A lot of odour and flooding on Tuesday 11 March at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. A sewer pipe burst there around 1:05 PM. Videos circulating on social media show the light brown water coming through the ceiling in a hard jet.
The sewer pipe was located under groups of toilets on the second floor and higher up. According to a spokesperson, a piece of the bend of the pipe has come loose. As a result, the filthy water spurted down in the hallway and the stairwell on the first floor.
Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not found
Bestand downloaden: https://delta.tudelft.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/poepvideo.mp4?_=1Video by Mike Wu, who was having lunch when suddenly ‘it started pouring in front of us and we got away quickly’.
Open days
The jet stopped after the sewer pipes had emptied. The toilets were immediately closed and were still out of use on Wednesday morning. People were also immediately on the spot to cordon off the hallway and stairwell. Then a thorough cleaning had to take place. The tube will also be made as quickly as possible. This is extra important, because there will be open days on the first floor this Friday.
How the pipe could come loose remains to be seen. The CEG building dates from the sixties and, like many old buildings on campus, suffers from overdue maintenance. According to the spokesperson, large-scale maintenance is now taking place.
Comments are closed.