An ecological crisis of "historic proportion" is underway in the Potomac River after a massive sewer pipe collapse north of ...

The massive sewage spill has sparked fears among residents in Cabin John, Maryland, about the lasting impacts on the Potomac ...

The Potomac Interceptor, a 6-foot-wide pipe, collapsed on Jan. 19, pumping millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac ...

Efforts to fix the broken underground pipe dumping wastewater into the Potomac River may have turned a corner on Thursday ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it’s helping the District of Columbia clean up and make repairs after a section of sewer line collapsed last month, leading to a massive discharge of raw ...

Nearly a month after a wastewater spill into the Potomac River began, recovery efforts are ongoing. The spillage, which resulted from a section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line collapsing last ...

D.C. Water boosts pumping power and activates a third flume at the Potomac sewer break, but warns overflow risk remains until ...

NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.

While the average lifespan of a wastewater system is 40 to 50 years, many of the plants and pipes across the nation could be twice that old or more.

Drinking water in D.C., Northern Virginia, and Maryland has remained safe because of the location of the collapse of a portion of an aging regional sewer line, however day-to-day life could have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time since a 72-inch wastewater pipe burst along the Clara Barton Parkway, DC Water engineers say there are no ...