Clean Rivers Groundbreaking.

DC Water broke ground this week on the Clean Rivers Project, a 20-year, $2.6 billion project to reduce combined-sewer overflows in the District by 96 percent. Senator Benjamin Cardin, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Vincent Gray and others joined the ceremony.
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• To clean the rivers, tunnels aren't the only solution (Washington Post, 10/13/2011)
• D.C. Officials: Sewage Project Will Raise Rates, Bring Jobs (WAMU-FM, 10/13/2011)
• D.C. Breaks Ground On $2.6 Billion Sewage Tunnel (WAMU-FM, 10/12/2011) 
• The Biggest Infrastructure Project You've Probably Never Heard Of (Huffington Post, 10/12/2011) 
• D.C. Water Breaks Ground on Massive Tunnel Project (DCist, 10/12/2011)
• DC Water Press Release