Boil-water advisory in Virginia's capital to be lifted Saturday at the earliest, mayor says A boil-water advisory in Virginia's capital will remain in place at least until Saturday morning, officials said, leaving residents without drinkable tap water for a fourth day following an outage at the city's treatment facility.
Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said during a news conference Friday morning that officials conducted a first test of the facility's water after pressure was fully restored on Thursday.
The announcement comes after Richmond's 200,000-plus residents have been without drinkable tap water since Monday afternoon, when a malfunction at the water treatment facility was caused by a power failure during a snowstorm.
Avula said the results of the first test were expected on Friday afternoon, making Saturday morning the earliest time officials could lift the advisory.
Avula has said that the advisory can only be lifted following two negative bacteria tests of the water — each taken 16 hours apart.
