NEW: Avoid contact with Potomac River, Va. Dept. of Health says

Avoid contact with the Potomac River.

That’s the message from the Virginia Dept. of Health, which just issued a recreational water advisory, three weeks after a large sewage pipe ruptured along the Clara Barton Parkway.

Millions of gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac, about four miles upstream from Arlington, before crews were able to contain the overflow. There have been setbacks since, including clogged pumps this week…

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