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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too bad crew season will be cancelled this spring if not also this fall because of the Potomac sewage spill [/quote]

Nope.

Teams have practiced on the Anacostia river for decades despite E. coli and other fecal bacteria levels far in excess of current levels in the Potomac.

While the Anacostia has improved some, history proves the PP’s prediction of doom is unfounded and wrong.[/quote]

https://www.dcwater.com/about-dc-water/media/potomac-interceptor-collapse

Testing data shows that conditions are improving.  The issue right now is to get the river to thaw so that spring practice can actually start.  Some testing once temperatures reach Spring-like will also indicate whether crews will be allowed to use the river for practice.  The crews using Anacostia will likely have very little impact.  TBC and some of the MD/VA high schools that use the boat club in Georgetown are likely the only ones truly impacted (if water quality doesn't improve).  [/quote]

The spill began on Jan. 19 when a 72-inch sewer line known as the Potomac Interceptor collapsed near the Clara Barton Parkway in Montgomery County, Maryland, sending hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river, an incident described by local environmental groups as one of the largest in U.S. history.[/quote]

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