Suzanne Boothby

Another week, another story about a community with horrific looking water.

Never not talking about water. No one's coming to save us! Brain-eating amoebas, say what? Thanks to my co-host @SuzanneWriting for joining me on these chats. #truthunfiltered Join us over at The Brockovich Report. #legionnairesdisease

Here we go again, #RVA. Hot sewage summer! Get ready.

More thoughts on the ongoing #waterissues in #RVA thebrockovichreport.com/p/call-it-a-cr…

@laurenvillagran @USATODAY Devastating topic, but beautiful writing and important reporting.

At the U.S.-Mexico border, volunteers work to find the remains of #migrants. I talk about their grim task on today's episode of The Excerpt for @usatoday >> art19.com/shows/5-things…

@rvaFlipsRed @RichmonderNews It's literally what I do every week!

@SuzanneWriting @RichmonderNews Again, why are you hyper focused on trust and not the failure of the city government to provide the service? Why not write an investigative piece on: "An Epidemic of Local Governments Unable to Provide Reliable, Safe Tap Water"?

‘Brockovich Report’ editor unsurprised by Richmond’s water woes richmonder.org/brockovich-rep…

Every time a #watercrisis happens, my phone blows up with texts asking my opinion. Thanks to @RichmonderNews for the coverage! And hope the boil-water advisory is lifted today in #RVA.

@rvaFlipsRed @RichmonderNews Talk to people in Flint, Mich. or Martin County, Ky, about whether they trust their tap water. When people don't trust their tap water, they go to bottled water which is not great for many reasons. wateroperator.org/blog/an-epidem… But thanks for your kind comments :)

@RichmonderNews What is this obsession with "trust"? No, the "city's biggest task" is not "earning back its residents' trust." It's providing safe and reliable water! Is this satire? Am I missing something?

@CityRichmondVA Person who writes about water issues here. 👋 "Excessive sediment" does not build up overnight. We need more info from the water operator. What's going on? Infrastructure failures? Treatment issues? Virginia Health Dep. said Jan crisis was avoidable. This one was too.

The City of Richmond has issued a boil water advisory for customers in some city neighborhoods. Learn more at go.rva.gov/water-0527

@sabrinaamorenoo Thanks for your coverage!

@sabrinaamorenoo That "sediment spike" did not happen overnight. Also let's not forget the DPU is asking for a 5.75% increase in water rates in the upcoming fiscal year. T

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been under a boil advisory this year, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice, right? axios.com/local/richmond…

Thank you to @SuzanneWriting & @ErinBrockovich for featuring Poisoning the Well and the #PFAS crisis in The Brockovich Report today! thebrockovichreport.com/p/poisoning-th…

Learned how to rant from the best! Watch out full convo here: thebrockovichreport.com/p/tbr-live-may…

Trying something new over at @substack. Trying to talk in real time and give you the scoop. Check out the full convo here. And yes, there are plenty of F bombs! It is me afterall :) thebrockovichreport.com/p/live-with-tb…

@rmc031 WTF?!

i really want a federal government with lead experts 😭

@SamuelParkerRTD Yep. Not surprised! And also not unique to Richmond. This "kicking the can down the line" is happening throughout the country in large and small cities.

Records show Richmond officials in 2016 received two contractor bids to repair the water treatment plant’s switchgear, which failed during a Jan. 6 power outage and caused the water crisis. But officials scrapped the project, deeming it "over budget." richmond.com/news/local/gov…

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.

@Lynda_Research Sorry to hear it! It's such a frustrating situation. We woke up to no water again here in Carytown.

@SuzanneWriting My husband in Henrico says no water pressure at our house today.

On the #watercrisis in #RVA Richmond, Va: Call it what it is: a crisis. It's not a water boil advisory, when people suddenly having no water at the tap. It's an outage. Next, communicate! Tell people exactly what's going on. Tweet & text often. Have a water crisis plan & test it.

@BreRVA Nope!

Checking in with Richmond City residents—y’all have running water yet?