Henrico County officials are hopeful that the county’s boil water advisory will be lifted by Saturday afternoon, assuming that a series of water quality tests come back clean Friday and Saturday. Henrico Public Utilities officials late Thursday learned that their first round of required tests,

A boil water advisory announced on Wednesday, Jan. 9, is still in effect in Henrico County and Goochland County has now followed suit. Officials explained that the advisory was issued because the eastern part of Goochland gets its water from Henrico.

Henrico County issued a boil water advisory Wednesday afternoon, on the third day of a regional water emergency triggered by a power outage at Richmond’s water treatment plant on Monday, Jan. 6 caused by a winter storm.

The City of Richmond and surrounding Henrico County are under a water boil advisory after a snow-related power outage impacted Richmond’s main water plant along the James River.

Richmond city Mayor Danny Avula said residents could see the boil water advisory lifted sometime between Friday and early Saturday.

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula announced the city's water system is now fully pressurized in all nine zones The first step in lifting the boil water advisory involves testing multiple samples across the system,