SU finds temporary fix for Watson Hall water main break
An SU official said Watson Hall residents should continue to use the bottled water available at the hall’s main desk. Kennedy Rose | News Editor
Syracuse University found a temporary fix on Thursday to the broken water main affecting water services at Watson Hall, according to an SU official.
The university’s facilities team connected a different water line to Watson, returning toilets and showers to working condition, resident life director Terra Peckskamp said in an email sent Thursday night. Watson lost drinking water Wednesday after a water main broke several times on Waverly Avenue.
SU shut off the building’s water at 11:30 a.m. Thursday to finish a repair, according to an email from Resident Life Specialist Mary Ellen Albiker. She said water would be available for use and consumption after 1 p.m.
But Peckskamp’s Thursday night email said residents should continue to drink bottled water given out at Watson’s main desk. The university expects to have a permanent repair for the main by this weekend, she added.
