A major sewer line collapse near the Potomac River drove D.C. Water to divert millions of gallons of wastewater into a contained section of the C&O Canal, prompting contamination concerns as ...
D.C. Water is working to contain and repair a collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor, which caused millions of gallons of raw sewage to spill into the Potomac River and C&O Canal.
The Potomac Riverkeeper Network says new water‑sampling results from a recent sewage spill shows far more severe contamination than first believed.