Richmond’s utilities director resigned Wednesday and was replaced by a former state official, as investigations got underway into last week’s water outage.

Days after the Richmond Water Crisis left thousands in the Richmond region without water, the city has announced a Interim Director of Department of Public Utilities.

During an interview with Richmond Mayor Danny Avula Wednesday, reporter Tyler Layne pressed Avula about what led to Bingham's resignation and whether Avula believed the water crisis was preventable.

Heide Trepanier is the Richmond artist responsible for those amorphous blobs which have greeted patrons at Richmond’s Main Library since 2007.

In just his first few days on the job, Richmond Mayor Dr. Danny Avula was dealing with his first crisis: no water for residents or businesses after a power outage caused major issues at the water treatment plant Avula sat down with 12 On Your Side for a one-on-one interview on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the crisis.