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Elevated E. coli, staph still detected in Potomac river 4 weeks after sewage spill
- February 23, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Nearly a month after a wastewater pipe broke and spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington, D.C., the latest water testing results from the University of Maryland School of Public Health continue to show high levels of E. coli and S. aureus — commonly called staph, including antibiotic-resistant MRSA.
Originally published at Phys.org