Beyond the Potomac River, sewage spills threaten cities with old infrastructure and little funds
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People walk around Baltimore's Inner Harbor on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)Workers build a cofferdam to stop the flow of raw sewage into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Teddy Bloomquist, who suffered a sewage backup earlier this year, poses at his home in Baltimore on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)A cone with the letters of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, which managers the city's wastewater services is visible on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)Cones sit near an area of Baltimore that previously suffered a sewage backup on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)
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People walk around Baltimore's Inner Harbor on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)