Richmond, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has indicated that it does not believe Richmond is capable of ensuring its citizens have reliable access to clean water.
VDH says it has issued a Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) against the city and the water treatment plant, detailing allegations of not heeding the state’s waterworks regulations.
Failures at the plant led to the water crisis in the metro earlier this month. VDH has given the city 30 days to make moves to fix the issues that were discovered.
In a statement, city officials said a NOAV is a “necessary and planned part of working with VDH on a corrective action plan and one that will help ensure stable and resilient functionality at Richmond’s Water Treatment Plant.”
The city added that it has hired HNTB to conduct an investigation of the crisis in order to identify the root causes of the outage.
“In the coming days, the City will review and respond to the recommendations VDH has made and, where appropriate, incorporate them into the after-action report produced by HNTB,” the statement said.