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.

Henrico County officials are hopeful that the county’s boil water advisory will be lifted by Saturday afternoon, assuming that a series of water quality tests come back clean Friday and Saturday. Henrico Public Utilities officials late Thursday learned that their first round of required tests,

Henrico County issued a boil water advisory Wednesday afternoon, on the third day of a regional water emergency triggered by a power outage at Richmond’s water treatment plant on Monday, Jan. 6 caused by a winter storm.

The City of Richmond and surrounding Henrico County are under a water boil advisory after a snow-related power outage impacted Richmond’s main water plant along the James River.

Henrico County will close its water distribution sites and showering facilities on Friday night as water service is restored to residents in the county.

Despite rumors circulating on social media, Henrico County officials have confirmed to CBS 6 that water service is not being shut off anywhere in the county.

All of Henrico County is now under a water boil advisory amid an ongoing water crisis in and around Richmond, Virginia.

Henrico County residents impacted by a water outage that began earlier this week can expect to see water flow slowly returning on Thursday.