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DPU: Water plant back near full production; boil advisory to remain until state samples clear
Summary
Director Scott Morrison told the Governmental Operations Standing Committee the treatment plant is producing at 60–65 MGD and that the city is awaiting state lab results before lifting a boil water advisory. He said filters and tanks are recovering and a root-cause analysis is planned.
Director Scott Morrison, Department of Public Utilities, told the Governmental Operations Standing Committee that Richmond’s water treatment plant has returned to near-full production but a boil water advisory will remain until state-required compliance samples clear.
Morrison said “Last night, we had about 20 PSI recovery in the system” and that the utility took the compliance sample required by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH). “That sample will be coming out of the incubator, roughly around 09:00 tonight,” he said, adding a second compliance sample will complete the 24-hour required series.
The advisory matters because city staff must show consecutive passing compliance samples to VDH before lifting the boil water notice, a step Morrison said officials are monitoring closely. He…
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