WASHINGTON (7News) — DC Water crews finished emergency repairs Saturday to stop a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River, nearly two months after a major sewer line collapse triggered environmental concerns across the region.
Contractors began testing earlier in the day and restored wastewater flow to the 54-mile Potomac Interceptor by Saturday afternoon.
The 72-inch-wide sewer pipe collapsed near the Clara Barton Parkway in January, sending more than 200 million gallons of wastewater containing E. coli and other bacteria into the Potomac River and prompting emergency response efforts from officials in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia…