General Discussion

An historic sewage spill along the Potomac River and the struggle to contain it are raising alarms after a major sewer line collapsed late last month, sending over 240 million gallons of waste into the water.

For nearly a week, raw sewage flowed directly into the river, before it could be diverted to a treatment facility. Yet reports of intermittent spills have continued into February, and repairs are expected to take more than a month. Public health experts say it could be one of the largest sewage spills in American history. ... But it also raises another interesting point, which is, this is a 54-mile-long pipe full of sewage that starts out near Dulles Airport.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/massive-sewage-spill-in-potomac-river-becomes-a-political-flashpoint