DC Sewage Breach Sends Poop Gushing Into Potomac, Causes Dangerous Contamination

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The Potomac River was found to have dangerously high levels of E. coli bacteria when water sample tests were conducted following a sewage pipe rupture, ARLnow reported. A section of the Potomac Interceptor, which holds…

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