With the ongoing lack of substantial rain, the streamflow of the Potomac River is so low that hourly drought monitoring has been triggered for the area’s prime drinking water supply.

The Potomac River, which supplies 78 percent of the drinking water for the more than 5.1 million people who live and work in the Washington area, is running low enough that officials are watching ...

In the event of a drinking water crisis, Washington, D.C.’s reserve supply would only last one day, according to a new report. The Potomac River is D.C.’s only source of drinking water, and ...

On May 16, the Potomac Conservancy gave the river a grade of B, up from a B- in 2020, a C in 2013 and a D in 2011. We have seen progress, Conservancy officials say, but more must be done.

The Potomac River is D.C.’s only source of drinking water, and while it seems like it would be an endless supply, a number of things could happen to compromise it, like impacts of climate change ...

Meanwhile, DC Water’s Anacostia River Tunnel Project—a massive underground network designed to intercept sewage and stormwater—has already captured 168 million gallons of contaminated runoff ...

The Washington Aqueduct is sourced by the Potomac River and serves as the public water supply for about one million people in the D.C. area, Arlington County and other portions of Northern Virginia.

Pop musician Lorde admitted to swimming in the polluted Potomac River during her tour stop in Washington, D.C. The pop artist is fresh off a tour in her home country of New Zealand and has since ...