A major sewage pipe collapse that dumped over 200 million gallons into the Potomac River in January 2026 was preventable and ...

The Virginia Department of Health has lifted its remaining recreational water advisory for the Potomac River. Today's ...

DC Water held its first public meeting in Northern Virginia after the massive sewage spill that shut down more than 70 miles ...

The Washington Post discovered that D.C. Water had planned to reinforce the ruptured Potomac Interceptor line years earlier, ...

Join Potomac Conservancy for a trash-tastic cleanup at Gravelly Point Park, VA for Earth Day. Make a huge difference for the ...

Workers climb down into the collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor, on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. Workers must remove a large quantity of boulders and smaller rocks from the site in ...

If you're in Washington, D.C., and feel like you need to escape to nature, this state park in Virginia should do the trick.

DC water responds to questions from Alexandria residents about what is being done to prevent a massive spill from happening again in the future.

WASHINGTON - The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has issued a recreational water advisory after a major sewage spill contaminated the Potomac River. The spill began January 19, when a 72‑inch ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Even after some of the recreational water advisories affecting Virginians were lifted, a new testing report from the Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) suggested sewage from the ...

A massive sewage spill that sent more than 200 million gallons of raw wastewater into the Potomac River is still rippling through the region's seafood industry, even as officials say water quality is ...

Washington, D.C., lifted an advisory steering residents away from the Potomac River on March 2, six weeks after a pipe collapsed near the Clara Barton Parkway in Montgomery County and spilled more ...