Milledgeville city officials have made some progress today in replacing valves in the water system, but have informed us that they do not expect significant improvement in the water pressure situation until the new pump arrives on Thursday from New Jersey and is installed as soon thereafter as possible.
 
Accordingly, the city has asked us as one of its top water users to support their ongoing conservation efforts by continuing to have as many employees work remotely as possible. We have monitored buildings all around campus, including West Campus, and have found the most impact on upper levels of multi-floor buildings where toilets/urinals may not flush well because of the low water pressure. Other toilets on campus are flushing but may refill very slowly. We have not had any reports of water outages, but should you encounter this issue please notify Facilities as soon as possible (students in residence halls should notify their CA’s).
 
Given the urgency here at the end of the semester, we will again modify our operations on Thursday, April 27, as much as we can without disrupting the essential things that need to be wrapped up at this time of year. Specifically:

    •    All classes will meet as scheduled and all instructional personnel will report for normal schedules on Thursday, April 27.
    •    Non-instructional personnel who can work from home are encouraged to continue doing so on Thursday with the approval of your supervisors.
    •    If your supervisor has asked you to return to campus to work today, Wednesday, please plan to do so again on Thursday, April 27.
 
Sodexo continues to provide dining services as normal, and other parts of our campus are operating without interruption. We are all hopeful that this situation will be improved by late Thursday – but we will provide another update on Thursday as soon as we can get additional information from the city.