RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond’s former Department of Public Utilities (DPU) director, who was terminated last year in the wake of the city’s water crisis, is suing Mayor Danny Avula and two other city officials, online court records show.
April Bingham was terminated after a winter storm knocked the power out at the water treatment plant on January 6, 2025, triggering a series of failures in backup power systems and leaving the city and surrounding counties without drinkable water for nearly a week.
Her lawsuit alleges that she was wrongfully terminated, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports…