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DCist advises, “don’t worry about it.” If your water just started smelling a bit like a swimming pool, it isn’t another mystery contaminant. Along with the start of spring comes the annual cleaning of the water pipes in D.C., as well as Arlington County and the northeastern part of Fairfax …

Normally we don’t watch presentations on legislative bills for fun, but we’re making an exception for this awesome whiteboard stop-motion animation about WRRDA.

Keeping a mime locked up in a closet is one thing, but a reporter?  Come on, man. REPORTER CONFINED IN CLOSET DURING BIDEN FUNDRAISER Sat March 26 2011 17:04:37 EDT Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an ORLANDO SENTINEL reporter in a closet this week to keep him from …

This is always a good way to start off a Tuesday: [WaPo Breaking News] Officials at the District’s Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) are advising customers in certain Northwest neighborhoods not to use water until further notice due to a higher-than-normal chlorine concentration. The boundaries of the area are: West …

$621 million – none of which spent on a little waterproofing compound so this type of thing could be prevented. A leak caused a minor flood in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday afternoon, creating a pool of water in one of the months-old underground building’s hallways. [Roll Call] The …