https://51st.news/potomac-spill-dc-trump-emergency-disaster/
After the massive sewage spill into the Potomac, a shitload of questions remain
- Meanwhile, Trump has waded into the debate, and Bowser asked to declare it a presidential emergency disaster.
Martin Austermuhle
February 19 2026 12:43 PM
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It was a month ago that a massive pipe running from the Virginia suburbs to the Blue Plains Advanced Water Treatment Plant in D.C. ruptured, resulting in a massive discharge of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
The spill itself has been largely contained, but the political shitstorm has just started. Questions are flying about what D.C. Water knew about the condition of the aging sewage pipe, what the agency and local jurisdictions could have done to better notify the public, how long the repairs will take, and what the ultimate impact on the river might be.
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As usual, the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.
Aging infrastructure and conflicting jurisdictions makes for great political headlines but does nothing, less than nothing, to get to the root of the problem.
Bottom line: Privitization at least demonstrates that individual responsibility with profit motives can more correctly ensure that capital infrastructure gets maintained.
Hopefully, “We, The Sheeple” will recognize the villians in this drama.
One can complain about HOAs but for the most part they seem to — for the most part — can manage their infrastructure. Imagine it is the “solution” to Gooferment boondoggles?
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