January 20, 2014
The Potomac River at Blockhouse Point, about three miles upstream from the Potomac Water Filtration plant on River Road in Potomac which provides water for millions of residents in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
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Don’t Take Safe Drinking Water for Granted
In the wake of the chemical spill in West Virginia, weighing the threats to local drinking water.
Most of the 5 million residents in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area have no idea that their drinking water comes from the Potomac River, said Hedrick Belin, president of the Potomac Conservancy. “Until last week, the same could have probably been said for 300,000 residents in Charleston, W. Va.,” Belin added.
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