“Dry January” became all too literal in Richmond, where most city residents and businesses were struggling with a water outage that started Monday afternoon and was still leaving much of a city with a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — January’s water crisis is estimated to have cost the city of Richmond at least $6.7 million, according to a memo provided to Richmond City Council in late June. From Jan. 6 to ...

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with an amended number of concerns items at the request of a city spokesperson. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond is further dedicating to fixing what’s broken at ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Small businesses across Central Virginia are seeing a new wave of financial relief following months of struggle caused by January’s water crisis. “It wasn’t just a one-week ...

Anna Wilson fills jars and bottles from Wayside Spring in the Forest Hill neighborhood during a citywide water outage in Richmond, on Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for the Virginia ...

Kyle Levesque takes water samples from Wayside Spring in the Forest Hill neighborhood to be tested during a citywide water outage in Richmond, Va., Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The city of Richmond was not adequately prepared for emergency events like January’s widespread water crisis, according to a new report — echoing the findings of previous, ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — With back-to-back serious issues coming from Richmond's water system including the January water crisis, communication failures involving a fluoride exceedance, a boil water ...

Richmond lifts boil-water advisory after two days in parts of city Two consecutive tests of water samples in South Side, West End and North Side neighborhoods came back clean Second boil-water ...

RICHMOND, Va. — It was Sunday evening when Henrico, Hanover, and Chesterfield counties all received notice that Richmond's Department of Public Utilities released higher than normal levels of fluoride ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Some Richmond neighborhoods remain under a boil water advisory Wednesday after the city's water treatment plant experienced an operational issue early Tuesday that temporarily reduced ...

Richmond officials on Tuesday afternoon issued a boil-water advisory for much of downtown Richmond, reversing course after initially saying they would not be issuing such a notice. It’s the second ...