Report: Richmond water plant didn’t have copy of emergency manual during Jan. 6 failure
The report provides the most detailed timeline yet of what occurred on Jan. 6.
Graham Moomaw
Henrico report on water outage faults Richmond for not communicating ‘severity’ of situation sooner
Former Richmond DPU Director April Bingham attempted to send text messages to the landline phone of Henrico DPU Director Bentley Chan, according to the report released Tuesday.
Overcoming doubts, Richmond Planning Commission OKs test of new type of bus platform
The Richmond Planning Commission approved a plan to test a new type of bus platform that could also help slow down traffic.
City says former DPU director isn't getting severance pay, but won't release document with details
The city is refusing to release the document that might contain a dollar amount and other details.
Avula sets hiring limits as City Hall braces for financial hit from water crisis
Richmond Mayor Danny Avula has imposed new hiring restrictions at City Hall in an attempt to prepare the city budget for the financial impact of last month’s water plant failure.
As water plant crisis began, Richmond officials scrambled to fix issue at DPU call center
On the same day it had to announce Richmond’s tap water was unsafe to use without boiling it, the city’s Department of Public Utilities had a different communications problem.
Richmond officials say water relief fund money is spoken for after just a few days
The application process went live on Friday morning. In a news release late Monday morning, the city said all the money in the fund is now “fully committed to Richmonders in need.”
