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Trump-backed Potomac sewage cleanup complete after massive spill ahead of summer America250 celebrations

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Repairs have been completed following the historic Potomac River sewage spill in Washington, D.C., less than a month after President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration that allowed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help. “Emergency repairs to the Potomac Interceptor are complete,” DC Water said … Read more

Beyond the Potomac River, sewage spills threaten cities with old infrastructure

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WASHINGTON — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials tracked a spike of gut-wrenching bacteria drifting slowly past Washington for weeks, prompting an emergency declaration and federal assistance. It was a disaster of historic scale — 244 million gallons (924 million … Read more

A Virginia boater is suing a Washington utility for the Potomac River sewage spill

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WASHINGTON — A Virginia boater is suing a Washington water utility for negligence in the collapse of a pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River. The class action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, comes weeks after a January sewage pipe collapse, shooting wastewater out … Read more

Trump approves disaster assistance to DC to help with sewage spill into Potomac River

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President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that dumped at least 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that … Read more