Richmond utility director resigns

Bingham resigns as Richmond utilities director
The director of Richmond's Department of Public Utilities resigned Wednesday and will be replaced by a state water official in the interim, per a city news release. Why it matters: The outgoing DPU director April Bingham was heavily criticized for her management of the city's week-long water crisis,
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The water outages began last week when a winter storm battered the Old Dominion and there was a power outage at the city’s water treatment plant.
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During an interview with Richmond Mayor Danny Avula Wednesday, reporter Tyler Layne pressed Avula about what led to Bingham's resignation and whether Avula believed the water crisis was preventable.
Richmond's Director of Public Utilities has resigned
It’s unclear if the change is connected to last week’s crisis at a city water treatment facility that left residents under a boil water advisory for days.
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