Henrico officials reviewed reports Tuesday morning on the county’s response to January’s water crisis. The reports were compiled by independent consultants from Whitman, Requardt and Associates, and AquaLaw.

Report finds Henrico’s water restoration efforts hampered by lack of communication from Richmond Despite a “Herculean effort” to maintain water service to its residents during last month’s water crisis,

Delayed and poor communication from the city of Richmond to Henrico during the January water crisis made the county's water issues worse and longer lasting. That's the big takeaway from the independent report the county commissioned to review its response to the crisis,

Henrico County could experience significant changes to its water supply as local leaders assess their response to a water outage in Richmond that affected the region for days and consider measures to prevent a similar crisis in the future.

You come from a position of strength as the largest customer of the City of Richmond who also, by the way, has capacity to do more with water,” Henrico Manager John Vithoulkas told the Board of Supervisors during Tuesday's meeting.