President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for D.C. on Saturday, permitting federal agencies to provide disaster assistance to address a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River.
The spill began in mid-January, when part of a major D.C. Water sewage pipeline called the Potomac Interceptor collapsed, flooding the Potomac River with about 234 million gallons of wastewater. The sewer line carries about 60 million gallons of wastewater daily from the Virginia and Maryland suburbs to D.C. for treatment. The cause of the spill remains under investigation.
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