The spill began after a January collapse of a 72-inch sewer line in Montgomery County, Maryland, known as the Potomac Interceptor.

President Trump is concerned a raw sewage spill in the Potomac River could muck up plans for the country's 250th birthday this summer.

Mayor Bowser has declared local public emergency regarding the sewage spill in the Potomac River to secure federal support to respond to the disaster.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared an emergency and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak that has dumped millions ...

Maryland and Virginia Democrats are pressing local utility DC Water over a recent wastewater spill that leaked into the Potomac River, an incident that has also sparked some political tension in the ...