Inside the 250 million-gallon sewage spill into the Potomac
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“News4’s Ted Oberg and Mark Segraves unpack the sewage spill, the fallout, DC Water’s response, and the fight for answers.”
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— Cory Lee Mills (born July 13, 1980) is an American politician, businessman, and Army veteran who has served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 7th congressional district since 2023. A member of…
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— Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River a…
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— News4 reached out to DC Water's CEO, David Gadis, but he declined to comment. A spokesperson issued the following statement instead: "From the outset, DC Water’s highest priority was to safely and qui…
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— Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as ePrivacy Directive (ePD), is an EU directive on data protection and privacy in t…
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