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Chesterfield isolates county water supply after Richmond plant flooding; local plant restored within 24 hours
Summary
Chesterfield County officials told the Board of Supervisors that the county isolated its water system after the City of Richmond's treatment plant flooded on Jan. 6, then brought its Addison Evans treatment plant back online on Jan. 7 to maintain service for about 123,000 accounts and support regional hospitals.
George Hayes, director of the Department of Utilities, told the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors that Chesterfield isolated its water distribution system after the City of Richmond's water treatment plant flooded on Monday, Jan. 6, and restored local production at the county's Addison Evans treatment plant early the next day.
Hayes said, "Chesterfield County's public water system continues to operate as designed," and that the county had the Addison Evans plant back online "producing clean potable water on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 02:20 p.m." He told the board the county supplies about 123,000 customer accounts and serves a population of roughly 360,000.
Chesterfield's system draws from three separate sources and treatment plants, Hayes said: the Swift Creek Reservoir treated at Addison Evans, the James River treated at the City of Richmond plant, and Lake Chesdin treated by the Appomattox River Water Authority. Hayes told the board those multiple sources and…
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