SALT LAKE CITY

Major water leak and water outage affecting Veterans Affairs buildings

Sep 8, 2022, 9:13 AM | Updated: Dec 12, 2022, 2:00 pm

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FILE - The George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)

(Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)

SALT LAKE CITY–  A major water leak and water outage have occurred at the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Medical Center Main Campus.

According to the VA SLC’s Twitter, building one is the only building without water. It is expected to be restored within a couple of hours.

Students, staff and patients will not be able to wash hands, have drinking water, or flush toilets until the repairs are completed.

VA SLC is working to complete repairs and restore water pressure as soon as possible.


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Major water leak and water outage affecting Veterans Affairs buildings