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

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.

CBS 6 began receiving reports of outages and low water pressure in Henrico's East End and at Richmond International Airport Tuesday morning.

"There there could've been better communication was the notification that we received from the city of Richmond. It took a number of hours to get that information and we were not able to fill our system as much as we would've liked to,

Henrico is under a state of emergency as the eastern portion of the county is experiencing low or no water pressure, county manager John Vithoulkas said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Why it matters: The declaration allows the county to access additional resources to quickly deliver water to residents,

Henrico declared a local state of emergency after a water main break rendered nearly half of the county without water or with low water pressure levels Tuesday morning.