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Oct 28, 2022

This Project Will Keep Millions Of Gallons Of Sewage Out Of Rock Creek’s Piney Branch

DC Water is doing exploratory drilling in Rock Creek Park in preparation for the Piney Branch sewage project.

Apr 27, 2021

DC Water Just Finished Digging A 5-Mile Tunnel 100 Feet Below The City

The tunnel will help make the Anacostia River safe to swim and fish in.

Nov 07, 2016

More Boring News: Anacostia River Tunnel Is Now Complete

Three major tunnels down for the Clean Rivers Project, one to go.

Oct 27, 2015

Photos: Is D.C. Water Hatching Alien Eggs? An Update on the First Street Tunnel Project

DCist descends 160 feet into the earth to find out what’s going on down under Bloomingdale.

Jul 23, 2015

This Is Boring News: DC Water’s ‘Lady Bird’ Completes Two-Year Mission

DC Water’s massive tunnel boring machine emerges after two years, four-and-a-half miles of tunneling.

Apr 09, 2013

Boring: D.C. Water Christens Massive Machine That Will Build Metro-Sized Tunnel Under Potomac River

A massive tunnel boring machine will start digging a Metro-sized tunnel under the Potomac River soon as a means to store runoff and sewage from heavy storms.

 
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