The Virginia Department of Health is advising people to avoid contact with the Potomac River following a massive sewage pipe rupture last month.
Recreational activities like swimming and kayaking should be avoided out of caution to prevent illness, VDH said in a release yesterday.
Millions of gallons of raw sewage have spilled into the river since the Jan. 19 spill, which happened upstream from Alexandria along Clara Barton Parkway. A subsequent sewage discharge was reported on Feb. 7, and repairs are expected to take four to six weeks…