Richmond’s residents take matters into their own hands as the city’s boil water advisory continues
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Several residents are taking matters into their own hands to deal with the Richmond City boil water advisory. Richmond Mayor Danny Avula provided an update Tuesday morning on the city’s effort to restore the city water treatment plant that experienced a malfunction after a power outage during Sunday’s snowstorm. However, another malfunction is further delaying water service being restored to residents, according to the department. In the museum district, Dan Lewis said waiting for Richmond officials to get water pressure restored has made things difficult. “I was working and I came downstairs and my wife said that we didn't have any water,” Lewis said. “The boiling water advisory kind of filled the whole new space. We had to sort of take matters into our own hands.” Monica Lewis said the situation is so dire they’ve resorted to melting snow for washing hands and using the bathroom as well as other methods to get through this crisis. “We used a bottle of water that we happened to have bought before the storm very sparingly, along with hand sanitizers just to conserve,” Lewis said. Elsewhere, Shawn Record said no water has resulted in no heat in his apartment complex and temperatures dropping as low as 53 degrees. “It's awful, you start getting tired, you can't sleep properly,” Record said. “What are you going to do, huddle underneath blankets? I mean, that's the best you can do. Apartment complexes with heat pumps have no heat because they take water to work.” Record said he’s staying at a friend’s place until the situation is resolved but worries about others struggling throughout the city. “What about the people who don't have a vehicle or who are differently abled, who have mobility issues? How are they getting through this? The lack of public officials commenting about the heat situation tells me that it's not on their radar and I think it should be.”
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Several residents are taking matters into their own hands to deal with the Richmond City boil water advisory.
Richmond Mayor Danny Avula provided an update Tuesday morning on the city’s effort to restore the city water treatment plant that experienced a malfunction after a power outage during Sunday’s snowstorm. However, another malfunction is further delaying water service being restored to residents, according to the department.
In the museum district, Dan Lewis said waiting for Richmond officials to get water pressure restored has made things difficult.
“I was working and I came downstairs and my wife said that we didn't have any water,” Lewis said. “The boiling water advisory kind of filled the whole new space. We had to sort of take matters into our own hands.”
Monica Lewis said the situation is so dire they’ve resorted to melting snow for washing hands and using the bathroom as well as other methods to get through this crisis.
“We used a bottle of water that we happened to have bought before the storm very sparingly, along with hand sanitizers just to conserve,” Lewis said.
Elsewhere, Shawn Record said no water has resulted in no heat in his apartment complex and temperatures dropping as low as 53 degrees.
“It's awful, you start getting tired, you can't sleep properly,” Record said. “What are you going to do, huddle underneath blankets? I mean, that's the best you can do. Apartment complexes with heat pumps have no heat because they take water to work.”
Record said he’s staying at a friend’s place until the situation is resolved but worries about others struggling throughout the city.
“What about the people who don't have a vehicle or who are differently abled, who have mobility issues? How are they getting through this? The lack of public officials commenting about the heat situation tells me that it's not on their radar and I think it should be.”
