Why so little outrage over the sewage spill?

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Anonymous wrote:100s of millions of gallons of sewage have flowed into the Potomac, the broken pipe may not be fixed for months

Crew season will have to be cancelled

You won’t hear it here because it’s an unmitigated disaster caused by the dangerously incompetent democrats!

The leaking area is under federal control for the past few decades. This is an issue of underfunded infrastructure

why did dc water have funding for fancy new HQ but not to prevent this kind of disaster?

Salaries at DC water are hilariously high. They pay customer service reps six figure salaries. The number of people at the municipal water plant who make more than a quarter million dollars a year is *bananas*

And you wonder why your water bill is so high. Some here makes almost $400,000.

https://www.dcwater.com/sites/default/files/document/2024-03/documents/employee_database_0.pdf

Okay I was expecting a lot worse. A whole bunch of those salaries are in the 80/90k range, which isn’t that incredibly much for a large metro area. And the $250k+ salaries appear linked to positions like general counsel, engineers, compliance director, etc. (I noticed some who have been there a decade or two). This is well below what they’d make in private sector, so I think you do need to differentiate these positions that require a higher level of education in order to recruit/retain people.

That said I have no idea if these particular employees are competent and deserving of this salary (even if the role itself should pay this much). I’m curious where exactly the ball was dropped.

Also, not to make light of the situation, but DC being surrounded by spewing shit feels like such an appropriate metaphor for the past year.

I dunno. Look at the salary list for the water plant in Boston. You'll notice there's WAAAAAY fewer employees, and they make a lot less than their DC counterparts, though Boston is probably more expensive than DC.

https://www.bwsc.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/2024%20Salaries-1.pdf

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This is terrible for the wildlife on the Bay.

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Nothing is more outrageous than what Trump is doing so a little sewage spill? Who cares. I live in bumf*ckitan/g*nglandia. As long as monocacy is clean I am fine.

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Wow. DC water CEO has links to the Flint Water Crisis. And he recently boasted he’s doled out $520M to minority contractors.

https://www.aol.com/articles/dc-water-ceo-oversaw-520-205529759.html

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. DC water CEO has links to the Flint Water Crisis. And he recently boasted he’s doled out $520M to minority contractors.

https://www.aol.com/articles/dc-water-ceo-oversaw-520-205529759.html

This is him.

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the mayoral candidates talking about this?

Where is the city council? Do they do any oversight at all?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. DC water CEO has links to the Flint Water Crisis. And he recently boasted he’s doled out $520M to minority contractors.

https://www.aol.com/articles/dc-water-ceo-oversaw-520-205529759.html

This is him.

This is one of the largest sewage spills in American history. You'd think this guy and a bunch of other people would be fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100s of millions of gallons of sewage have flowed into the Potomac, the broken pipe may not be fixed for months

Crew season will have to be cancelled

It’s viral now. Press secretary just talked about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100s of millions of gallons of sewage have flowed into the Potomac, the broken pipe may not be fixed for months

Crew season will have to be cancelled

What’s to be outraged about?

Adults are in charge. DC, MD, and VA have solidly Blue leadership in place, and who will competently deal with this problem in an efficient and equitable manor - because that’s what Dems do. If republicans were running things, this would be a major disaster. But they aren’t, so it’s not even a minor one.


Stop trying to stir up outrage. No one here is interested in what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

This spill is Trump’s fault and Trump’s fault ONLY.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:100s of millions of gallons of sewage have flowed into the Potomac, the broken pipe may not be fixed for months

Crew season will have to be cancelled

What’s to be outraged about?

Adults are in charge. DC, MD, and VA have solidly Blue leadership in place, and who will competently deal with this problem in an efficient and equitable manor - because that’s what Dems do. If republicans were running things, this would be a major disaster. But they aren’t, so it’s not even a minor one.


Stop trying to stir up outrage. No one here is interested in what you’re talking about.

Are you insane? DC Water, which has to be the most lavishly funded municipal water plant on the entire planet, is responsible for one of the worst sewage spills in human history. And no one, it seems, in our worthless government has anything to say about it. The entire leadership at DC Water should have been fired yesterday.

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Look at your local leaders and how quiet they are about large problems like this. It tells you a lot. This will be the new normal.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at your local leaders and how quiet they are about large problems like this. It tells you a lot. This will be the new normal.

Look at the complete lack of leadership from people now running to be mayor. This reminds me of the shitshow we recently saw with the snowstorm.

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Anonymous wrote:100s of millions of gallons of sewage have flowed into the Potomac, the broken pipe may not be fixed for months

Crew season will have to be cancelled

You won’t hear it here because it’s an unmitigated disaster caused by the dangerously incompetent democrats!

The leaking area is under federal control for the past few decades. This is an issue of underfunded infrastructure

why did dc water have funding for fancy new HQ but not to prevent this kind of disaster?

Salaries at DC water are hilariously high. They pay customer service reps six figure salaries. The number of people at the municipal water plant who make more than a quarter million dollars a year is *bananas*

And you wonder why your water bill is so high. Some here makes almost $400,000.

https://www.dcwater.com/sites/default/files/document/2024-03/documents/employee_database_0.pdf

Okay I was expecting a lot worse. A whole bunch of those salaries are in the 80/90k range, which isn’t that incredibly much for a large metro area. And the $250k+ salaries appear linked to positions like general counsel, engineers, compliance director, etc. (I noticed some who have been there a decade or two). This is well below what they’d make in private sector, so I think you do need to differentiate these positions that require a higher level of education in order to recruit/retain people.

That said I have no idea if these particular employees are competent and deserving of this salary (even if the role itself should pay this much). I’m curious where exactly the ball was dropped.

Also, not to make light of the situation, but DC being surrounded by spewing shit feels like such an appropriate metaphor for the past year.

80K a year in DC is piss. Poverty level piss.