Cooling Outage - Main Campus

Standard cooling measures on main campus are fully operational after recent work to investigate a suspected leak in our chilled water line over the weekend. Regular activities on campus can resume effective immediately.

A sink hole had been identified near 16th Avenue and Shaganappi Trail N.W. on university property. On Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, a planned excavation activity took place to allow us to investigate the condition of the water line that runs from the Bow River to our Heating and Cooling Plant. No issues were found with this line, which is responsible for the cooling of most buildings on main campus, as well as specialized equipment such as low-temperature freezers, walk-in coolers, IT data centres, and other laboratory and research and teaching equipment. A leak in a nearby storm water line was the source of the original sink hole that caused our concern, and that repair work will take place without disruption to campus cooling systems.

The repair and backfill work remains ongoing, and cooling systems are fully operational.

We thank you for your support during this activity.