has reduced overflows into the river by 91%, according to DC Water, the city’s water utility. The final section of the Anacostia Tunnel System went online in 2023, and the overall system is ...

The river is the cleanest it’s been in years ... pump it to treatment plants once heavy rains have subsided. The Anacostia tunnel is the first of these storage basins to be completed.

The $2.6 billion stormwater tunnel project finished nearly two years ago. Shortly after it did, the Anacostia River received its first passing grade on the Anacostia Watershed Society’s annual report ...

The Anacostia River and the national park site that flanks it were long mistreated and neglected. Are the tides finally turning? Like many in his generation of Washington, D.C., natives, Alan Spears ...