{"id":2391358,"date":"2025-01-16T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/richmond-utility-director-resigns-as-water-crisis-under-investigation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:19:54","slug":"richmond-utility-director-resigns-as-water-crisis-under-investigation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/richmond-utility-director-resigns-as-water-crisis-under-investigation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond utility director resigns as water crisis under investigation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frichmond-utility-director-resigns-as-water-crisis-under-investigation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided text seems too \u2063be a snippet of HTML code related to a web\u200b page functionality, specifically designed for user interaction. 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The crisis ended when the boil advisories for the area were lifted on Saturday. The incident is under investigation by the state, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1878146771236295138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Bingham resigned and Anthony &ldquo;Scott&rdquo; Morris was appointed as the interim director of the department, saying he was &ldquo;excited&rdquo; to return to the department to lead it. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As someone with a history of working in local and state water service roles, including a previous tenure with the City of Richmond as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">wastewater plant chief operator<\/a>, I am excited to return to Richmond to lead the Department of Public Utilities,&rdquo; Morris said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the City continues to recover from the recent water service outage at the plant, I look forward to working with the team to support the delivery of essential utility services to Richmonders,&rdquo; Morris added.<\/p>\n<p>The city said on Tuesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-fla-authorities-investigating-hack-on-pinellas-county-water-supply\/\" title=\"FBI, Fla. authorities investigating hack on Pinellas County water supply\">water treatment plants<\/a> were now pumping 68 million gallons of water daily, which they claim is above the average water consumption for this part of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crisis caused this year&rsquo;s legislative session to be delayed, with leaders starting the session on Monday rather than the originally planned Jan. 8 start date.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are gathering here a few days later than normal after the difficult and frustrating water crisis in Richmond last week. 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