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Other countries like to argue that Americans know nothing of life in the rest of the world. Not so in the District, whose government seems to aspire to the standards of a Third World nation. Fecal matter in the water, bodies piled and rotting in the un-air-conditioned morgue, potholes that could kill if the stray bullets don't--these are familiar stories to District dwellers. A recent expose in the Washington Post offered jaw-dropping statistics on the amount of wasted funds and government bloat. Washington spends more money and has more employees than any other city...
Which brings us to our beloved Charles River. For the past few months, the levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the river have been several hundreds of times the levels declared safe for boating by the EPA. There have been several incidents where boaters have reported getting sick...
...Charles River Watershed Association, a non-profit citizen's group, will sample river water for levels of fecal coliform bacteria tomorrow as part of a five-year study on Charles River contamination...
...pipes are currently depositing sewage into the Charles River, resulting in fecal coliform bacteria levels 200 times the proper level for boating...
...high levels of fecal coliform bacteria, which were found in Milford, Mass., are likely the result of raw sewage entering the river, according...