The Washington Aqueduct might seem an unlikely political football—the system of tunnels, bridges, and reservoirs has mostly stayed out of the headlines for a century. But the news that President Trump ...

The Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct, stirring fears among some that the White House’s passion for privatization could mean higher water bills for 1 million residents in the ...

This video is no longer available. Since the mid-19th century, an engineering marvel in Maryland has carried water 10 miles beneath MacArthur Boulevard, from the Potomac River to the Dalecarlia ...

In an unassuming blue trailer just a few miles north of the heart of the District of Columbia, work is underway to improve the drinking water that serves more than 1 million people in and around the ...

WASHINGTON — Water officials are keeping an eye out and making preparations as an unidentified sheen on the surface of the Potomac River slowly makes its way toward some of the area’s drinking-water ...

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The Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct, stirring fears among some that the White House’s passion for privatization could mean higher water bills for 1 million residents in the ...