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DC Water Working to Install Bypass Pumps, as Progress Continues to Contain Sewer Overflow
Additional work completed to remove upper lock gates on C & O Canal locks.
DC Water Advancing Work on Bypass to Contain Sewer Overflow
Partial Bypass Expected to Begin as Early as This Weekend
DC Water and its contractor continue to make progress to contain the sewer overflow from a collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor (PI), a major sewer line along Clara Barton Parkway near 495 in Montgomery County, MD. As part of that work, crews today are mobilizing equipment, clearing brush and debris, and installing pipes in preparation to bypass the flow around the damaged section of sewer line.
UPDATE: DC Water Works to Contain and Create Bypass System for Sewer Overflow from Potomac Interceptor in Maryland
Bypass system construction underway to contain overflow and protect waterways
Drinking water service remains safe and unaffected
One lane of eastbound Clara Barton Parkway remains closed
C & O Canal Towpath remains open; public advised to avoid contact with wastewater
DC Water Investigating Sanitary Sewer Overflow from Potomac Interceptor in Maryland
One lane of Clara Barton Parkway Closed as a Precaution. Drinking Water is not impacted.
