Please be prepared for a steam outage on Thursday, 12/18, by dressing for potentially cooler indoor temperatures. Facilities is in the process of repairing the main steam/condensate line at Manhole #1 (across from steam plant). While we hope to return this manhole to service shortly, to ensure that the steam leak at Crawford Hall (Manhole #5) is repaired before the Christmas break, a steam outage this Thursday is required that will impact most buildings on campus. Thursday is the warmest day of the week, and after speaking with Res Life and Dining Services, it is also the least impactful day for a steam shut down on campus.
We speculate that a gasket has failed in manhole #5, a fairly routine repair, but getting the manhole and piping cool enough to work with will take some time. Please note that if we are able to complete the repair to steam manhole #1 before Thursday, this outage will be cancelled.