Potomac River Hit by 243M-Gallon Sewage Spill After Major Sewer Pipe Collapse
A 243 million-gallon sewage spill into the Potomac River from a collapsed sewer main has triggered ongoing emergency repairs and political firestorms in the Washington region.
The breach of a 72-inch-wide section of the Potomac Interceptor on Jan. 19 began unleashing raw wastewater near the Clara Barton Parkway, and DC Water’s own monitoring estimates ro…
