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Through Our Lens: Richmond's January Water Crisis
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Through Our Lens: Richmond's January Water Crisis

  • Through Our Lens: Richmond’s Water CrisisMIKE KROPF/Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • May 28, 2025
  • May 28, 2025 Updated Jan 8, 2026
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The Richmond Water Treatment Plant, shown from the air, lost power last month after a winter storm dropped 3 inches of snow on the city.

MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH

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The Hotel John Marshall sign can be seen through snow.

MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH

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A person walks through the snow in Monroe Park.

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An aerial view shows the Richmond Water Treatment Plant, where a power outage earlier this month led to a systemwide failure that left the city without drinkable water for six days.

MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH

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Mayor Danny Avula arrives at a press conference to address the ongoing water boil advisory at the Richmond Public Library.

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Mayor Danny Avula speaks about the ongoing water outage at a press conference at the Richmond Public Library.

MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH

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A bathroom is closed at the Virginia State Capitol Building as the city of Richmond is under a water boil advisory, on the first day of the legislative session.

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Outgoing House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, is shown in January leaving Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office carrying bottles of water on the first day of the legislative session, which coincided with a Richmond water outage.

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VCU head coach Ryan Odom signals to his players during a basketball game against Fordham at the Siegel Center. The game took place without spectators because of the ongoing water crisis in Richmond.

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Members of the National Guard and the Richmond Police Department unload water at a distribution site at Southside Plaza. The National Guard helped to distribute water while the city went without potable water for six days.

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Mary Barnett, a volunteer with Bridging RVA, loads a case of water into a truck at a distribution site at Southside Plaza.

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Mayor Avula walks through a water distribution site at Southside Plaza.

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Documents: City rejected 2 bids to upgrade switchgear that caused Richmond-region water crisis

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Records show officials in 2017 declined two bids from contractors who offered to upgrade the water treatment plant’s switchgear — the component that failed during a power outage on Jan. 6.

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