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Richmond mayor outlines water probe findings, $5 million in repairs and budget pressures
Summary
Mayor Danny Aboular told City Council the HNTB preliminary review links a Jan. 6 power outage to equipment flooding and service disruption, said the city has spent just under $5 million on plant repairs and upgrades, and warned of budget strain ahead of a March 27 budget presentation.
Mayor Danny Aboular said a national consultanthas linked a Jan. 6 power outage to a chain of failures that flooded key equipment at the city's water treatment plant and contributed to service disruption.
"The report did affirm that the power outage early on January 6 started the sequence events," Aboular said, and he told council leadership that a final report from HNTB is expected next month.
Aboular said the city has invested "just under $5,000,000" on equipment repairs and upgrades at the plant, including new uninterruptible power supplies and batteries, and has…
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