D.C. Water has completed the final steps necessary to return flow to the Potomac Interceptor.
In a release, D.C. Water spokesperson Sherri Lewis said the water flow was returned after a series of tests were carried out by officials early Saturday. “This morning testing confirmed that flow can be safely returned to the pipe,” she said.
Back on Jan. 19, the massive 72-inch pipeline, known as the Potomac Interceptor, ruptured.
The leak sent 250 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington.
D.C. Water has been working with other agencies, including the EPA, to repair the leak and monitor the ecological impact on the river. The Potomac Interceptor was installed in the 1960s.
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