Pooling our data in maps.
It’s water week on the blog:
Have a visual of nearly all of the outdoor pools in DC. The District Waterways Advisory Commission asks the community what makes for a good DC waterfront plan. Some ‘eely’ good policies for regional river health. Pride and Pools: a bikeshare story. Finally, some progress for Viva White Oak. Unless NPS can move forward with repairs, this year may be the last tournament for the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center. Play a water-based edition of GGWash Junctions #55.
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GGWater Week returns to provide a riverine refresher
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by Melanie Pincus (Associate Editor) • July 27, 2026
Even as a ban on swimming more than half a century old persists, neighbors, governments, and organizations are working to improve and protect our region’s waterways. We’ve also faced reminders that we ignore water systems, and the ways our built environments interact with them, at our peril.
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Approximately every outdoor pool in DC, mapped
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by David Ramos (Guest Contributor) • July 28, 2026
Of DC’s approximately 1,931 outdoor pools, 1,730, or just under 90%, are in single-family detached, semi-detached, and rowhouse zones (R–1, R–2, and R–3).
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How DC is reclaiming its waterfront identity
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by Darryl Madden • July 27, 2026
The chair of the DC Waterways Advisory Commission sees tremendous opportunity for the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers to serve as models of environmental stewardship, economic vitality, recreational opportunity, and equitable public access.
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How governments, advocates, and eels affect the Washington region’s water
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by Renee Bourassa • July 29, 2026
Before it reaches DC taps, water flows through small villages, slows over dams, cools under forested state and national parks, picks up the remnants of abandoned industrial sites, and is shaped by the communities that line its shores. The Potomac River ultimately reflects the combined impacts of land use decisions, public policies, and human activities.
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Bikeshare Beat: Biking to Pride and the pool
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by Samuel Littauer (Contributor) • July 30, 2026
Capital Bikeshare riders were out and about across the region in June.
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Do Something #129: Human resources
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by Dan Reed (Maryland Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • July 29, 2026
This week on Do Something: how to run for a vacant ANC seat; four more years for Montgomery County’s James Hedrick; and a job opening for a big transit advocate.
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DC’s tennis tournament wraps this weekend. What’s next for the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center?
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by Anna Sillers • July 30, 2026
The Rock Creek Park Tennis Center is in need of repairs, with broken lights, uneven court surfaces and no major updates since it opened in 1989. The DC Council has budgeted millions for fixes, but the center remains under National Park Service jurisdiction.
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Play GGWash Junctions Water Week word puzzle (#55)
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by BeyondDC • July 30, 2026
Play GGWash Junctions, Water Week edition.
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Greater Greater Washington
80 M Street SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
United States
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