Henrico County issued a boil water advisory Wednesday afternoon, on the third day of a regional water emergency triggered by a power outage at Richmond’s water treatment plant on Monday, Jan. 6 caused by a winter storm.

Henrico County officials are hopeful that the county’s boil water advisory will be lifted by Saturday afternoon, assuming that a series of water quality tests come back clean Friday and Saturday. Henrico Public Utilities officials late Thursday learned that their first round of required tests,

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula shared that the first of two tests of the city’s water system was free from harmful contaminants. While results of tests can take about 24 hours to complete, within 16 hours of collecting yesterday’s sample,

Hanover County’s boil water advisory is expected to remain in place until Saturday, pending the completion of two rounds of water sampling, County leaders said late Thursday afternoon.

News Thursday afternoon that the city of Richmond has restored full water pressure citywide means that Henrico residents who have been dealing with little or no water pressure are closer to a full return to normal.

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