{
  "id": "2024-10-26-san-diego-state-university-water-outage",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-water-outage-2024-10-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-26",
    "type": "utility-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "City water outage on San Diego campus; later restored",
    "headlinePublic": "City water outage on San Diego campus; later restored",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [posted two Urgent updates](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-10-26-unplanned-power-outage) after an unplanned water outage on the San Diego campus, then said water was restored with possible low pressure. Imperial Valley and Mission Valley were not affected.",
    "outcome": "Water restored. Some buildings may have had lower than normal pressure."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-26T14:29:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "SDSU has received a report of an unplanned water outage impacting parts of campus in San Diego. This does not impact SDSU Imperial Valley or SDSU Mission Valley, to include Snapdragon Stadium. The university is in contact with the City of San Diego to determine the cause and an estimated repair time. Information: Urgent.sdsu.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-10-26-unplanned-power-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — Oct 26 2024 water outage 2:29 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetches 2026-08-17. sha256 cd463ab937bd4c1fa3068c1651f43164219278ac86673c42b449f0b887ce4c5d.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).",
        "Archive slug says unplanned-power-outage; the timed products are a water outage.",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-09-22-sdsu-water-main-break and 2025-05-15-san-diego-state-university-hostler-storm-hall-water-leak: different dates and scopes."
      ],
      "characterCount": 330
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-26T17:10:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Water has been restored at SDSU following an unplanned water outage reported earlier today, Oct. 26, that impacted several buildings on the San Diego campus. Some building locations may experience lower than normal water pressure. Faculty and staff should report any non-urgent water-related issues to Facilities Services via the Customer Request Portal online: https://sdsu.assetworks.cloud/. Students in residential communities should report any via service request on the Housing Portal. Reminder: This outage did not impact SDSU Imperial Valley or SDSU Mission Valley. Information: Urgent.sdsu.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-10-26-unplanned-power-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — Oct 26 2024 water restored 5:10 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. Housing Portal link flattened to the visible words Housing Portal."
      ],
      "characterCount": 601
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU Urgent archive page titled as a power outage; the transmitted products describe a city water outage.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "San Diego campus water outage coordinated with the city; restored the same afternoon."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — Unplanned Power Outage on Oct. 26",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2024-10-26-unplanned-power-outage",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-17",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "california",
    "sdsu",
    "water-outage"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-17",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-17",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}