“特朗普总统不会允许地方和州民主党人的失误降低数百万美国人的生活质量，”白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯周二告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“为兑现让华盛顿特区安全美观的承诺，特朗普总统正在解决因马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔管理不善而加剧的灾难——他的严重管理失误导致数百万加仑未经处理的污水排入波托马克河，”罗杰斯表示。“就像摩尔州长未能解决其州内的犯罪危机一样，他也未能对马里兰州的水和废水基础设施进行长期逾期的修复。”
特朗普正猛烈抨击，他呼吁联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）和其他联邦政府机构在1月份发生污水管拦截器破裂导致约2.4亿加仑未经处理的污水排入波托马克河后，保护华盛顿特区的供水。总统已将矛头指向马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔，声称其所谓的无能导致了这场灾难。
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白宫正抨击马里兰州、华盛顿特区和弗吉尼亚州的地方领导人应对波托马克河污水泄漏负有责任。（Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images）
特朗普周二重申，马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州和华盛顿特区的领导人“对波托马克河的大规模污水泄漏负有责任”，如果他们无法处理清理和预防工作，“就必须打电话给我，礼貌地请求我来解决”。
“联邦政府根本没有参与此事，但我们可以解决它，”特朗普周二在Truth Social上发文。“但要记住，即便如此，由于民主党导致的停摆，我们将不得不召集真正的爱国者来完成这项工作，因为现在很多人都没在工作。这些民主党人造成的灾难，无论是河流污染还是停摆，只会变得更糟。”
“两位州长和华盛顿特区市长必须立即采取行动。这是激进左翼造成的环境危害，”总统继续说道。“尽管他们大谈碳足迹和其他一切，却允许数百吨污水涌入宏伟的波托马克河，使其不再那么宏伟。立即行动！我在等你们的电话。感谢你们关注此事！”
政府向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，马里兰州对波托马克河水域拥有州级监管执法权，包括要求污水运营商报告、监测和减轻威胁公众健康的未经授权排放的规定。
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1月19日地下管道坍塌后，数百万加仑未经处理的污水排入波托马克河。根据波托马克河守护者网络和马里兰大学研究人员的数据，波托马克河中的粪便相关细菌和致病病原体水平超过安全限值的2700多倍。（Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images）
官员们指责该州应对迟缓，且在与联邦实体进行及时协调方面存在不足，尽管破裂的华盛顿特区水管线紧邻——并跨越——联邦土地。他们还表示，马里兰州未能确保20世纪70年代安装的基础设施在过去50年需求变化后仍能正常使用，并指责该州自上月以来几乎没有提供实质性的公开信息，而其他管辖区已发布了更新的建议。
政府向福克斯新闻数字频道提供了美国土木工程师协会（ASCE）对马里兰州的一系列基础设施评级，该协会发现该州废水基础设施评级为C+，2025年雨水基础设施评级也为C+。政府称这些评级“几乎不及格”。
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根据美国土木工程师协会2025年的报告，马里兰州整体基础设施评级为C，其中交通和能源基础设施评级最低，均为D+，而港口和固体废物基础设施评级最高，为B。
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ASCE州级报告卡每四年发布一次。2025年马里兰州的基础设施评级与2020年基本一致，当时该州整体评级也为C。
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马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔在周六明尼阿波利斯边境巡逻队致命枪击事件后在社交媒体上发表评论。（Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images）
摩尔发言人阿玛尔·穆萨在周一的一份声明中猛烈抨击特朗普将泄漏责任归咎于马里兰州，称特朗普“又一次弄错了事实”。
“自上世纪以来，联邦政府一直负责波托马克拦截器（污水泄漏的源头）。在过去四周里，特朗普政府未能采取行动，逃避责任，将民众健康置于危险之中，”穆萨说。“值得注意的是，总统自己的环境保护局（EPA）明确拒绝参加上周五关于清理工作的重大立法听证会。”
“显然，特朗普政府还没收到他们实际上应该负责的通知，”穆萨表示。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统在Truth Social上抨击华盛顿特区污水泄漏的处理和预防工作。（Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press）
摩尔办公室认为，白宫最新声明和声称马里兰州应为泄漏负责的说法“与事实不符”，同时强调泄漏源头属于联邦审查范围。
“总统先生，这次泄漏基本上已得到控制，”摩尔周二在X平台上发文。“那么你能否批准@FEMA的资金，帮助西马里兰州在去年历史性洪水后重建？@Noem部长，我也在此标记你，以引起注意。感谢你关注此事！”
污水问题吸引了跨政治派别的要求，要求解决该问题并防止再次发生，包括环保主义者呼吁终止波托马克河污染。
“我希望他们解决这个问题，制定一个真正有意义的泄漏预防计划，否则类似情况可能永远不会再发生，”波托马克河守护者网络的迪恩·诺约克斯在2月份接受DC News Now采访时表示。
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特朗普周一直接抨击摩尔的污水泄漏问题，称其为“地方民主党领导人的严重管理不善”，并指示联邦官员“立即提供一切必要的管理、指导和协调，以保护波托马克河、首都地区的供水以及我们国家首都的宝贵自然资源。”
“这是同一个无法重建桥梁的州长。很明显，地方当局无法充分处理这场灾难，”特朗普在提及摩尔时说道，暗指巴尔的摩环城公路上坍塌的弗朗西斯·斯科特·基桥重建工作拖延已久。
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1月19日，在马里兰州卡宾约翰的克拉拉·巴顿公园大道和切萨皮克&俄亥俄运河之间，破损的波托马克拦截器（六英尺宽的污水管）修复工作持续进行。（Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images）
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FIRST ON FOX:President Donald Trump is stepping in to fix the sewage leak rocking the Potomac River, with the White House vowing the president will not allow local lawmakers’ infrastructure “failures” to slide on his watch.
