In Anacostia Riverkeeper’s most recent weekly water quality test, none of the sites measured in Rock Creek passed.

Advocates say that a passing grade is in sight within a few years.

Could D.C. benefit from getting its very own garbage-eating machine to help clean up the Anacostia River?

The incident took place this morning in Frederick Maryland.

The Anacostia River is the District’s most often forgotten and overlooked river. Beyond being smaller than the Potomac River it eventually joins forces with, it is significantly more polluted and has been more often associated with the demographic divisions in the District. Still, one man sees the upsides of it on a daily basis.

Has the mystery been solved? Officials from the District’s Department of the Environment and D.C. Fire and EMS seem confident that they know the substance which is making the Anacostia River shine.

It’s been well documented that the Anacostia River is not in the best health. So what better way to protest the government’s lack of attention to the waterway than by hopping into it with a hazmat suit on?

A report released today by advocacy group DC Appleseed calls the Anacostia River “one of the most polluted waterways in the nation,” and suggests, among several other things, that cleaning it up will require the work of pretty much every jurisdiction you can imagine.