Virginia Residents Left Without Water As Pro-DEI Water Manager Sits At The Helm

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The Daily Wire

April Bingham is a DEI committee member for a non-profit that hopes to 'ingrain DEI as a cultural norm'
Spencer Lindquist
Jan 10, 2025

Screenshot from April Bingham’s Linked In

After a snowstorm left Richmond, Virginia without water, all eyes are on the Director of the city’s Department of Public Utilities: a diversity, equity, and inclusion proponent who has overseen the dilapidation of the city’s water infrastructure.

April Bingham was named Richmond’s utilities chief by former Democrat Mayor Levar Stoney in December 2021, after 1 year and 11 months as deputy director of the department’s customer service division. Since taking the post, Bingham has dedicated herself to advancing the DEI agenda and is a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for the Virginia branch of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), a professional organization for water management officials.

While Bingham has dedicated herself to advancing the DEI agenda, Richmond’s water facilities appear to have fallen into a state of disrepair. Under Bingham, The Environmental Protection Agency cited Richmond in 2022 for various violations, including insufficient maintenance, corroded pumps, cracked filters, and perhaps worst of all, outdated emergency response plans.

Bingham refused to say whether or not those issues contributed to the ongoing water crisis, which began Monday after a winter storm knocked out the power at a Richmond power plant. Mayor Danny Avula, who was sworn in on December 31st, was unable to say whether the Department of Public Utilities had taken all preventive measures to avoid the crisis.

But the head of the Virginia Office of Drinking Water, Dwyane Roadcap, explained that some regulations appear to have been flouted.

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