of workers seeking to make a last-minute improvement to the color and clarity of the water. The person added that certain unknown components of the city water that goes into the pool after treatment might have been responsible for the imbalance.

“If you bake a cake with too much flour,” the person said, “it’s going to turn out bad.”

Typically, the person added, the problem could be solved within 24 hours. Every drop of water in the Olympic diving pool is turned over and run through the filtration system in six hours.
 
Probably adding phosphate remover and copper algaecide as we speak.

They test the water once a week with test strips. What could possibly go wrong?

I like how they cite "lack of wind" as a contributing factor.
 
Someone should tell them that their sand in the filters "has gone bad" and they should definitely change their sand.....:laughblue:
 
I did see a comment somewhere in the news that said they probably need to clean the filter. Make sure you turn off the pump before you turn the lever you backwash! It'll be clear in no time now!
 

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