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Cleanup continues after massive Potomac River sewage spill

More than 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River when a major pipeline collapsed in mid-January. The region is now trying to clean it up.

Justin O’Neill, senior editor at WAMU, joins us to discuss.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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