Photo by Justin Shuck.

The Capital Crescent Trail is once again open, the National Park Service says, after it was shut down for more than a week for a storm-caused sewage spill.

The trail was closed from Fletcher’s Cove to Water Street in Georgetown while DC Water “conducted cleanup, decontamination and repair work” there and in the lands around the C&O Canal, a release states. Entering the water below Lock 6, located in the Brookmont neighborhood in Maryland, is still being discouraged because of combined sewage overflow.

Five million gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River last week after days of rain. DC Water said a break in the Upper Potomac Intercepter caused millions of gallons of sewage to spill onto the Capital Crescent Trail and overflow into the river. Over 600 million gallons of combined sewage flows into the Potomac annually.

NPS says “cleanup, decontamination and repair work” is ongoing at Lock 5 in Bethesda to Lock 7 in Cabin John because of additional sewage discharges. Avoiding contact with the water in the canal below Lock 7 is advised.