Timeline: How Richmond's water crisis unfolded
For much of the first full week of 2025, residents of Virginia's capital city didn't have drinkable water coming out of their taps. Why it matters: So much information was coming out at different times from various sources it was hard to keep track of what actually happened in the moment.
Richmond utility director resigns as water crisis under investigation
Richmond Department of Public Utilities Director April Bingham resigned a week after water outages paralyzed Virginia‘s capital city. The water outages began last week when a winter storm battered the Old Dominion and there was a power outage at the city’s water treatment plant.
How water crisis impacted Richmond bakery: 'I came in to find water all over the floor'
A popular Richmond bakery encountered an unexpected complication that prolonged its closure in the wake of the Richmond Water Crisis.
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 timeline of how the events unfolded.
How Did Richmond's Water Crisis Happen?
Richmond residents faced multiple days without running water after a winter storm caused failures at a treatment plant.
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 Richmond's Department of Public Utilities has been previously cited for failures related to its emergency planning and deteriorating equipment.
5 things to know as Richmond's water crisis enters Day 4
Richmond's water problems linger, and the repercussions are being felt in the neighboring counties of Hanover and Henrico.
‘Kind of apocalyptic’: Richmond recovers from water crisis, celebrate clean water
After a week of uncertainty and chaos, Richmond residents are finally able to use their tap water safely. The boil advisory was lifted Saturday, and now the city is beginning to return back to
Virginia launches probe into Richmond water crisis as legislature begins work
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday that the state has already launched an investigation into last week’s water crisis in Richmond through the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water,
Richmond hopes to open applications for water crisis relief money this week
People and small businesses affected by Richmond's water crisis could be able to start applying for recovery funds by the end of the week, Mayor Avula told Axios in a sit-down interview at City Hall Wednesday.
Richmond announces changes at Utilities department after water crisis
Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities director has resigned after a water outage impacted the city for nearly a week.
Why Richmond's water crisis feels eerily familiar to this property owner
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Resilience, self-sufficiency: A deeper look into how Henrico plans to expand water system to eastern residents
Efforts to expand such access have long been in the works, but the large-scale water crisis that unfolded the week of Jan. 6 in the City of Richmond drew attention to the issue. The first winter ...
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While Richmond weathers a new water crisis, Orange County prepares to deal with an old one
As many of you are no doubt aware, the entire City of Richmond and a large surrounding area lost access to running water last ...
As Richmond got water crisis updates, this massive mural took center stage
Heide Trepanier is the Richmond artist responsible for those amorphous blobs which have greeted patrons at Richmond’s Main ...
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Henrico plans to rely less on Richmond water system following catastrophic city infrastructure failure
A recent water crisis in the City of Richmond served as a wake-up call to leaders in the neighboring Henrico County who have ...
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Henrico County leaders hold first meeting since water crisis, speak about steps moving forward
Henrico County leaders held a meeting Tuesday night and spoke about their steps moving forward after the Richmond water ...