HOPEWELL, Va. — Virginia leaders sat down with U.S. Senator Mark Warner in Hopewell to discuss improving the region’s water infrastructure and how to pay for it.
The meeting came after thousands of people lost water service during January’s Richmond water crisis and again during July’s sewage spill from the Hopewell Wastewater Treatment Plant.
“What happened our waste water plant this summer is not something that is just happening here in Hopewell but it’s also happening across our region and across our country with our aging drinking and wastewater systems,” Hopewell Mayor Johnny Partin Jr. said. “Our aging infrastructure needs significant investment and upgrades to ensure that our citizens are healthy.”…