Richmond, Virginia residents were told Wednesday to "continue to boil water" until city officials could get operations back online after a power outage.

Several residents are taking matters into their own hands to deal with the Richmond City boil water advisory. Richmond Mayor Danny Avula provided an update Tuesday morning on the city’s effort to restore the city water treatment plant that experienced a malfunction after a power outage during Sunday’s snowstorm.

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said that water service has returned in some areas and that most residents could see at least a trickle by Wednesday afternoon.

A malfunction of the city reservoir system left residents across the city of Richmond and multiple surrounding counties with little to no water. As of Jan. 8, the counties of Henrico, Hanover and