It’s a mighty 383 miles long, it slices through the heart of our region, and it supplies most of our drinking water. Yet ask residents what they most love about Washington, and the Potomac River ...

Two dozen sewage releases were reported in the Potomac watershed during floods, according to the Maryland Department of Energy.

BALTIMORE, Wednesday, April 23. The high water in the Potomac River has done some damage to the Bridge at Harper's Ferry, which will be speedily repaired. Advertisement ...

The staff of the commission’s Section for Cooperative Water Supply on the Potomac (CO-OP) announced the flow of the Potomac River has reached a low significant enough to start drought contingencies.

(WTOP/Dave Dildine) The streamflow of the Potomac River has been so low for the past five days that hourly drought monitoring has been required for the area’s prime drinking water supply.

Both he said, were “still a very, very serious problem for water quality.” Both groups point out that while conditions in the Potomac River have improved from a D in 2011 to the B assigned in ...