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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on February 15, 2026, 09:33:11 PM
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So, Is That Why the Washington Post Isn't Covering DC's Raw Sewage Nightmare?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/14/of-course-theres-a-biden-connection-to-dcs-fecal-fiasco-n2671328
It’s a total s**t show in Washington, DC. For those not following, four weeks ago, an underground sewage line failed, and the Potomac, which is already disgusting, has been flooded with hundreds of millions of gallons of human waste. If it hasn’t taken the title, it will soon for being the worst wastewater spill in US history.
To boot, it won’t be fixed for another 10 months. It should be covered, in The Washington Post of all places, but it isn’t. Maybe that’s because there’s a Joe Biden connection: the CEO and general manager of DC Water is David L. Gadis, who the former braindead president picked to serve on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council to "serve with distinction as the sole expert on the Council from the wastewater utilities sector" in 2022. Salena Zito had that tidbit (via NBC Washington):
No coverage of this in the Washington Post: https://t.co/lvgVVViwus
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) February 14, 2026
DC had a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River. CEO and general manager of DC Water is David L. Gadis was selected by President Joe Biden. Go figure.
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Reporters at the Washington Post are busy looking for jobs right now.
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Wow! I ran a utility district for several years and I will tell you this would have been a nightmare to deal with. The TCEQ would have been so far up my ass they could have checked my wisdom teeth.
KC
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Tapioca Brain's chosen expert in wastewater (sewage) manglement.
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They're precisely NOT covering it because there is no way to blame Orange Man Bad.
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It’s a total s**t show in Washington, DC. For those not following, four weeks ago, an underground sewage line failed, and the Potomac, which is already disgusting, has been flooded with hundreds of millions of gallons of human waste. If it hasn’t taken the title, it will soon for being the worst wastewater spill in US history.
I think this part of the article touches on why. In any other place in the country, the presence of excessive sewage and shit might seem strange and gross, but in DC, it's just part of the atmosphere. :-)
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Massive DC Sewage Spill Caused by Environmental Review That Dragged on for Years
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/02/massive-dc-sewage-spill-caused-by-environmental-review-that-dragged-on-for-years-n3813523 (https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/02/massive-dc-sewage-spill-caused-by-environmental-review-that-dragged-on-for-years-n3813523)
You probably remember the story of this massive sewage spill which happened near Washington, D.C. in January. The spill sent millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
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So this was one of the worst sewage spills in American history and naturally people wanted to know why this happened. Today the Washington Post has a story answering that question. It turns out the damage to the section of the pipeline that failed had been known since 2018. But instead of immediately getting to work, the National Part Service decided it needed to perform an environmental review which dragged on for years and prevented the repairs from being made.
D.C. Water asked the National Park Service for permission to fast-track repairs in 2018, after inspectors found widespread corrosion and detached rebar in one area of the six-foot-wide concrete pipe that runs under federal parkland in Maryland, records show. The utility sought to strengthen a three-quarter-mile section that included the point that later ruptured...
But the National Park Service’s environmental review dragged on for years and was still not complete when the pipe collapsed — a delay that experts said appeared to flout a 2020 federal rule requiring such examinations be done within one year...
A review by The Post of more than 2,600 public utility documents reveals how concerns about the removal of trees and vegetation, along with other environmental impacts, postponed repairs to the Potomac Interceptor. The pipe continued to degrade for more than seven years before it failed on Jan. 19 and released one of the largest spills of untreated wastewater in U.S. history.
Damage discovered in 2018. NPS began study ... rule created in 2020 requiring response within a year ... Covid happened, so rule got flouted. Then for the 4 years of LIEden, nothing meaningful done ... forgotten for Trump 2.0 first year, then disaster. Thank the bureaucrats and Enviros who tied the NPS in knots until disaster happened. And that the sewage system bureaucrats who sat on their :moon: es and :jerkit: ed while nothing was done.