As public health officials declared the end of a sewage contamination emergency in the Potomac River last month, scientists feared the waterway was still in distress. More than 240 million gallons of human waste had poured into the river from a broken sewer main. Researchers went out in early March to sample the water, trying…
The Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland regulators filed separate lawsuits Monday seeking to hold the Washington, D.C., public water utility responsible for at least 240 million gallons of sewage contamination that flowed into the Potomac River this winter. The utility, D.C. Water, was in the process of updating the Potomac Interceptor, a 60-year-old pipeline that…
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Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email All of the UK’s rivers are now polluted with sewage with campaigners warning of a “toxic chemical soup” in our waters. Leading campaign…
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