Talk:January 2025 Richmond water outage

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Edit conflict

@JohnSon12a, looks like we're having edit conflicts. I will draft some material here, I think. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 21:30, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. Yeah, that's fair. I'll let you take over for right now so we don't. JohnSon12a (talk) 21:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mayor Avula reported that workers were in the basement trying to pump the water out. As of 9:39 on Monday, power had been restored. The surrounding counties of Henrico and Chesterfield chose to disconnect themselves from the plant. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 21:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Mayor Avula reported that workers were in the basement, trying to pump water out. As of 9:39 on Monday, power had been restored. The surrounding counties of Henrico and Chesterfield chose to disconnect themselves from the plant, in order to help preserve water for the city. For the next several hours, crews focused on getting the plant's computer and mechanical systems back in operation. Water consumption increased and the city's reservoir dropped noticeably. Some city residents began to notice major issues with water pressure. City officials chose to not issue a boil water advisory at this time because they hoped that it would not be necessary. At 4:26 PM on Monday, the city announced an immediate boil water advisory, which had not happened in the city since Hurricane Isabel in 2003. City residents were also asked to try and conserve as much water as possible. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 21:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@JohnSon12a Going to add ur image as an infobox.JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 02:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! :) JohnSon12a (talk) 06:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 03:09, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard led to major water infrastructure impacts in Richmond, Virginia?

Source: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richmond-water-crisis-timeline-jan-7-2025

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Comment: Kind of current; I don't know how this process really works, but would love to see this on the Main Page while it is still relevant!

Created by JuxtaposedJacob (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 07:55, 9 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

New article, more than long enough, decently sourced (though there's a heavy reliance on primary sources evident, not a major issue), hook cited and no image copyright issues. I do have one major issue: Earwig detects multiple pretty sizable copyvios. There's two over 40% confidence and going further down I see identical attributions to the sources (while there is an argument for keeping quotes, copyvios can occur if you take the attribution before the quote directly from the source, rather than just the quote itself). Also, the hook isn't too interesting, honestly; I'd propose an alt similar to "...that a blizzard across the United States caused a major water crisis in Richmond, Virginia?" or some variant (let me know what you think of that); "major impacts" happen all the time and being non-specific hurts this one. I advise that you check WP:EARWIG and go and root out the copyright violations, and ping me when that's done. Departure– (talk) 15:18, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]