Quote Originally Posted by FunkyDexter View Post
Yeah, that's been hysterically funny.

I genuinely don't know whether driving the SUVs over it caused the totality of the damage (it seem unlikely as the damage is present across the entire pool, not just the area they drove over) but it certainly will have done significant damage. I suspect the main problem is simply that the lining material wasn't suitable for the application, i.e. a massive surface area and a very shallow repository - that thing is getting baked by waaaaaay more UV light than a normal swimming pool.

On the plus side, I suspect that the lining preventing water "leaking" through the base (which would have previously behaved like an under gravel filter) as well as being much lighter in colour and therefore reflecting more energy back into the water was a major contributor to the algae bloom... so it might help clear that up a bit.
I suppose the good side of things is that getting a company that didn't know what they were doing at least saved the country money, after all the initial $1.5 million did seem rather high - so getting an inexperienced company in must have been cheaper...