Water fountain and bottle filling station status

Last updated May 30, 2025.

Per the City of Richmond announcement on May 29, 2025, there is no need to flush pipes or replace filters following the boil water advisory and tap water can be used as normal. To view the full announcement, please visit the City of Richmond’s news page.

As a result, VCU Facilities Management will not replace filters and flush all water fountains and bottle filling stations in VCU buildings on the Monroe Park and MCV campus.

Franklin Street Zone (Zone 100)

Building name	Filter status
500 Academic Centre	Do not use.
800 West Broad	N/A
818 West Broad St.	Do not use.
822 West Broad St.	Do not use.
911 1/2 Grace St.	Do not use.
920 West Grace St.	N/A
920 West Franklin St.	N/A
940 W. Grace Street	Do not use.
1109 West Marshall St.	Do not use.
Academic Learning Commons	Do not use.
Anderson House	Do not use.
The Anderson	Do not use.
Au Bon Pain	Do not use.
Baseball Locker Room	Do not use.
Basketball Development Center	Do not use.
Bird House	Do not use.
Blanton House	N/A
Bowe House	N/A
Bowe Street Parking Deck	Do not use.
Buford House	Do not use.
Center for Cultural Exchange Prevention	N/A
Center for Psychological Services	Do not use.
Crenshaw House	Do not use.
Depot Annex	Do not use.
Founders Hall	Do not use.
Franklin Terrace	Do not use.
Gabriel's House	N/A
Grace Street Center	Do not use.
Grace Street Theater	Do not use.
Hibbs Hall	Do not use.
HR Training Building	Do not use.
Hunton House	Do not use.
James W. Black Music Center	Do not use.
Kearney House	Do not use.
Lafayette Hall	Do not use.
Laurel Street Dining Services	Do not use.
Laurel Street Parking Deck	N/A
LSEE Center	Do not use.
McAdams House	N/A
Meredith House	N/A
Meredith House Carriage House	N/A
Millhiser House	Do not use.
Millhiser House Carriage House	Do not use.
Monroe Park Campus Power Plant	Do not use.
Moseley House	N/A
Murray N. Depillars Building	Do not use.
Office of the President	Do not use.
Office of the Provost	Do not use.
Panda Express	Do not use.
Police Satellite Office	N/A
Pollak Building	Do not use.
Raleigh Building	Do not use.
Ram City Market	Do not use.
Richard T. Robertson Alumni House	N/A
Ritter-Hickok House	Do not use.
Scherer Hall	N/A
Scott House	Do not use.
Scott Carriage House	N/A
Shafer Court Dining Center	Do not use.
Shafer Street Playhouse	Do not use.
Siegel Center	Do not use.
Singleton Center for the Performing Arts	Do not use.
Sports Backers Stadium	Do not use.
Sports Medicine Building	Do not use.
Stagg House	N/A
STEM Building	Do not use.
Starke House	Do not use.
Stokes House	Do not use.
The Center for Cultural Experiences in Prevention	N/A
The Depot	Do not use.
Thurston House	Do not use.
Valentine House	N/A
VCU Mail Services Building	Do not use.
VCU Qatar House	Do not use.
VCU Sustainability	Do not use.
West Broad Street Parking Deck	Do not use.
White House	Do not use.
Williams House	Do not use.

Main Street Zone (Zone 200)

Building name	Filter status
12 West Cary Street	Do not use.
9 West Cary Street	Do not use.
700 W. Grace St.	Do not use.
809 Cathedral Place	N/A
811 Cathedral Place	N/A
813 Cathedral Place	N/A
815 S. Cathedral	N/A
Cary Street Parking Deck	Do not use.
Cary Street Field Check-in Center	Do not use.
Cary Street Gym	Do not use.
College of Engineering East Hall	Do not use.
College of Engineering West Hall	Do not use.
Da Vinci Center	Do not use.
Dance and Choreography Building	Do not use.
Engineering Research Building	Do not use.
Eugene P. and Lois E. Trani Center for Life Sciences	Do not use.
Facilities Administration Building	Do not use.
Grace E. Harris Hall	Do not use.
Henry Parking Deck - East & West	Do not use.
Human Resources Building	Do not use.
Institute for Contemporary Art	Do not use.
Institute for Engineering and Medicine	Do not use.
James Branch Cabell Library	Do not use.
Jefferson Street Parking Deck	Do not use.
Lindsey House	Do not use.
Mary and Frances Youth Center	Do not use.
Mike Hughes Hall	Do not use.
Office for the VP for Diversity	N/A
Oliver Hall - Education & Physical Science	Do not use.
Recreational Sports Outing Rental Center	Do not use.
Sitterding House	Do not use.
Snead Hall	Do not use.
Thalhimer Tennis Center	Do not use.
T. Edward Temple Building	Do not use.
The Round House	N/A
Technology Operations Center	Do not use.
University Student Commons	Do not use.
VCU Child Development Center	Do not use.
VCU Dance Center	Do not use.
West Main St. Parking Deck	N/A

