DC Water Clean Rivers Program | Washington, DC, US
DC Water Clean Rivers Program | Washington, DC, US
2 PagesDC Water Clean Rivers Program | Washington, DC, US The Potomac River and its tributaries, Rock Creek and the Anacostia River, pass through Washington, D.C., providing wildlife habitats, recreational opportunities and scenic beauty in the nation's capital. Challenge Combined sewer over?ow (CSO) from sanitary and storm water polluted the Potomac and its tributaries for several years, creating the need for a large scale discharge control program to capture and purify water before it reached the three waterways. Solution The District of Columbia formed the DC Water Clean Rivers Program to reduce pollution in Rock Creek and the Anacostia and Potomac rivers over a 20-year period. The $2.6 billion consent decree program, required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is removing pollutants
