{
  "id": "2026-10-15-palm-beach-state-college-boca-raton-water-supply-closure",
  "slug": "palm-beach-state-college-boca-raton-water-supply-closure-2026-10-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Palm Beach State College",
    "shortName": "PBSC",
    "state": "FL",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "@PBStateCollege",
    "enrollment": 40000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-15",
    "type": "infrastructure-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Water supply problem closes one campus for the day, with operations moved online",
    "headlinePublic": "Water supply problem closes one campus for the day, with operations moved online",
    "summary": "On the morning of Thursday, October 15, 2026, Palm Beach State College posted that its [Boca Raton campus was closed for the day because of a water supply issue](https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110730928817324197), with all campus operations remote, and that evening [announced it would reopen](https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110870341392146780) on October 16.",
    "outcome": "The Boca Raton campus was closed on October 15, 2026 and resumed normal operations on October 16 under a city boil water notice, with bottled water provided.",
    "endDate": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-15T09:54:03-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The Boca Raton campus is closed Thursday, October 15, 2026, due to a water supply issue. All campus operations are remote. Students with in-person classes should check their PBSC email and contact their instructors for updates. Online classes continue as scheduled. https://t.co/zfmqD4gDyp",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110730928817324197",
      "sourceDescription": "@PBStateCollege post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Gives separate instructions for in-person students (check PBSC email, contact instructors) and online classes (continue as scheduled)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 289
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-15T19:08:02-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The Boca Raton campus will resume normal operations on Friday, October 16. Due to a City of Boca Raton boil water notice, bottled water will be available for faculty, staff and students in AD 108.\n\nThank you for your patience and cooperation. https://t.co/RSzjrrItq5",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110870341392146780",
      "sourceDescription": "@PBStateCollege post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Announces the next-day reopening and names the cause more precisely: a City of Boca Raton boil water notice, with bottled water provided in AD 108.",
        "Thread checked 2026-11-09: no further posts from @PBStateCollege for this incident (account searched through October 22, 2026)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 266
    }
  ],
  "context": "The closure was announced at 9:54 AM EDT the same day, and a [reopening post](https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110870341392146780) followed at 7:08 PM EDT. Only the Boca Raton campus was named.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The closure post said where to look for follow-up (PBSC email) rather than promising an update on X.",
    "The reopening post explained the water issue as a city boil water notice, which the closure post had not said."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@PBStateCollege: Boca Raton campus closed for water supply issue",
      "url": "https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110730928817324197",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@PBStateCollege: Boca Raton campus resumes normal operations October 16",
      "url": "https://x.com/PBStateCollege/status/2110870341392146780",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "infrastructure-failure",
    "community-college",
    "florida",
    "campus-closure",
    "water",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}