April Bingham, former director of the Department of Public Utilities, speaks at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 8, at City Hall.
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DPU director resigns following water woes
Less than a week after an outage that left Richmond residents without water for days, April Bingham resigned as director of the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities. Bingham was appointed to the role in 2021 by former Mayor Levar M. Stoney. She assumed the role after previous work with the Washington Gas Light Company and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.