First it was a norovirus, followed by a fire, then came the mice, now it's millions of gallons of sewage. The $4 billion dollar, 300 acre National Harbor development project in suburban Maryland is beleived to be the root cause of a persistent sewage spill into Broad Creek a trbuatary of the Potomac River.

This is just another example of old existing infrastructure's inability to keep pace with and handle the strain of new growth. We see this in communities across the country where developers should've looked before they leapt. Connecting this massive development project into an existing infrasturce system that could not handle the increased flow was irresponsible and dangerous. What's more disturbing is that it is doubtful that any substantial legal action will be taken against the development and ultimately the water water authority will shoulder the blame.