Virginia Department of Health to issue Notice of Alleged Violation for Richmond’s water treatment plant
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Following the Richmond area water crisis, the City of Richmond has announced that the Virginia Department of Health will issue a Notice of Alleged Violation for the city's water treatment. At 2:27 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, the City of Richmond said that it was notified that the Virginia Department of Health will issue a Notice of Alleged Violation for Richmond's water treatment plant. According to the department, this notice is generally the first step toward formalized enforcement of a violation of the department's laws or regulations. The following is the full statement released by the city in regard to the notice: The City was notified that the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) will issue a Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) for Richmond’s water treatment plant. A NOAV is a necessary and planned part of working with VDH on a corrective action plan and one that will help ensure stable and resilient functionality at Richmond’s Water Treatment Plant. Just yesterday, the City of Richmond hired HNTB Corporation to conduct a thorough, independent after-action investigation into the events surrounding the water outage earlier this month. In the coming days, the City will review and respond to the recommendations VDH has made and, where appropriate, incorporate them into the after-action report produced by HNTB. Richmonders should know that water flowing to residences and businesses is clean and safe for consumption, and that the City’s Water Treatment Plant continues to produce more than enough drinking water to support the needs of Richmond and its regional partners. The City’s Water Treatment Plant frequently engages with regulatory agencies such as VDH, and collaboration with those partners at the regional, state, and federal level is part of the ongoing work to sustain a resilient water system moving forward. City of Richmond 8News reached out to both the city and the Virginia Department of Health to learn more about the notice. City officials have not yet responded. "VDH will be releasing a statement shortly," said a spokesperson for the department. This comes shortly after 8News reported that the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water learned of the power outage at Richmond’s water treatment plant nearly nine hours afterward. This is a developing story, stay with 8News for more updates.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Following the Richmond area water crisis, the City of Richmond has announced that the Virginia Department of Health will issue a Notice of Alleged Violation for the city's water treatment.
At 2:27 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, the City of Richmond said that it was notified that the Virginia Department of Health will issue a Notice of Alleged Violation for Richmond's water treatment plant.
According to the department, this notice is generally the first step toward formalized enforcement of a violation of the department's laws or regulations.
The following is the full statement released by the city in regard to the notice:
The City was notified that the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) will issue a Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) for Richmond’s water treatment plant. A NOAV is a necessary and planned part of working with VDH on a corrective action plan and one that will help ensure stable and resilient functionality at Richmond’s Water Treatment Plant.
Just yesterday, the City of Richmond hired HNTB Corporation to conduct a thorough, independent after-action investigation into the events surrounding the water outage earlier this month. In the coming days, the City will review and respond to the recommendations VDH has made and, where appropriate, incorporate them into the after-action report produced by HNTB.
Richmonders should know that water flowing to residences and businesses is clean and safe for consumption, and that the City’s Water Treatment Plant continues to produce more than enough drinking water to support the needs of Richmond and its regional partners. The City’s Water Treatment Plant frequently engages with regulatory agencies such as VDH, and collaboration with those partners at the regional, state, and federal level is part of the ongoing work to sustain a resilient water system moving forward. City of Richmond
8News reached out to both the city and the Virginia Department of Health to learn more about the notice. City officials have not yet responded.
"VDH will be releasing a statement shortly," said a spokesperson for the department.
This comes shortly after 8News reported that the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water learned of the power outage at Richmond’s water treatment plant nearly nine hours afterward.
This is a developing story, stay with 8News for more updates.
