Elevated E. coli, staph still detected in Potomac river 4 weeks after sewage spill

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Feb 22, 2026, 7:30 pm206 ptsTop
Nearly a month after a wastewater pipe broke and spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington, D.C., the latest water testing results from the University of Maryland School of Public Health continue to show high levels of E. coli and S. aureus — commonly…

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Elevated E. coli, staph still detected in Potomac river 4 weeks after sewage spill

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