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# Low water pressure reported in parts of Richmond; city says overnight issue is solved
- URL: https://www.richmonder.org/low-water-pressure-reported-in-parts-of-richmond-city-says-overnight-issue-is-solved/
- Published: 2025-05-27T13:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-27T22:21:05.000Z
- Description: "Due to high turbidity in the system, some of the plant’s filters clogged, temporarily reducing finished water production."
- Author: Michael Phillips
- Tags: Local News

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[LIVE: Water updates as Richmond issues boil advisory for some neighborhoods“The filters reclogged after running at full production for over an hour,” according to the city.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-1-134.png)The RichmonderRichmonder Staff![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_1712-1.jpg)](https://www.richmonder.org/update-richmond-issues-boil-water-advisory-for-some-neighborhoods/)

**Original story:**

Residents living in and near The Fan reported reduced water pressure on Tuesday morning, as Richmond returned to work after a holiday weekend.

"Due to high turbidity in the system, some of the plant’s filters clogged, temporarily reducing finished water production," according to a city spokesperson.

"Despite the reduction, the plant continued to produce enough water to maintain safe system pressure levels — above the threshold that would have required a boil water advisory."

Mayor Danny Avula released a statement on Tuesday morning.

“This incident showed that our emergency response standard operating procedures worked as planned," he wrote. "We communicated in a timely manner with our regional and state partners and recovered production quickly. That said, there’s still work to be done, and I’ll take a hard look at what happened and identify any future improvements needed.”

Water issues have dominated Avula's first five months in office, as the entire system [went offline](https://www.richmonder.org/snow-and-prayers-richmond-begins-new-year-by-coping-with-a-water-crisis/) in January, leaving most residents without usable water for five days.

More recently, an error briefly caused an excess of fluoride [to enter the water system](https://www.richmonder.org/counties-express-frustration-after-richmond-fails-to-communicate-water-error/), though testing did not show unsafe levels at any point.

Late last week, the city announced [new leadership](https://www.richmonder.org/richmond-water-plant-under-new-management-as-city-hall-staff-changes-continue/) at the plant and within the Department of Public Utilities broadly.

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