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Potomac River

Months After a Jet Fuel Leak, No Agency Tested Waters Downstream of Piscataway Creek. So Community Groups Are Doing It Themselves.

Authorities that manage the Potomac River tributary did not sample the stretch where residents fish and recreate. One Indigenous leader sees the lack of response as part of a pattern of ongoing neglect.

By Aman Azhar

Air Force One departs from Joint Base Andrews in Prince Georges County, Maryland, on Sept. 11, 2025. Credit: Austin DeSisto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Pipes divert raw sewage into the C&O Canal around a broken section of the Potomac Interceptor on Feb. 16 in Cabin John, Md. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

By Aman Azhar

Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) questioned DC Water CEO David Gadis at the Wednesday hearing about the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line. Credit: House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Congress Grills Officials About the Potomac River Sewage Spill

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Chaz Netzer and his son Jaxson, 8, watch the deluge of water gathering up at the Calvary Christian Academy as flash flood warnings are in effect on May 13 in Cresaptown, M.D. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Flooding Caused by Atmospheric River Over Maryland Shows How Climate Change Is Stressing Inland Communities

By Aman Azhar

The Potomac River floods downtown Westernport, Md., after extreme rain on May 13. Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast

By Sean Sublette

The entrance to the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Future of Funding for Military’s Climate Change Plans Caught Up in Fury of Trump Cuts

By Charles Paullin

A worker climbs out of the walkway inside Hazel, the tunnel boring machine, on April 19, 2023 in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

After $615 Million and 16 Months of Tunneling, Alexandria, Virginia, Is Close to Fixing Its Sewage Overflow Problem

By Sarah Vogelsong

Fishing communities often catch spent cannon shells, missiles and rockets settled in the riverbed as a result of weapons testing in the Potomac River by the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia. Courtesy: Potomac Riverkeeper Network

Advocates Celebrate a Legal Win Against US Navy’s Staggering Pollution in the Potomac River. A Lack of Effective Regulation Could Dampen the Spirit

By Aman Azhar

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