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October 23, 2023
Dear campus community,
Due to a water main break, there is a widespread water outage on campus causing many buildings to have no water or extremely low water pressure. Crews are working to isolate the leak and restore pressure.
Out of an abundance of caution, the affected academic and administrative buildings listed below will be closed today. No classes will be physically held in the affected buildings. Students with classes in these buildings will receive updates from faculty. Faculty and staff who work in these facilities should plan to work from home today.
Please read the following important updates closely:
  • Faculty: If you have classes in the affected buildings, please use your discretion to transition to online classes. Please communicate directly with your students with alternative arrangements for your classes.
  • McKeldin, Art and Architecture libraries are closed.
  • The University Health Center is closed; appointments are moving to telemedicine.
  • The Counseling Center will operate on a limited basis with walk-ins and telehealth appointments.
  • Accessibility and Disability Service will move to remote appointments but the Testing Office will remain open.
  • Residents of affected halls are receiving updates directly from Residential Facilities.
  • South Campus Dining Hall remains open, but will provide further updates if service is interrupted.
Thank you for your patience as we work to restore water pressure to our campus.
The buildings listed below may have little water pressure to no water (Note: If a building is not on this list, it remains unaffected by the water outage. Normal operations continue, including in-person classes):
Academic and Administrative Buildings
Knight Hall
Benjamin Building
Tawes Hall
P. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building
Architecture Building
Van Munching Hall
Mowatt Lane Garage
Susquehanna Hall
McKeldin Library
University Health Center
Jimenez Hall
Chincoteague Hall
Preinkert Hall
LeFrak Hall
Tydings Hall
Taliaferro Hall
Morrill Hall
Shoemaker Building
Woods Hall
Skinner Building
Turner Hall
Francis Scott Key Hall
In addition to the academic and administrative buildings, the following Residence Halls are affected:
Anne Arundel
Prince Frederick
Wicomico
Calvert
Garrett
Baltimore
Washington
Allegany
Hartford
Annapolis
Montgomery
Charles
Dorchester
St. Mary's
Queen Annes
Somerset
Worcester
Caroline
Carroll
Kent
Cecil
Prince Georges
Talbot
Frederick
Charles
Howard
South Campus Commons
The Flagship Institution of the State of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742, USA
Phone: 301.405.1000
University of Maryland College Park, 7901 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742 US