Richmond announces ‘Water Recovery Week,’ encourages residents to support local businesses that closed during the water crisis
Earlier this month, dozens of local businesses were impacted by the widespread water crisis. City leaders are encouraging residents to go out and support local shops and restaurants starting Friday, Jan.
Richmond residents sought out the city’s natural springs during water crisis
Richmond’s recent water crisis left residents scrambling for drinkable water for days after a winter storm knocked out power at the water treatment plant, triggering a backup system failure and major flooding.
Richmond councilmembers question water crisis, city hires firm for investigation
Richmond City officials have hired an engineering firm to conduct an independent investigation of what led to the recent water crisis.
Small businesses react to Water Recovery Week post water crisis
Mayor Danny Avula and other city leaders hope water recovery week will be a way for residents and businesses to get support after being impacted by the water crisis, but owners and managers say it’s not enough.
Richmond Schools works to fix payroll issues, will pay staff for week of water crisis
Richmond Public Schools announced its plans to fix payroll issues some of its workforce has been seeing, including taxes being over-withheld. It also promised to pay staff for the week of Richmond's water crisis,
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Richmond under a boil water advisory, some residents without water
The city of Richmond is under a boil water advisory and residents are being urged to conserve water use after a power outage at the city's water treatment facility early Monday. Why it matters: Some ...
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Boil water advisory lifted for Richmond, Henrico and Hanover; water deemded safe to drink
RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond region's water crisis ended on Saturday after Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said the Virginia ...
Virginia officials lift Richmond’s boil-water advisory
Virginia officials lifted a boil-water advisory in Richmond on Saturday, days after problems caused by a winter storm hit the ...
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Richmond’s boil water advisory lifted Saturday
The Virginia Department of Health lifted Richmond’s boil water advisory, Mayor Danny Avula announced Saturday morning, after ...
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Richmond's water crisis: 115 hours without drinkable water
How a meager snowstorm could cripple Richmond's water supply for six calendar days is still being investigated. Here's a ...
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Richmond Water Crisis: Boil Water Advisory could extend into Saturday
Past inspections cited Richmond water plant for deteriorating equipment Inspection reports obtained by CBS 6 revealed that ...
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Richmond’s water fully pressurized, boil advisory could be lifted Friday or Saturday
The mayor also shed light on the series of events at the water plant that led to major flooding inside the building and days without access to drinking water for residents.
Richmond water boil advisory ‘unlikely’ to lift before Friday
Having not showered for days himself, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula met with members of the media Wednesday morning to provide a ...
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Richmond water production restored, boil water advisory remains in effect
The outage comes after a major winter storm caused widespread impacts across more than a dozen states, including hundreds of thousands of power outages across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.
Richmond water outage: Boil advisory could extend beyond Friday
Many Richmond residents are reaching the 48-hour mark of having no water. Officials say the boil advisory could extend beyond Friday.
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Richmond, Henrico and Hanover lift boil water advisories
Richmond and Henrico lifted the boil water advisory on Saturday afternoon. Why it matters: That means the city has drinkable ...