Clay/Leigh Street Zone (Zone 300)

Building name	Filter status
8th Street Deck	N/A
Biotech 1	Do not use.
Biotech Center	Do not use.
College of Health Professions	Do not use.
D Deck	N/A
Health Sciences Library	Do not use.
I Deck	N/A
Larrick Student Center	Do not use.
Leigh House	N/A
Lyons Dental Building	Do not use.
MCV Alumni House and Paul A. Gross Conference Center	Do not use.
MCV Campus Bookstore	N/A
MCV Child Care Center	Do not use.
MCV Campus Steam Plant	Do not use.
Media General Building	Do not use.
N-Deck	N/A
Physical Plant Administration Building	Do not use.
Physical Plant Warehouse 1 & 2	Do not use.
Richmond Academy of Medicine	N/A
Robert Blackwell Smith Center	Do not use.
Sadie Heath Cabaniss Hall	Do not use.
Samuel Putney House	Do not use.
Stephen Putney House	Do not use.
VCU Dental Building 1	Do not use.
VCU Health Sciences Research Building and Annex	Do not use.
VCU Police	Do not use.
Virginia Mechanics Institute	Do not use.
W. Baxter Perkins Jr. Building	Do not use.
William H. Grant House	Do not use.
Zeigler House	N/A

Marshall Street Zone (Zone 400)

Building name	Filter status
203 E. Cary St.	Do not use.
Egyptian Building	Do not use.
George Ben Johnston Auditorium	N/A
Goodwin Research Laboratory	Do not use.
Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building	Do not use.
Hunton Student Center	Do not use.
James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center	Do not use.
Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center	Do not use.
Molecular Medicine Research Building	Do not use.
Randolph Minor Hall	N/A
Sanger Hall	Do not use.
VCU Health Hub	Do not use.
West Hospital	Do not use.

Student Affairs Zone (Housing)

Building name	Filter status
1225 West Broad St.	Do not use.
Ackell Residence Center	Do not use.
Warren W. Brandt Hall	Do not use.
Broad and Belvidere Student Apartments	Do not use.
Cary and Belvidere Residential College	Do not use.
Grace and Broad Residence Center 1	Do not use.
Grace and Broad Residence Center 2	Do not use.
Gladding Residence Center	Do not use.
Gladding Residence Center 3	Do not use.
Honors Housing	Do not use.
Webster S. Rhoads Hall	Do not use.
West Grace Street Student Housing - North	Do not use.
West Grace Street Student Housing - South	Do not use.
Laurel Street Carriage House	Do not use.

Auxiliary Service Zone

Building name	Filter status
1109 West Marshall St.	Do not use.
Au Bon Pain	N/A
Cary Street Field Check-in Center	N/A
Cary Street Field Support Building	N/A
Cary Street Gym	Do not use.
Chili's and AVO Kitchen	Do not use.
Larrick Student Center	Do not use.
University Student Commons	Do not use.
Baseball Locker Room	Do not use.
Basketball Development Center	Do not use.
Panda Express	N/A
Ram City Market	Do not use.
Recreational Sports Outing Rental Center	Do not use.
Stuart C. Siegel Center	Do not use.
Sports Backers Stadium	Do not use.
Sports Medicine Building	Do not use.
Thalhimer Tennis Center	Do not use.
Shafer Court Dining Center	Do not use.