the hardest hit river is the anacostia.here are 17 entry points to the river. 2-3,000,000,000 gallons of ported to the anacostia every year. tried -- has put together the clean rivers project. the clean rivers project is trying to restructure this to store and capture cso. we took a tour of the water treatment plant, blue plains, to dsee more. >> this is a storage and conveyance tunnel. when the cso overflows the combined sewage system, instead of going into the anacostia river, specifically the anacostia -- it will overflow into this tunnel, due deep shafts along the river. filling up the tunnel -- along with tunnel. filling up the tunnel and transferring all the overflow water down here to blue plains where it can be slowly pumped back out, so it captures and stores and conveys it to the plant for treatment. >> one of the biggest sources of pollution -- at the end of this project, this can be essentially eliminated. it will make a huge difference. >> instead of overflowing 70 or 80 times per year, which is more than once

the hardest hit is the anacostia.ween the 17 entry points to the river, 2 to 2 billion awagens of sewe pollutes the river every year. dc water has started a project. the clean rivers project -- constructs massive tunnels that will capture cso'ls. we took a tour of the waste stream and plant to learn more. isso this title itself designed as a storage title and a conveyance. what that means is that when the the combined, sewer system, instead of going and potomaccostia rivers, specifically the anacostia, it will overflow into hafts,unnel through s filling up the tunnel and transferring all of that overflow water down here where it could be slowly pumped back out. so captures, stores, and it conveys it top t the plant. >> one of the biggest sources of pollution is confined -- conbine d sewer overflows. it will make a huge difference. instead of overflowing 70 or 80 times a year, which is more than once a week, it will overflow twice per year which will make a huge difference to the river. there is a major combined sewer

the hardest hit being the anacostia.etween the 17 entry points to two to three miles of sewage pollute every year. d.c. water has started a project to reduce these. ae clean rivers project has schedule for massive tunnels that will capture and source the tunnels. we took a tour of the d.c. water waste treatment plant to learn more. >> so, this tunnel itself is designed as a storage tunnel and a conveyance tunnel. what that means is when the cso overflows the combined sewer system, instead of going into the anacostia and potomac rivers, pacific way anacostia -- specifically the anacostia, it will overflow through deep shafts. it will fill up the tunnel and transfer all of that overflow and he can be slowly pumped out. it captures, stores, and conveys it to the plant for treatment. one of the biggest sources for solution -- pollution is the overflows. with this project, it would be essentially eliminated. it would make a huge difference. instead of overflowing 70 or 80 times a year, it will overflow twice per year, which w

one of the most polluted rivers in the state of maryland is the anacostia. the abcostia was once full of life and ecological diversity, a symbol of prosperity in the d.c. area. it is now known as the frolingten river. the entirety of the eight miles is polluted beyond recognition by sediment, pathogens, and wastewater. between 75 and 90% of this pollution is combined sewage overflows the washington, d.c. and the surrounding area using the suer system that using sewage and storm water, about twice a week this overflows into local rivers. between the 17 entry points to the river, two to three billion gallons of sewage and storm water plutes anacostia every year. d.c. water has started a long-term process to reduce this. the clean rivers project. the clean riffers project is scheduled the construction of tunnels that will capture and store. we took a tour of the d.c. water wastewater treatment plant to learn more. >> so this tunnel itself is designed as a storage tunnel and a conveins tunnel. and what that means is that when the cso overflows the combined suer

by nightfall, they wrapped u thr search in the anacostia river. a cooyf police investigators pulled out of kenilworth pk ending day five the search for relisha rudd. ere is still no si of her, but e part of the mystery is solved. searchers found the body believed to be tha o 51-year-old khalil tatum, the man specteof being on the dead by lisha rudd, his own hand. >> it appears th the person we found re today w mr. tatum. itoes appear that this was a suide. >> police e saying littlelse about how tatum was discovered. sources tell abcy was inside thibuilding wh a gunshot wound to the hea >> it is jt shock for us. we were focused finding lisha dd. had been an inten dse of searching from their, on the river,nd on the ground using canines and vonteers on foot. all,ing watch over it strangers ose hear were heavy. >> she is a and taking her -- re in thwoods alone >> i am hoping at she is still alive. i am hoping he had a heart fore taking himself out. >> the chief would not say how tatum had been there or if there was anevidence tha might lead trelisha.

reporter: late this afternoon downstream from the aquatic gardens, bubbles on the surface of the murky anacostia river show the slow pains take progress of divers searching the area inch by inch. tatum is believed to be responsible for the march 19th murder of his wife. the search for relisha rudd resumes tomorrow morning. live in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news4. >>> bring her home! bring her home! >> dozens of pple showed their support for relisha rudd tonight in a walk in southeast where they prayed, sang, and lit candles. members of rudd's family were also there and told news4's erika gonzalez they're still hoping. erika joins us live at kenilworth park in northeast. erika? >> reporter: wendy, the search for relisha rudd will continue here tomorrow. tomorrow morning. meanwhile, as one month draws to an end and another begins, it's another day without relisha rudd. >> she has been through enough. enough is enough. >> reporter: it's been nearly a month since mary young has seen her great granddaughter relisha's brown eyes. tonight the focus is not on an abductor, it's on a little gir

here is a young man being arrested in 1949 after 70 black youth came to the anacostia park swimming poolington, d.c., and the white pool patrons refused to let them swim. and at this time, illinois pool in 1962, black youth marched for an hour, protesting the pool's whites-only policy. the 1964 civil rights act was intended to change all of that by granting equal access to public goods to the black americans who were already paying equal contributions. but what happened to public accommodations in the years after 1964 is more complicated. here are black youth swimming in a state park pool in a small georgia town in 1965. what we don't see are the white swimmers who left the pool just before the picture was taken. the civil rights act gave african-americans access to public goods, like public pools. and in the years that followed, the public goods themselves garnered less investment. economist robert reich writes, since the 1970s, almost all the growth from the gains have gone to the top, but as the rich begin shifting to private institutions, they withdrew political support for public on

it reduces the overflow to the anacostia by 98%. >> when fully implement to this project is expected to take the and across the river off of the list of impaired waterways in the u.s.. c. isc is not alone -- d. not alone in the search for clean water. >> when it rains, industrial waste and storm water come pouring in. we have to stop this. >> the pollution in rivers have and do it over the years is unknown to many. jump offld be nice to of your boat and not worry about what you would get. to dealhing we have with this sewage pollution. >> 700 cities -- >> the biggest pollutant is overflow. >> overflow. >> combined sewage overflow. >> the clean rivers project will the waterways tremendously but it all comes at a price. >> is likely mentioned -- this is a heavy burden. the biggest thing we can do to help waterways and take some of the burden off of them -- >> the hind every river there is a wastewater agency trying to gather funds. in 2014 we must provide federal funding to wastewater treatment agencies across the country. the lifeblood of our nation is tainted with the negligence of g