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Virginia House advances legislation recognizing water as human right
RICHMOND,Va. -- The city of Petersburg made headlines last year when the city water service to non-paying residents preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.Del. Lashrecse D. Aird, D-Petersburg, the city’s action as “inhumane” and the dispute reached Virginia Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, who in a ordered the city to restore service to 150 residences that still didn’t have water last May.Aird introduced to ensure no person in the commonwealth is denied access to water. The measure recognizes the access to clean, affordable water as a human right.The Virginia House of Delegates advanced the...…RICHMOND,Va. -- The city of Petersburg made headlines last year when the city water service to non-paying residents preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.Del. Lashrecse D. Aird, D-Petersburg, the city’s action as “inhumane” and the dispute reached Virginia Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, who in a ordered the city to restore service to 150 residences that still didn’t have water last May.Aird introduced to ensure no person in the commonwealth is denied access to water. The measure recognizes the access to clean, affordable water as a human right.The Virginia House of Delegates advanced the...WW…
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