Hundreds of millions of gallons of human waste have leaked into the Potomac River after an underground sewage line burst in January.
A Washington D.C. utility said that on Jan. 19, a sewage line burst in the Potomac Interceptor along the Clara Barton Parkway at the 495 interchange and C and O Canal National Historical Park.
The D.C. water utility estimated in a Feb. 6 press release, based on monitoring collection data, that about 243 million gallons of wastewater had overflowed from the collapse site. Roughly 194 million gallons of that happened in the first five days before bypass pumping reduced the overflow.
Major news networks won’t cover what has become the largest human waste spill in U.S. history. What’s worse is that this mess likely won’t be cleaned for about nine months, Townhall reported.
If this were an oil pipeline, then legacy media and environmental groups would be live-streaming 24/7 by the river. But since it’s human waste, few major outlets with a nationwide reach have covered the poop disaster.
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This is getting almost no coverage by legacy media outlets and zero street protests from environmentalist groups. It’s almost like they don’t want to draw attention to a massive failure of DC/MD/VA government. I have no idea why 😉. Democracy dies in the darkness anyone? https://t.co/Lo4BDU97HW
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) February 15, 2026
