The Department of Justice filed a complaint against the water and sewer authority in Washington, D.C., on Monday after more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River this winter.
A pipe in the Potomac Interceptor sanitary sewer system collapsed in January, leading to the massive sewage spill. The DOJ maintains the ecological disaster could have been avoided.
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