修复工作已完成：华盛顿特区波托马克河历史性污水泄漏事件后，修复工作已完成。在唐纳德·特朗普总统批准允许联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）提供帮助的灾难声明不到一个月后，相关修复工作已完成。
“波托马克拦截器的紧急修复工作已完成，”DC Water周六表示，“全流量已恢复，C&O运河已作为场地恢复的一部分被完全排空。自1月19日以来，工作人员夜以继日地稳定现场并保护波托马克河。”
这一声明是在1月19日一条污水管道拦截器破裂后发出的，该管道向波托马克河排放了超过2.4亿加仑的原污水。华盛顿特区市长缪里尔·鲍泽（Muriel Bowser）宣布波托马克污水泄漏事件为灾难紧急情况，并请求联邦政府协助清理。
据白宫称，特朗普表示，他担心今年夏天美国250周年庆典开始时，波托马克河仍会散发恶臭。
总统将怒火指向了马里兰州民主党州长韦斯·摩尔（Wes Moore）以及弗吉尼亚州和华盛顿特区的其他地方领导人，声称无能导致了这场灾难。
然而，摩尔及其办公室反驳了特朗普的说法，称联邦政府对下水道设施有监督权。
“这是华盛顿特区的一条管道，位于联邦土地上，”摩尔上月告诉《福克斯新闻数字版》，“马里兰州与此无关。事实上，马里兰州唯一做的事情是当我们看到邻居有需要时。这就是为什么我下令让我们的人去支持他们，这就是我们过去一个月一直在做的事情。”
“我们实际上一直在做联邦政府的工作，因为保护波托马克河拦截器是联邦政府的职责，因为那是联邦土地，”摩尔说，“总统现在来攻击我，我觉得……荒谬。”
这些污水管道由总部位于哥伦比亚特区的独立公用事业公司DC Water管理。
3月6日，一名弗吉尼亚州居民提起集体诉讼，指控DC Water疏忽。
诉讼称，原告尼古拉斯·莱拉拉斯（Nicholas Lailas）是一名休闲划船者，他正在寻求赔偿，以补偿那些“其在波托马克河的财产权益以及使用和享受波托马克河的权利……因被告行为而受损”的人。
他要求赔偿金额未作说明。
福克斯新闻的斯蒂芬·索拉切（Stephen Sorace）、贾丝明·贝尔（Jasmine Baehr）和美联社对本文有贡献。
Repairs have been completed after the historic Potomac River sewage spill in Washington, D.C., less than a month after President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration that allowed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help.
“Emergency repairs to the Potomac Interceptor are complete,” DC Water said Saturday. “Full flow has been restored, and the C&O Canal has been fully drained as part of site restoration. Since Jan 19, crews worked around the clock to stabilize the site and protect the Potomac River.”
The declaration came after a sewage pipe interceptor ruptured Jan. 19, releasing more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a disaster emergency over the Potomac sewage spill and requested federal assistance with the cleanup.
Trump said he was worried the Potomac River would still stink when America250 celebrations kick off this summer, according to the White House.
The president had directed his ire toward Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other local leaders in Virginia and Washington, D.C., on the issue, claiming incompetence led to the disaster.
Moore and his office, however, pushed back on Trump’s assertions, claiming the federal government has oversight over the sewer utility.
“This is a Washington, D.C., pipe on federal land,” Moore told Fox News Digital last month. “Maryland has nothing to do with this. In fact, the only thing Maryland did was when we saw a neighbor who was in need. That’s why I ordered people, our people to go support them, and that’s what we’ve been doing the past month.
“We’ve been doing essentially the federal government’s job because it’s the federal government’s job to be able to protect the Potomac interconnector because that’s federal land,” Moore said. “For the president now to come and attack me on this, I find that to be … absurd.”
The sewage pipes are managed by DC Water, an independent utility based in the District of Columbia.
A class action lawsuit was filed by a Virginia resident on March 6 that accused DC Water of negligence.
The plaintiff, Nicholas Lailas, who is a recreational boater, is seeking compensation for people “whose property interests in and use and enjoyment of the Potomac River … have been impaired by Defendant’s conduct,” the lawsuit said.
He is seeking unspecified damages.
Fox News’ Stephen Sorace and Jasmine Baehr and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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