Maryland’s Water System Is Breaking Down. Now Come the Data Centers.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland residents served by WSSC Water — the sprawling public utility covering...
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The Leak Nobody Reported: How Joint Base Andrews Lost 32,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel — and Maryland Didn’t Find Out for Months
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Sometime last December, a refueling system at Joint Base Andrews failed a pressure safety...
EPA Completes Potomac Cleanup Ahead of Schedule. Wes Moore Is Still Silent.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday that the federal cleanup of the Potomac...
Maryland Refused to Act When the Potomac Was Drowning in Sewage. Now It Wants to Sue.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When 240 million gallons of raw sewage began pouring into the Potomac River on January 19,...
Maryland’s Water Is Running Out. Virginia’s Data Centers Are Part of Why.
The Potomac hasn't been this low in recorded history. Millions of Marylanders depend on it. And a sprawling industry...
Sewage Still Flowing: Potomac River Contamination Raises Questions About Accountability
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For months, Maryland officials have insisted the Potomac River sewage crisis was under...
Potomac Sewage Spill Sparks Outrage, Renewed Demands for Accountability and Infrastructure Reform
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The fallout from the massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac River is far from over. As...
Who Foots the $20M Potomac Sewage Cleanup Bill? Marylanders Deserve Straight Answers.
By MDBayNews Staff The price tag tied to the Potomac River sewage release and emergency repairs has now climbed past $20...
Silence on the Sewage: Where Are Maryland’s Environmental Powerhouses?
By MDBayNews Staff Since mid-January, hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage have poured into the Potomac River...
Cox Calls for Emergency Action as Bowser Declares Over Potomac Sewage Disaster
By MDBayNews Staff Annapolis, MD — As the Potomac Interceptor sewage crisis drags into its second month, Republican...
Green Party Ticket Presses Moore on Sewage, Oversight, and AI Transparency
By MDBayNews Staff The Ellis/Andrews Green Party gubernatorial campaign is attempting to seize an opening in Maryland’s...
29 Days of Silence: Political Spin Replaces Leadership After Potomac Interceptor Collapse
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For nearly a month after the catastrophic collapse of the Potomac Interceptor dumped...
Maryland Democrats’ DHS Shutdown Stance: A Costly Political Gamble While the Potomac Suffers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Opinion At a moment when federal support could—and should—be focused on disaster...
Trump Calls Potomac Sewage Spill a “Massive Ecological Disaster,” Signals Federal Intervention
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews President Donald J. Trump issued a forceful public statement today calling the Potomac...
Potomac Interceptor Collapse: Updates Scattered Across Agencies as Marylanders Piece Together the Full Picture
By MDBayNews Staff When nearly 300 million gallons of untreated sewage enter the Potomac River system, the public deserves...
Sewage, Spin, and the Bay: How the Potomac Interceptor Spill Could Set Back Chesapeake Restoration
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On January 19, 2026, the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor pipe sent an estimated...
Potomac Interceptor Repairs Continue: What It Is, How It Works, and What Went Wrong
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Washington-area residents have been watching closely as DC Water continues emergency...
Virginia Warns. Maryland Shrugs.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When it comes to the Potomac River sewage spill, one thing is crystal clear: Virginia spoke...
Sewage, Silence, and Spin: Maryland Demands Answers After Historic Potomac Spill
By MDBayNews Staff What began on January 19 as a collapsed sewer pipe near Clara Barton Parkway has now become one of the...
C&O Canal Completes Great Falls Development Plan—Vision Meets Accountability Test
By MDBayNews Staff The National Park Service has finalized a long-awaited Development Concept Plan for the Great Falls area...
Who Was Responsible for the Potomac Sewage Failure—and Where Did the Money Go?
By MDBayNews Staff As details continue to emerge from one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, the environmental...
Catastrophic Sewage Spill Exposes a Familiar Failure: Neglect, Excuses, and No Accountability on the Potomac
By MDBayNews Staff A newly released sampling report from the Potomac Riverkeeper Network paints a grim picture of what...
DC Water’s Priorities Problem: A $55 Million Headquarters and a Half-Billion Gallons of Sewage
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C.’s latest sewage disaster has exposed more than just aging pipes—it has revealed a...
Potomac Sewage Spill Highlights Maryland’s Infrastructure Accountability Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews By any measure, the Potomac River should not be the place where government failures quietly...
Maryland’s Infrastructure Neglect Comes at a Cost — And the Potomac, and the District Are Paying It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A massive sewage spill pouring into the Potomac River upstream from Washington, D.C....
Maryland’s Traffic Paralysis: Why Won’t the State Build More Bridges Across the Potomac?
Traffic between Maryland and Virginia has become a daily nightmare. Commuters crawl across the American Legion Bridge, sit...