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considered themselves pretty smart thought it would be a good idea to dump treated sewage into this here river, before long the water became unfit to even stick your big toe in it.”
In the early thirties my father was able to swim and fish in both the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers until some people who thought they were pretty smart decided it was a good idea to dump some “treated sewage” in them. Unless an alternative is sought and another solution is found for
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