People and small businesses affected by Richmond's water crisis could be able to start applying for recovery funds by the end of the week, Mayor Avula told Axios in a sit-down interview at City Hall Wednesday.

Richmond Department of Public Utilities Director April Bingham resigned a week after water outages paralyzed Virginia‘s capital city. 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.

Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities director has resigned after a water outage impacted the city for nearly a week.

Days after the Richmond Water Crisis left thousands in the Richmond region without water, the city has announced a Interim Director of Department of Public Utilities.