Massive Sewage Spill Into Potomac River: What’s in the Water, What Are the Risks Rise as Ice Melts?

Permanent repairs for Potomac River spill could take nine months, officials say

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Maryland lawmakers receive update on disastrous Potomac sewage spill

Crews works at the site of a sewer main collapse near the Potomac River in Montgomery County. (Photo courtesy DC Water)The broken sewage pipe near Cabin John has spewed an estimated 243 million gallons into the Potomac River, DC Water officials told Maryland lawmakers during a Friday briefing. The overflow was at its worst from Jan. 19 to Jan. 24. After that, crews managed to mostly contain the spillage within a portion of the C&O Canal, prevent…

Utility company under fire amid second raw sewage spill in public waterway: 'About 600,000 gallons'

A common household waste item has caused massive municipal infrastructure damage and environmental fallout, according to NBC Washington.  What's happening? Non-disposable wipes have clogged drainage systems in Washington, D.C., causing raw sewage to spill into the Potomac River. Pumps have been diverting sewage into a canal system while workers were fixing a broken pipe, which had caused a spill a few weeks ago. That sewage would eventually end …

District Links: DC warns against Potomac River contact amid calls for stronger response to sewage overflows; Trayon White trial rescheduled; and more

As DC Water crews continue to work on repairs and containment efforts at the site of a collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor sewage pipe, the DC Department of Energy and Environment is warning residents to stay away from the Potomac River.

DC Water forewarns 10 months of repairs for Potomac sewage spill

Officials are calling the spill "one of the major ecological disasters in the eastern part of the United States."

NEW: Avoid contact with Potomac River, Va. Dept. of Health says

Avoid contact with the Potomac River. That's the message from the Virginia Dept. of Health, which just issued a recreational water advisory, three weeks after a large sewage pipe ruptured along the Clara Barton Parkway. Millions of gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac, about four miles upstream from Arlington, before crews were able