WASHINGTON – While area drinking water sourced from the Potomac River is safe for consumption, it is not treated for the known chemicals and pharmaceuticals contaminating the river ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 an American success story, thanks to the Clean Water Act. September 23, ... Drinking water filtration costs are lowered because of healthy headwater streams.

The plant, which overlooks the Potomac, draws and treats up to 400 million gallons of water from the river each day, distributing drinking water to nearly 2 million people in Montgomery and Prince ...

The Potomac River's dirty reputation is apparently getting worse. The nonprofit that monitors the river's health on Thursday downgraded the waterway from its D-plus ranking in 2007 to a D.

The Potomac River has long been besmirched by pollution horror stories. ... Today, the Potomac — a source of drinking water for more than 5 million people — has made an environmental comeback, ...

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 ...