Henrico County Government announced on September 23, 2025, that the Board has approved a resolution to enhance the resilience and reliability of water service for residents in central and eastern Henrico. The announcement was made through a series of posts on the county’s official social media account.
According to the first post on September 23, “The Board approved a resolution directing county staff to move forward with a plan to enhance the resilience & reliability of water service for residents in areas of central and eastern Henrico.”
In a subsequent update posted at 22:56 UTC, Henrico County Government detailed the scope of the infrastructure project: “The East End Water Transmission Main project will install 13 miles of 42-inch diameter pipe from the Water Treatment Facility on Three Chopt Road to county facilities in eastern Henrico, enhancing the county’s transmission capacity.”
A third post provided context for the initiative, referencing an incident earlier in the year: “The project comes after a shutdown of Richmond’s water treatment plan in January left thousands of residents in eastern areas of the county without water service for several days. Henrico included $50 million of initial funding for the project in the fiscal 2025-26 budget.”
Henrico County is home to a large public school district, which enrolled over 50,000 students during the 2023-24 academic year (source). The district includes Deep Run High School—the largest by enrollment—and Holladay Elementary School, which had the highest number of pre-kindergarten students (source). Black students represented about one-third of total enrollment during that period (source).
These demographic factors highlight how essential reliable water services are for both residential communities and educational institutions throughout Henrico County.
