On the site of the Potomac sewage line rupture that drew Trump’s ire

At the site of the Potomac sewage spill, workers are busy removing rocks in hopes of installing a new pipe by mid-March.

By: Christine Condon

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 1,370

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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At the site of one of the worst sewage leaks in the nation’s recent history, a spill President Donald Trump called “a massive Ecological Disaster,” things had reached a state of relative calm on a recent morning, as crews get closer to bringing the pipe back online.

Most of the 243 million gallons estimated to have leaked from the Potomac Interceptor pipe and into the environment, including the nearby Potomac River, leaked in the …

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