WASHINGTON (7News) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it finished restoring the Potomac River weeks ahead of schedule, following the Potomac Interceptor collapse.

“U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accomplished its remediation of the Potomac Interceptor collapse and fully demobilized the federal presence onsite, finishing months ahead of upcoming America 250 festivities and delivering on the agency’s commitment to restore the Potomac to pre-collapse conditions,” the EPA wrote in a press release.

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The EPA began restoration efforts after DC Water completed emergency repairs on March 14 to stop the Potomac River sewage leak and restore flow to the Potomac Interceptor.

The EPA says those repairs happened a week ahead of schedule and allowed them to start their efforts.

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In January, the 72-inch-wide sewer pipe collapsed near the Clara Barton Parkway, sending more than 200 million gallons of wastewater containing E. coli and other bacteria into the Potomac River and prompting emergency response efforts from officials in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.