Five days into the crisis, water is coming out of the taps again in eastern Henrico, but the entire county remains under a boil advisory.

As the water crisis in Richmond and surrounding area looks to be nearing an end, here’s a look at what happened this week: 7:30 A.M. Richmond’s water treatment plant experiences a power outage. This automatically triggers a secondary power system — but the transfer switch didn’t work.

The City of Richmond is approaching the end of a long, dry week. After a winter weather-related power outage caused a malfunction at a water treatment facility in the city, residents have remained under a boil water advisory for days.