{
  "id": "2025-06-07-clemson-university-main-campus-water-main-break",
  "slug": "clemson-university-main-campus-water-main-break-2025-06-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Clemson University",
    "shortName": "Clemson",
    "state": "SC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CU Alert",
    "enrollment": 27000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-06-07",
    "type": "infrastructure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Main campus water main break and boil-water advisory",
    "headlinePublic": "Main campus water main break and boil-water advisory",
    "summary": "Clemson [CU Alerts](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2025/06/07/main-campus-water-service-update-june-7-2025/) reported a main-campus water main break with a boil-water advisory, later restoring most service while repairs continued.",
    "outcome": "Full water service restored campus-wide except Barnes Center remaining under advisory until repairs completed.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "A water main break is currently affecting the availability of drinking water and chilled water used for main campus cooling systems. Power service remains unaffected, but our main campus community may notice changes in building cooling efficiency.\n\nAs a safety precaution, a boil water advisory is in effect for all main campus buildings until further notice. Clemson University officials are actively working with local utilities to resolve the issue and will provide updates as they become available.\n\nContinue to monitor alerts.clemson.edu and official University social media channels for the latest information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2025/06/07/main-campus-water-service-update-june-7-2025/",
      "sourceDescription": "CU Alerts official archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from alerts.clemson.edu water main break notice"
      ],
      "characterCount": 616,
      "timestampApprox": "2025-06-07"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-06-07T15:42:00-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Update (3:42 p.m.): Full water service for main campus, including drinking water and chilled water for cooling systems, has been restored. The boil water advisory is lifted for all areas of main campus except the Barnes Center.\n\nFull repairs are ongoing and should be completed later today.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2025/06/07/main-campus-water-service-update-june-7-2025/",
      "sourceDescription": "CU Alerts official archive update",
      "annotations": [
        "3:42 p.m. update from same CU Alerts page"
      ],
      "characterCount": 290
    }
  ],
  "context": "Clemson University CU Alerts official archive published main-campus water service emergency notices.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Boil-water advisory as campus protective guidance",
    "Archive page includes initial and 3:42 p.m. update"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts water service update",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2025/06/07/main-campus-water-service-update-june-7-2025/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/",
      "type": "official"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "water-main-break",
    "boil-water",
    "clemson",
    "cu-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}