More than 240 million gallons of raw sewage hasspilled into the Potomac Riversince a pipe burst last month, and the lackluster response of the DC Water Board is raising questions about the competency of those in charge.

Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes was appointed as Chair of the DC Water Board by the Democratic Mayor of Washington D.C. Muriel Bowser, despite lacking expertise in wastewater management or engineering.

Though Morris-Hughes hasan extensive backgroundin administering federally-funded workforce programs, that experience has done little to mitigate the effects of what may be the largest sewage spill in U.S. history.

The spill took place on Jan. 19when a 72-inch-wide pipe, called the Potomac Interceptor, collapsed in Montgomery County, Md., about five miles upstream of Washington.

According to the NY Times, the spill flowed into the Potomac for roughly a week before DC Water, which owns and operates the line, was able to divert the flow of sewage into another section of pipe downstream.

Local officials report that drinking water has remained unaffected but higher levels of E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus,the bacteria that causes Staph infections, as well as antibiotic-resistant MRSA, could make the river unsafe for boating, fishing and other forms of recreation.

The Chair of@dcwaterboard isn’t an engineer, or city plannerDr. Unique N. Morris-Hughes is a DEI bureaucrat, non profit “educator”, grant disperser of taxpayer money, & former asst head of a boys charter schoolShe’s now head of the largest raw sewage spill in US historyhttps://t.co/q443ILBfHkpic.twitter.com/Ak4nkE7TWB

The spill also has prompted partisan conflict as federal and state officials have sought to assign blame for the disaster to their political opponents.

President Trump, on social media, posted, “This is a Radical Left caused Environmental Hazard” and pledged that FEMA “would play a key role in coordinating” the federal response.

Accusations of DC Water being more concerned about meeting DEI goals than with actual expertise are tough to dismiss when DC Water General Manager David Gadis has gone on the record complaining about“too many white men in charge” and the idea that utility “executives should reflect the city.”

Source: ZeroHedge News