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This series explores the impacts of data centers on water supply, energy use, air quality and stormwater runoff in the ...
The Potomac River Basin or watershed covers 14,670 square miles through five geological provinces. The river flows over 400 miles spanning Washington, D. C. and four states -- Virginia, Maryland ...
The 18th annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup will take place, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at sites throughout the region.
Environmental organizations are marshaling thousands of volunteers to take part in the 22nd annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup this weekend. The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at ...
Stormwater runoff from urban areas is now causing the rapidly rising levels of pollution in the Potomac River according to a recent report by Potomac Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental group.
The group said human population in the 383-mile-long river's watershed is expected to grow by 1 million people in the next 20 years to 6.25 million; it pointed to Prince William County, Va., and ...
The Alice Ferguson Foundation will coordinate the 27th annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup on April 11.The cleanup has served as a catalyst for progress in litter prevention for nearly 30 years.
The 25th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, at the Dashiell Marina on board Naval Support Facility Indian Head from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
It took a week for the order to be lifted. According to Storm Team4, much of the Potomac watershed is currently under moderate to severe drought conditions due to our hot and dry start to summer.
Whit Overstreet, 26, of Potomac, and Joe Hage, 49, of Glen Echo, took the long way from Glen Echo to St. Mary’s County this month. They paddled the Potomac River.