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Upcoming planned steam outage for Downtown, Evansdale campuses

Morgantown Campus

The Facilities Management team is working with WVU’s steam provider on a planned steam outage for the Downtown Campus (June 3 through June 11) and Evansdale Campus (June 3 through June 7). 

Downtown Steam Outage (June 3-11)

All steam across the Downtown campus will be shut down during the outage. Heating, domestic hot water and lab steam will be affected at the following campus buildings:

• Armstrong Hall

• Brooks Hall

• Chemistry Research Laboratory

• Chitwood Hall

• Clark Hall

• Colson Hall

• Downtown Campus Library

• Eiesland Hall

• Elizabeth Moore Hall

• John Chambers College of Business and Economics

• Life Sciences Building

• Martin Hall

• Mountainlair

• Oglebay Hall

• Purinton House

• Stewart Hall

• White Hall

• Woodburn Hall

Heating and domestic hot water also will be affected in the following residence halls:

• Boreman Hall (North and South)

• Dadisman Hall

• Stalnaker Hall

Evansdale Steam Outage (June 3-7)

All steam across the Evansdale campus will be shut down during the outage. Heating, domestic hot water and lab steam will be affected at the following campus buildings:

• Agricultural Sciences

• Allen Hall

• Creative Arts Center

• Engineering Research Building

• Engineering Sciences

• Evansdale Greenhouse

• Evansdale Library

• Mineral Resources Building

• National Research Center for Coal and Energy

• Percival Hall

• Student Recreation Center

Heating and domestic hot water also will be affected in the following residence halls:

• Bennett Tower

• Braxton Tower

• Brooke Tower

• Lyon Tower

Air conditioning is not expected to be affected during the outage; however, the Facilities team will continually monitor temperatures in campus buildings and residence halls and make any necessary adjustments.

Researchers should consider delaying any new research projects that could be affected by this outage if at all possible.

This outage is designed to accommodate enhancements, repairs and testing to the University’s steam infrastructure.

We appreciate your patience as we complete this critical work at a time that will have the least impact to our students, faculty and staff.

Questions or concerns about the outage should be directed to building supervisors to discuss specific needs or contact Facilities and Services at FacilitiesandServices@mail.wvu.edu with general questions.