( July 29, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge granted a joint motion on July 28 filed by the United States and the public utility that owns and operates a sanitary sewer pipeline that collapsed and reportedly discharged millions of gallons of raw, untreated sewage into the Potomac River to extend a stay of a lawsuit filed over the pipeline collapse pursuant to the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program as the parties continue engaging in “productive settlement negotiations.”...