To better inform and educate our customers and the world on how we treat wastewater, we have updated our virtual tour of the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. The new tour includes streaming video and detailed information on what happens to every gallon of water that flows through the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world. To start the tour, click on the link below!
DC Water is releasing new findings regarding the environmental impacts following the January 19, collapse in a section of the Potomac Interceptor. Based on flow monitoring data collected before and after interim bypass pumping was activated, DC Water estimates approximately 243 million gallons of wastewater has overflowed from the collapse site.
Update on Extended Repairs, Safety Measures, and Water Quality Monitoring
Overnight CCTV inspection of the Potomac Interceptor revealed the blockage inside the collapsed sewer line is far more significant, showing a large rock dam stretching approximately 30 feet downstream of the original failure.
DC Water and its contractor are working to clean debris from a damaged section of the Potomac Interceptor, a sanitary sewer line that collapsed on January 19, along Clara Barton Parkway and the 495 ...
