Sewage spill in Potomac River crushes oyster industry as seafood season ramps up: 'It's devastating us'

A massive sewage spill that sent more than 200 million gallons of raw wastewater into the Potomac River is still rippling through the region's seafood industry, even as officials say water quality is improving — and just as the region heads into peak oyster season.

The Potomac Interceptor pipe in Montgomery County, Maryland, collapsed Jan. 19, spewing an estimated 240 million gallons of sewage into the Potomac, a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.

"It has devastated our market," Robert T.