Bowser requests federal help over Potomac sewage spill public emergency

Source: Washington Examiner · Bias: Center Right

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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser requested federal emergency assistance from President Donald Trump‘s administration in response to the massive sewer collapse in the Potomac River. Bowser made her first public move on the issue this week, declaring the now-largest sewage spill in U.S. history a “local public emergency” on Wednesday evening. Bowser then sent a […]

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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser requested federal emergency assistance from President Donald Trump‘s administration in response to the massive sewer collapse in the Potomac River. Bowser made her first public move on the issue this week, declaring the now-largest sewage spill in U.S. history a “local public emergency” on Wednesday evening. Bowser then sent a […]