The Department of Justice filed a complaint against the water and sewer authority in Washington, D.C., on Monday after more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River this ...

A congressional hearing is set for Wednesday as lawmakers examine the response to January’s massive sewage spill into the ...

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Maryland is suing DC Water over a sewer line collapse that released millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River.

Pipe and response equipment arrive near the Potomac Interceptor site, February 22, 2026. Baltimore District activated its Emergency Management Operations Center on Feb. 20 under Public Law 84-99 in ...

Maryland's Attorney General and the Department of the Environment (MDE) are suing a Washington, D.C. water utility company over the Potomac River sewage spill that they claim contaminated the river.

Federal and state officials are now tag-teaming DC's water utility over January's massive sewage spill into the Potomac River. The Justice Department on Monday sued the District of Columbia and DC ...