HEY CITY OF RICHMOND! YOU HAVE POTABLE WATER AGAIN! The boil water advisory has been lifted in the Greater Richmond area, also including the counties of Hanover, Henrico and Goochland, which have been under boil water advisories this week.

April Bingham stepped down from her role leading Richmond's Department of Public Utilities on Wednesday, according to a city press release. Anthony “Scott” Morris will take over the role in an interim capacity.

RVA will undergo a review of the events that led to the water system failure and soon would announce the details of that process, according to Mayor @DannyAvula. He and @GovernorVA have discussed beginning investigations into what led to the outage.

"This is fresh from the tap!" - @DannyAvula, who just drank some fresh tap water ahead of kicking off the press conference.

So, what's next? You gotta flush those pipes. You should also flush out appliances like washer machines and dishwashers, as well as your ice makers and refrigerator water dispensers.

Are you a @VCU student impacted by the delayed dorm move-in date this weekend? I'd love to hear from you! Working on a story about university responses to the water outage for @myVPM.

Do you work in the service industry? Have you lost hours because your restaurant/bar/bakery/etc. is closed? Have you been off since before the holidays and unable to work this week because of the current water situation in RVA? If this is you (or someone you know) let us know!

The city is currently offering bottled water to residents at 10 locations between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., as well as 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Richmonders likely will need to continue boiling water for another day. But at about midnight Tuesday, two pumps at one of the city’s water facilities began working again, and water pressure should be restored later today (hopefully).

🚨 breaking news 🚨 Pod Virginia is joining forces with VPAP and VPM to launch a new podcast featuring the voices of Virginia’s press corps https://t.co/ciYI8YyRvz

In higher ed news, @GlennYoungkin just announced that his budget proposal includes state funds to pay for the VMSDEP program and a cap on tuition increases.

New for @myVPM: Patriot Front members settle civil suit over defaced Arthur Ashe mural Read to see how RPD/the city's prosecutor reacted when I told them they confessed months ago:

New for ⁦@myVPM⁩: Va. Democrats to press cannabis market bills in 2025 despite expected veto

We're still on here, but did you know we're ALSO on bluesky? We're vpm (dot) org over there 😎 https://t.co/ta9y47zut9

I’ve been working on this for a while now. I want to thank everyone who shared their perspective with me. 🌟 @myVPM https://t.co/3HJihlZgyG

Former Republican Del. David Ramadan, a professor ⁦@ScharSchool ⁦@GeorgeMasonU⁩, gave VPM News his “basic analysis” of the nationwide results. #election #elections2024 ⁦@NPR⁩ #Virginia

New on @myVPM: Avula said he’s thankful for his years of partnership and friendship with Stoney and what that will mean for the City Hall transition. https://t.co/pJ29lFvo9M

Eugene Vindman wins, via @AP. Derrick Anderson's team issued a brief: “The process is ongoing and thousands of uncounted ballots remain. We want make sure everyone’s voice is heard in this extremely close race.”

Unofficially, it looks like six of the incumbents on Richmond's City Council will remain on council. Here's the (unofficial) local results: