D.C. Stinks Of course, you already knew that! All joking aside, Washington, D.C., is currently facing a major environmental disaster. Four weeks ago, a massive sewer line burst in the nation’s capital. Raw sewage, filled with unbelievable contaminants, bacteria, and diseases, has been pouring into the Potomac River around the clock. It’s estimated that roughly 250 to 300 million gallons of sewage have entered the river already, making it one of the worst sewage spills in U.S. history. This disaster was totally predictable. Washington and surrounding Democrat jurisdictions have failed to do necessary preventative work for decades. They were too busy buying votes with new big government programs.