Potomac Riverboats Install Cleaner Engines
Potomac Riverboat Company, based in Old Town Alexandria, has a route that stops at the Mount Vernon estate.
With grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Potomac Riverboat Company replaced old diesel engines on several of its boats, which make a trip between Mount Vernon and DC and Old Town Alexandria, reducing emissions into the Potomac River and cutting fuel costs in the process. The Council of Governments applied for and received a grant from the EPA in 2011. Along with the Passenger Vessel Association the Council worked with the Potomac Riverboat Company, based in Old Town Alexandria, to replace older diesel engines on two vessels. The engines are now operational on the Old Town-Georgetown route on the Potomac river. Jeff King, principal environmental planner at the Council of Governments, first came up with the idea …
