The reservoir in Washington where a body was found Saturday night was taken out of service temporarily and treated with extra chlorine, authorities said. The McMillan reservoir, where the body was found, stores untreated water, which goes through purification before it is distributed to water customers, said a spokeswoman for DC Water, the District’s water utility. The spokeswoman, Pamela Mooring, said late Monday that the utility’s source was switched from McMillan to the Dalecarlia treatment plant, which is on MacArthur Boulevard NW, while the water in McMillan was treated with extra chlorine. They said the body, that of a black male, was taken to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy. By contrast, the McMillan Reservoir is surrounded by a chain link fence that is topped with barbed wire, and it was not clear how the body ended up in the reservoir.

Source: Washington Post September 13, 2016 06:33 UTC