Henrico County discusses Richmond water crisis reports, options moving forward
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The Henrico County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday to discuss two independent investigations regarding the county's response to the City of Richmond's water crisis that occurred in January. The board met on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. to discuss two reports -- one led by AquaLaw and one by WRA (Whitman, Requardt & Associates) -- which evaluated the county's response to Richmond's water crisis and established key recommendations moving forward. There were several concerns relayed by AquaLaw at the meeting, including communication delays from Richmond to Henrico and "false hopes" -- as described by an AquaLaw spokesperson -- provided by Richmond in regard to when water would be up and running. In addition to the negative impacts, AquaLaw also had several positive viewpoints to share, and celebrated the response time of Henrico as well as their ability to offer support for Richmond. In terms of recommendations moving forward, WRA is currently outlining several water system upgrades, for the short and long term, that will allow Henrico to rely on their own supply more. WRA provided five short-term, mid-term and long-term options ranging from $117 million to $1.2 billion in cost. Those options would implement water transmission upgrades to increase Henrico's water supply in the east end. The Henrico County manager has a meeting with the Mayor and Chief of Staff at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday to talk about the findings as well as the possibility of Henrico purchasing the Richmond Water Treatment Plant.
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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The Henrico County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday to discuss two independent investigations regarding the county's response to the City of Richmond's water crisis that occurred in January.
The board met on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. to discuss two reports -- one led by AquaLaw and one by WRA (Whitman, Requardt & Associates) -- which evaluated the county's response to Richmond's water crisis and established key recommendations moving forward.
There were several concerns relayed by AquaLaw at the meeting, including communication delays from Richmond to Henrico and "false hopes" -- as described by an AquaLaw spokesperson -- provided by Richmond in regard to when water would be up and running.
In addition to the negative impacts, AquaLaw also had several positive viewpoints to share, and celebrated the response time of Henrico as well as their ability to offer support for Richmond.
In terms of recommendations moving forward, WRA is currently outlining several water system upgrades, for the short and long term, that will allow Henrico to rely on their own supply more.
WRA provided five short-term, mid-term and long-term options ranging from $117 million to $1.2 billion in cost. Those options would implement water transmission upgrades to increase Henrico's water supply in the east end.
The Henrico County manager has a meeting with the Mayor and Chief of Staff at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday to talk about the findings as well as the possibility of Henrico purchasing the Richmond Water Treatment Plant.
