US EditionDC Lifts Recreational Advisory for Potomac River
DC Health removed the advisory after 21 days of safe E. coli levels in the Potomac River, following a spill of over 243 million gallons from a sewage pipe collapse.
- On Monday, the District Department of Health lifted its recreational advisory for the District portion of the Potomac River after tests showed bacterial levels within EPA standards, urging residents to follow neighboring jurisdictions' guidance outside District boundaries.
- The 72-inch Potomac Interceptor ruptured on Jan. 19, releasing 250 million gallons in the first five days, while DC Water, DOEE, U.S. EPA and FEMA monitored water quality.
- University of Maryland tests showed E. coli levels up to 4,000 times the standard and detected staphylococcus aureus, while officials said levels met the EPA recreational standard for 21 days.
- D.C.-Area boaters can resume Potomac operations, and Sea Suite Cruises is preparing phased launches on March 14 and March 21, while DC Water expects to restore flow by mid-March.
- Concerns about transparency persist as DC Water General Manager David Gadis testified Monday that two additional interceptor sections remain in poor condition and the 2024 report on the Potomac Interceptor is unreleased.
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DC lifts recreational advisory for Potomac River
Washington, D.C., lifted its recreational advisory for the Potomac River on Monday after a large-scale sewage spill earlier this year. “Consistent water quality testing shows bacterial levels are now within safe ranges for recreation,” Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X. “Reminder: as always, swimming in rivers in DC…
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Maryland MattersDC health officials lift water advisory on Potomac River after sewage spill
D.C. health officials are lifting a recreational advisory on the Potomac River, citing an improvement in water quality after a sewage line collapsed in January. A section of the Potomac Interceptor collapsed on Jan. 19, spilling hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the river and creating a stinky environmental disaster. D.C. Health lifted the advisory Monday and said daily testing showed bacterial levels are within safe range…
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