Origins -- Canals and Commerce -- The Colonial Frontier -- Antietam : The Bloodiest Day -- Harpers Ferry -- The Piedmont -- Great Falls -- The Clara Barton Parkway -- The GW Parkway -- Washington and ...

The Potomac River's water quality shows limited progress in recent years, with a 'B' rating for the fifth consecutive report ...

50 years after President Johnson instigated efforts to clean up the polluted river, the Potomac remains tainted by the District’s sewage. After years of unchecked sewage flowing into the Potomac River ...

Nine years after WTOP reported D.C. only has a one or two-day supply of drinking water if the Potomac River became ...

It’s not fishable or swimmable yet, but according to the Potomac Conservancy, the Potomac River earned a grade of “B” for the ...

WASHINGTON — Last summer, a report card gave a mixed picture of the Potomac River’s health. A year later, we went back to see if the water tells a better story. The Potomac remains a mixed picture.

Big news this summer for river swimmers: You can now splash around the capital’s famous body of water! Sadly, it’s the capital of France. The Seine is open for swimming; the Potomac and Anacostia ...

The river got a "B" in the Potomac Conservancy's new report. Things aren't getting worse, but improvements have stalled.