Massive Washington sewage leak will take weeks longer to fix, water company says

DC Water says it will take longer to repair broken sewer pipe in Potomac River spill

It’s going to take at least another four weeks to repair a large sewer pipe that collapsed last month, spilling wastewater into the Potomac River.

Massive Washington sewage leak will take weeks longer to fix, water company says

Repairs on a pipe rupture sending sewage into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., will take weeks longer due to an unexpected blockage.

Rock blockage delays sewer line repair after major Potomac spill

More than two weeks after a collapsed sewer line sent massive amounts of wastewater into the Potomac River, crews hit another setback when a large rock blocking repair work was discovered.

Potomac sewage spill: Repairs to take weeks longer after large rocks found in pipe

The blockage inside the collapsed sewer line that sent millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River is worse than previously thought, DC Water said.