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.

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.

Past inspections cited Richmond water plant for deteriorating equipment Inspection reports obtained by CBS 6 revealed that Richmond's Department of Public Utilities has been previously cited for failures related to its emergency planning and deteriorating equipment.

Richmond's water problems linger, and the repercussions are being felt in the neighboring counties of Hanover and Henrico.

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.