Cost to fix pipe burgeons to $30M as new testing probes full impact of sewage spill on Potomac River

D.C. region leaders said the cost of repairing the massive Potomac Interceptor sewer line break continues to rise, and new testing could soon reveal the full impact of the January spill.

Ongoing fecal contamination in Potomac River tributary, River Keeper report finds

A new report has documented ongoing fecal contamination in an unnamed tributary of the Potomac River as it passes through a culvert beneath the C&O Canal.

Work nearly complete to fix damaged part of Potomac Interceptor

WASHINGTON — DC Water says work is nearly complete to reinforce a downstream section of the damaged Potomac Interceptor. The ...

Sewer main break sends nearly 80,000 gallons of raw sewage into canal next to Hudson River

The break occurred Thursday in a pipe carrying untreated wastewater from South Glens Falls to a treatment plant.