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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(119,968 posts) Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:40 PM Jan 10

Clean tap water isn't flowing in Virginia's capital as residents find creative ways to cope

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Theresa Fulgham wasn’t going to wait any longer. After days without water in Virginia’s capital that prompted some residents to melt snow to flush toilets, it was time to get cleaned up.

“We need a shower today. Enough is enough,” Fulgham, a live-in caregiver, said Thursday as she escorted her client to a YMCA with running water.

Nerves were frayed in Richmond, home to 200,000 people, as repair crews rushed to get the city’s water system working again after it was knocked out Monday during a powerful winter storm. By Thursday morning, brown sludgy water began to trickle back into many pipes, however it remains unsafe to drink without boiling – even where it’s running clear.

In complex city water systems like Richmond, getting pressure back still doesn’t mean the tap water is safe to drink. Residents will need to keep boiling their water until at least Friday, the city said.

https://apnews.com/article/richmond-virginia-water-outage-winter-storm-bafe6389f59f16f194df4a46975f9461

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Clean tap water isn't flowing in Virginia's capital as residents find creative ways to cope (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 10 OP

Governor Youngkin where is the clean water................ Lovie777 Jan 10 #1

In my state, the mayors and elected city officials are the ones in charge of the water and sewer departments MichMan Jan 10 #4

I love Richmond. A great base camp for Civil War bettlefields. WarGamer Jan 10 #2

has any one in RICHMOND, VA thought of talking to the State VADNR Oneear Jan 10 #3

Lovie777

(17,257 posts)

1. Governor Youngkin where is the clean water................

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Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:45 PM

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MichMan

(14,425 posts)

4. In my state, the mayors and elected city officials are the ones in charge of the water and sewer departments

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Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:27 PM

Jan 10

Maybe it is different in Virginia

WarGamer

(16,579 posts)

2. I love Richmond. A great base camp for Civil War bettlefields.

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Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:47 PM

Jan 10

Oneear

(431 posts)

3. has any one in RICHMOND, VA thought of talking to the State VADNR

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Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:07 PM

Jan 10

They have Grant Money to Fix City Water and Remove Galvanized pipes Dipped in Zinc. Would someone ask the Richmond, VA Water Department what type of Water Pipes they have?

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