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NPR (Jeff Brady) - Class-action lawsuit filed after the Potomac sewage spill

A class-action lawsuit has been filed after part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed in January, sending raw sewage into the Potomac River. After weather delays, repair work has resumed.

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Sourcehttps://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5746783/potomac-sewage-lawsuit
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NPR (Andrew Limbong) - What we know about the massive sewage leak in the Potomac River

A collapsed sewer line, about 8 miles from the White House, pumped 368 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of wastewater into the Potomac. Repairs could take longer than previously expected.

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Sourcehttps://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5705313/broken-pipe-sewage-spill-potomac-river
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