Potomac Riverkeeper Network testing shows 300 million gallons of sewage entered the river near historic Lockhouse 10 site
The Potomac is facing more than rough waters after a sewage spill near Lockhouse 10 sent E. coli levels soaring far beyond safe limits in Washington, D.C., with new testing revealing contamination thousands of times higher than what’s considered safe for human contact.
Lockhouse 10 is a historic canal lock and restored lockkeeper’s house along the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal, originally used to manage boat traffic on the 19th-century canal and now preserved as a quiet historic site about five miles from the heart of Washington, D.C.
The Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) released test results from contaminated water along the Potomac River that PRKN President Betsy Nicholas said show impacts far worse than initially believed.
The results showed elevated levels of E. coli bacteria, a type of bacteria commonly found in the intestines of people and animals that are usually harmless but can cause diarrhea and more serious gastrointestinal illness when certain toxin-producing strains contaminate food or water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This is why they invented the word “ironic”.
Lack of maintenance, meaning the top dog of that facility was postponing the replacement old and warn equipment, saving money on maintenance to make himself look good. How’d that work out ?
And to keep all those many :multiple high paying government position jobs going too
Very appopriate for a city full of $hit
And to think I was always led to believe that chicken houses polluted the bay.
just stfu and keep paying your septic tax for polluting the bay! dont let the facts get in the way of the demonicrats woke agenda!