{
  "id": "2021-09-29-san-diego-state-university-regional-water-outage",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-regional-water-outage-2021-09-29",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-09-29",
    "type": "utility-failure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Regional outage cuts campus water; later restored",
    "headlinePublic": "Regional outage cuts campus water; later restored",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [posted two Urgent updates](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-09-29-unplanned-water-outage) after an unplanned water outage hit campus. Facilities said pressure might stay low for 90 minutes and restrooms would stay open. The city later said it was a regional outage, not SDSU-specific. Pressure was near normal by late afternoon.",
    "outcome": "Water restored. Regional city outage, not SDSU-specific. Pressure near normal and rising."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2021-09-29T12:09:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Facilities Services is working with the City of San Diego to investigate an unplanned water outage affecting campus. Water to impacted areas is being restored now, but may be lower pressure over the next 90 minutes. Restrooms will remain open and operational during this time.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-09-29-unplanned-water-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — Sept 29 2021 water outage 12:09 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetches 2026-08-17. sha256 77405949cef6bf86a58e216cd8fbd3c92c923802c5504ab04af1668328b380b2.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive).",
        "Not a test: live campus water outage.",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-01-12-san-diego-state-university-city-main-water-outage and 2024-09-22-san-diego-state-university-aztec-circle-water-main-break: different date and year."
      ],
      "characterCount": 276
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2021-09-29T16:22:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Water to SDSU has been restored following an unplanned water outage earlier today that affected the majority of campus. The City of San Diego confirmed with Facilities Services that a regional outage had occurred, and that the incident was not specific to SDSU. Water pressure is near normal and rising across campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-09-29-unplanned-water-outage",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — Sept 29 2021 water outage 4:22 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch."
      ],
      "characterCount": 317
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU Urgent archive for a September 29 2021 regional City of San Diego water outage that hit campus.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two official products from restore-in-progress through near-normal pressure."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — Unplanned Water Outage",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2021-09-29-unplanned-water-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"
}