Officials remain hopeful boil water advisory can be lifted Saturday
With initial water-quality test results successful, Henrico County officials remain hopeful that the countywide boil water advisory can be lifted as early as Saturday.
Water service has been restored to areas of central and eastern Henrico that had experienced outages since late Monday/early Tuesday. Residents and other users should continue to notice increasing water pressure throughout today as the system returns to normal operations.
With the restoration of water pressure and forecasts for snow beginning tonight, Henrico will close, effective 8 p.m., its locations that have been offering bottled and potable water and access to showers and bathroom facilities. Those locations are the Eastern Government Center, 3820 Nine Mile Road; the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.; the Henrico Sports & Events Center, 1 All Star Boulevard; Brookland Middle School, 9200 Lydell Drive; J.R. Tucker High School, 2910 N. Parham Road; and Wilder Middle School, 6900 Wilkinson Road.
Under the boil water advisory, all residents, businesses and other users of the county’s water system should continue to boil their tap water before consuming it or using it in food preparation. Under the guidance of the Virginia Department of Health, tap water can be used safely for hand washing and bathing without first boiling it. For more information, visit henrico.gov/water-outage. Residents with questions may call (804) 501-4275, option 2. The call center will be available 24 hours a day until the boil water advisory is lifted.
