The lawsuit argues that federal agencies and military sites created landfills, allowed waste to flow into the river and perpetuated an outdated sewage system that dumped waste directly into the Anacostia.

The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking to hold the federal government responsible for pollution in the Anacostia River, accusing it of systematically contaminating the river over the past 150 years by treating it as a dumping ground for sewage,

A new lawsuit accuses the federal government of polluting the Anacostia River for over a century. FOX 5's Homa Bash breaks down the issue.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit against the federal government for its role in polluting the Anacostia River. “The US government has treated the Anacostia River as its dumping ground for toxic waste and chemicals,

The federal government has been the number one driver of pollution," said D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb.

WASHINGTON - D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit accusing the federal government of polluting the Anacostia River for more than a century. The suit claims the government has been a major source of hazardous waste and toxic chemicals contaminating the river for 150 years.