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Chesterfield utilities lauded for maintaining service during regional January water crisis; state resolution presented
Summary
Chesterfield County’s public utilities department was recognized at a Board of Supervisors meeting for maintaining safe, uninterrupted water service to more than 360,000 residents during a regional water emergency in January and for assisting neighboring jurisdictions; a state resolution commemorating the department was presented and the county named Tara Kelly Utilities Department 2024 Employee of the Year.
Chesterfield County’s public utilities department received formal recognition from the Board of Supervisors and from a member of the General Assembly for maintaining uninterrupted potable water service to county customers during the January regional water crisis and for helping neighboring localities recover.
The recognition came at the board’s meeting, where George Hayes, director of the Department of Utilities, and other department leaders described the county’s response to the January 6 storm that compromised Richmond’s water treatment plant and triggered boil-water and conservation notices across the region. Sen. Sturtevant presented a resolution passed unanimously by the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates thanking Chesterfield’s utilities staff for their response. The board also honored Tara Kelly as the Utilities Department 2024 Employee of the Year.
Why it matters: Chesterfield officials said the county preserved safe, uninterrupted service to more than 360,000 residents while providing personnel, equipment and potable water to neighboring localities during the crisis. County leaders said that local utilities operations prevented local public-safety and health impacts that affected other jurisdictions.
