City workers unload cases of emergency drinking water Jan. 7 at Pine Camp Community Center. The site was one of 10 water distribution locations set up after a boil water advisory was issued following a storm-related outage that caused a failure at the water treatment facility.
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Poor communication, delayed maintenance blamed for water crisis
Poor communication, a lack of preparation and decades of deferred maintenance projects worsened a crisis that began with an outage at Richmond’s water treatment plant and left residents without running water for days last month, according to a new report released Monday.
