Henrico County officials on Wednesday issued a countywide boil advisory, part of a widening water outage since a weather-related electricity problem caused the Richmond reservoir system to fail, crippling the region's drinking water network and disrupting businesses, schools and other operations. At Richmond International Airport, 45 portable toilets have been put into place outside the terminal.
Cars sit at North Laburnum Avenue and Watts Lane in Henrico County on Wednesday, waiting to get into the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, where water was being distributed amid low pressures in the eastern half of the county.
Cars sit at North Laburnum Avenue and Watts Lane in Henrico County on Wednesday, waiting to get into the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, where water was being distributed amid low pressures in the eastern half of the county.
SEAN JONES, TIMES-DISPATCH
SEAN JONES, TIMES-DISPATCH
People stand in line outside the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center at 1440 N. Laburnum Ave waiting to fill up containers from a tanker truck.
Portable toilets are lined up outside Richmond International Airport on Wednesday. A regional water outage is having far-reaching effects.
Margo Wagner, Times-Dispatch
A person exits a portable toilet at Richmond International Airport on Wednesday. The restrooms inside the airport were closed for multiple days because of the water outage in the region.
A person exits a portable toilet at Richmond International Airport on Wednesday. The restrooms inside the airport were closed for multiple days because of the water outage in the region.
Margo Wagner, Times-Dispatch
Margo Wagner, Times-Dispatch
Port-a-potties are lined up outside Richmond International Airport in Sandston on Wednesday.
UPDATE: RIC continues to experience an
outage of the county water system. Until service is restored, RIC
has added drinking water stations, stationed dozens of
port-a-potties, helped with the provision of water to support
airside operations, and issued information to airlines to… pic.twitter.com/QBHu3cVq57
Cars sit at North Laburnum Avenue and Watts Lane in Henrico County on Wednesday, waiting to get into the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, where water was being distributed amid low pressures in the eastern half of the county.
Cars sit at North Laburnum Avenue and Watts Lane in Henrico County on Wednesday, waiting to get into the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, where water was being distributed amid low pressures in the eastern half of the county.
A person exits a portable toilet at Richmond International Airport on Wednesday. The restrooms inside the airport were closed for multiple days because of the water outage in the region.
A person exits a portable toilet at Richmond International Airport on Wednesday. The restrooms inside the airport were closed for multiple days because of the water outage in the region.
