The National Park Service contracted Greenwater Services for a water purification system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for 1.7 million dollars.

Posted by Letters from an American, Aug 2, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Letters from an AmericanAug 2, 2026

Multiple tier1 sources confirm that Greenwater Services (also called Green Water Solutions) received a $1.7 million no-bid contract to install a water-purification system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Some sources attribute the award to the Interior Department rather than the National Park Service specifically, but the NPS-administered work is consistent with that, and the extraction matches the passage's wording.

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… David Farenhold reported in the New York Times that the National Park Service contracted not only the coating and painting of the pool under a no bid contract, the price tag had jumped to at least 14.2 million dollars, but also an additional 1.7 million dollar contract for a water purification system. That no bid contract went to a firm called Greenwater Services, whose ultimate owner is the JJ Kafaro Investment Trust, led by Trump donor John J. Kafaro, whose wife chaired the 2017 International Red Cross Ball at Mar-a-Lago and who lives near Mar-a-Lago at a mansion that is listed as the water treatment company's …

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What we found

Supports. The AP fact check reports that Ohio-based Green Water Solutions, also known as Greenwater Services, was given a $1.7 million contract to install a water-purification system in the Reflecting Pool.[1]

Supports. PolitiFact reports that Green Water Services received a $1.7 million contract to upgrade the pool's water purification system, and FactCheck.org says the project included $1.7 million in funding to Greenwater Services for algae control.[2][3]

Supports. The Seattle Times reports that the National Park Service bypassed competitive bidding and gave a $1.7 million contract to Greenwater Services of Brookfield, Ohio, for a water-purification system in the pool.[4]

Context. The AP says the award came from 'Interior' while the Seattle Times attributes it to the National Park Service; the contract was no-bid and the company's ties to Trump donor J.J. Cafaro are reported but do not bear on the contract amount or counterparty.[1][4]