“President Trump will not allow the failures of local and state Democrats to diminish the quality of life for millions of Americans,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital Tuesday.
“In line with the President’s promise to make Washington, D.C. safe and beautiful, President Trump is fixing the disaster exacerbated by Maryland Governor Wes Moore, whose gross mismanagement has allowed millions of gallons of raw sewage to be dumped into the Potomac River,” Rogers said. “Just like Governor Moore has failed to address the crime crisis in his state, he has also failed to make long-overdue repairs to Maryland’s water and wastewater infrastructure.”
Trump is on a tear, calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal government agencies to protect the Washington, D.C., water supply after a sewage pipe interceptor rupture in January that released an estimated 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac. The president has directed his ire toward Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on the issue, claiming alleged incompetence led to the disaster.
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The White House is lambasting local leaders in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia for the sewage spill in the Potomac.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump reiterated Tuesday that Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., leaders are “responsible for the massive sewage spill in the Potomac River” and that if they can’t handle the clean-up and prevention, “they have to call me and ask, politely, to get it fixed.”
“The Federal Government is not at all involved with what has taken place, but we can fix it,” Trump posted to Truth Social Tuesday. “But remember, even in that case, with the Democrat Shutdown, we’ll have to bring in true Patriots to do the work because many are not working right now. These Democrat caused Disasters, both River and Shutdown, will only get worse.”
“The two Governors and the Mayor of D.C. must act, IMMEDIATELY. This is a Radical Left caused Environmental Hazard,” the president continued. “With all of their talk about carbon footprints and everything else, they’re allowing hundreds of tons of sewage to pour into the Mighty Potomac, making it much less mighty. ACT FAST. I am awaiting your call. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The administration argued to Fox News Digital that Maryland has state regulatory enforcement authority over Potomac River waters, including rules requiring sewage operators to report, monitor and mitigate unauthorized discharges that threaten public health.
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Millions of gallons of raw sewage poured into the Potomac River after the underground pipeline collapsed on January 19. According to the Potomac Riverkeeper Network and researchers at the University of Maryland, fecal-related bacteria and disease-causing pathogens in the Potomac River reached levels more than 2,700 times the safe limit. ((Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Officials faulted the state for an alleged slow response and lack of prompt coordination with federal entities despite the ruptured D.C. Water line running adjacent to — and over — federal lands. They also said Maryland failed to ensure infrastructure installed in the 1970s remained serviceable as demand changed over the past 50 years, and accused the state of offering little substantive public communication since last month even as other jurisdictions issued updated advisories.
The administration pointed Fox News Digital to a series of infrastructure grades the state of Maryland received from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which found the state had a C+ grade for its wastewater infrastructure, and the same grade for its stormwater infrastructure in 2025. The administration described the grades as “nearly failing.”
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All in, the state earned a C grade for its infrastructure, with its transit and energy infrastructure receiving the lowest grades, at D+ marks for both, while its ports and solid waste infrastructure receiving the highest marks at B scores, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2025 report.
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ASCE State report cards are released every four years. Maryland’s infrastructure grades from 2025 were largely unchanged from its marks in 2020, when the state also received an overall C grade.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore spoke out on social media following a fatal Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday.(Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images))
Moore spokesperson Ammar Moussa blasted Trump over pinning blame for the leak on Maryland in a previous statement, saying on Monday that Trump got his “facts wrong — again.”
“Since the last century, the federal government has been responsible for the Potomac Interceptor, which is the origin of the sewage leak. For the last four weeks, the Trump Administration has failed to act, shirking its responsibility and putting people’s health at risk,” Moussa said. “Notably, the president’s own EPA explicitly refused to participate in the major legislative hearing about the cleanup last Friday.”
“Apparently the Trump administration hadn’t gotten the memo that they’re actually supposed to be in charge here,” Moussa said.
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to blast the handling of the sewage leak and prevention in Washington, D.C.(Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)
Moore’s office argued the White House’s latest statement and claim that Maryland is to blame for the leak is “factually incorrect,” while underscoring the origin of the leak falls under federal review.
“Mr. President, this spill is basically contained,” Moore posted to X Tuesday. “So could you approve the @FEMA funding to help Western Maryland rebuild after the historic floods last year? @Sec_Noem, tagging you here too for good measure. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The sewage issue has attracted demands cutting across the political spectrum to clean up the issue and prevent it from happening again, including environmentalists focused on ending pollutionin the Potomac.
“I want them to fix the problem, come up with a real, meaningful spill prevention plan or something like this could never happen again,” Dean Naujoks with Potomac Riverkeeper Network told DC News Now in February of the spill.
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Trump took a direct shot at Moore for the sewage leak Monday, calling it a “gross mismanagement of local Democrat leaders,” while directing federal officials to “immediately provide all necessary Management, Direction, and Coordination to protect the Potomac, the Water Supply in the Capital Region, and our treasured National Resources in our Nation’s Capital City.”
“This is the same Governor who cannot rebuild a bridge. It is clear local authorities cannot adequately handle this calamity,” Trump said of Moore, referring to a dragged out timeline to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on the Baltimore Beltway.
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Repair work continues on the broken section of the Potomac Interceptor, a six-foot-wide sewage pipe that collapsed on January 19, in between the Clara Barton Parkway and the C&O Canal on Feb. 16, 2026 in Cabin John, Maryland(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.