Alexandria’s efforts to address its long-standing sewage discharge into the Potomac River should be addressed by mid-2020, or the city will risk losing all its state appropriations, under a bill that passed a Virginia Senate committee Thursday. [Alexandria speeds up plans to address sewage overflow into the Potomac]“To say or claim we are not doing enough is just not accurate,” said Alexandria Mayor Allison Silberberg. “We are not asking them to eliminate pollution immediately,” said Phillip Musegaas, Potomac Riverkeepers’ vice president of programs and litigation. Alexandria, like more than 800 communities across the country, combines its sewage and storm water in an outdated network of pipes that lead to a waste treatment plant. When it rains, those pipes overflow, sending both storm water and sewage into the river.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2017 21:42 UTC