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  • EPA Permit for DC Sewage Treatment Plant Fails to Protect the Potomac and Public Health

    on December 6, 2017

    On November 1, 2017, Potomac Riverkeeper Network sent comments to EPA calling for major changes to the Clean Water Act discharge permit…


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    Daily Limits on Bacteria to Protect Public Health

    on August 17, 2016

    Washington, DC, like many older east coast cities, has a public health and water pollution problem when rainfall…


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  • Understanding City Stormwater & Sewage Systems

    on July 15, 2015

    The clouds, dark and chilling, hid the light from the night except for the whipping static of bolts of lightning. The city sounds of…


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PRK Network@PotomacRiver·
25 Jan

Major success on coal ash today! Dominion's toxic coal ash will be safely recycled or landfilled. Thanks to everyone who fought so hard to make this happen! #moveyourash #coalash

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PRK Network@PotomacRiver·
17 Jan

Please contact members of the VA Ag. & Natural Resources Cmte to tell them to support Senator S. Surovell’s bill, SB1533 and finally clean up the toxic coal ash leaching into the Potomac River! Read more and find contact information here. https://t.co/rqA3jIX3gU #moveyourash

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