Underground Water Leak Near Nutt Hall

A water leak has caused City Corp of Russellville to shut off water service to several Arkansas Tech University facilities in Russellville on Wednesday, Oct. 10.

As a result of the water leak, individuals should avoid the Nutt Residence Hall/Techionery/Baswell Techionery portion of campus until further notice.

As of 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, the list of facilities with no water service includes:

  • Baswell Residence Hall
  • Baswell Techionery
  • Brown Residence Hall
  • Browning Hall
  • Crabaugh Hall
  • Critz Residence Hall
  • Dean Hall
  • Hughes Residence Hall
  • Hull Physical Education Building
  • M Street Residence Hall
  • Nutt Residence Hall
  • Paine Residence Hall
  • Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center
  • Techionery
  • Tucker Residence Hall
  • Turner Residence Hall
  • Wilson Residence Hall
  • Witherspoon Hall

Chartwells, food service provider at ATU, has indicated the water outage will force a temporary closure of Baswell Techionery.

In a related development, a portion of road on the east side of Nutt Residence Hall (the curve where North El Paso Avenue and West O Street meet) has been temporarily closed.

Individuals should seek an alternate route for vehicular traffic until further notice.

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