Local Engagement. News. New Anacostia River Tunnel Goes Online, Will Cut Sewage Overflow By 98%

 

New Anacostia River Tunnel Goes Online, Will Cut Sewage Overflow By 98%   via DCist Almost 25 years ago, a coalition of local environmental groups filed a lawsuit against DC Water for allowing billions of gallons of untreated sewage to spill into the District’s rivers. Now, work is complete on a massive system of tunnels that will prevent 98% of sewer overflows into the Anacostia River — a major step in the ongoing restoration of the river. “This is just a huge milestone,” says DC Water’s Moussa Wone, who is in charge of the project. “This river was really very, very, very impaired.” On Friday, DC Water put in service the system’s final segment, the Northeast Boundary Tunnel, connecting it with an earlier phase of the project that went online in 2018.   Click to Read