They measure the buildup of solids on the bottom of the pipe with sonar and try to estimate the corrosion on the top, where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CABIN JOHN, MD – When a collapsed pipe began spewing millions of gallons of sewage into the beloved waterways near the tight-knit ...

Over the weekend, DC Water completed repairs on the Potomac Interceptor pipe—the sewer line that broke in January, launching nearly 300 million gallons of poopy pollution into the Potomac River. After ...

At noon, crews removed the bulkhead gate and shut down the bypass pumps, marking a milestone in the emergency repairs.

D.C. region leaders said the cost of repairing the massive Potomac Interceptor sewer line break continues to rise, and new testing could soon reveal the full impact of the January spill.

The repairs made to the Potomac Interceptor that resulted in the Jan. 19 sewer line collapse reached the halfway mark Friday, according to DC Water.

CABIN JOHN, Maryland – One of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history has turned into a political fight between the federal government and local officials. A sewage line recently collapsed in the ...

In the month since a major section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line collapsed near the Clara Barton Parkway, spilling hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated wastewater into the Potomac ...

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.

Upgrades to an interceptor sewer line and Boonville's wastewater treatment plant have been delayed as the village tried to line up the funding.