Virginia health officials warn to avoid contact with Potomac River due to sewage spill

Do not go into the Potomac River.

Three weeks after a 72-inch sewage pipe burst along the Clara Barton Parkway, the Virginia Department of Health issued a recreational water advisory Friday telling residents to avoid using D.C.’s main waterway.

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