Businesses, schools and government offices are reporting closings after a massive water main break caused water supply issues throughout much of the city. Here's a list of closures.

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center released non-essential staff as of 3:30 p.m. Appointments for patients have been postponed.

  • Houston Independent School district canceled all classes for Friday, Feb. 28. It previously canceled after-school activities on Thursday.

  • The Houston Health Department has ordered all restaurants that do not have running water and flushing toilets to close. Public health workers are being dispatched to affected areas.

  • The University of St. Thomas canceled all classes around 2:30 p.m.

  • The University of Houston canceled all classes and campus operations around 3 p.m.

  • Harris County has closed four voting locations: Houston Community College Southeast, Young Neighborhood Library, Harris County Law Library and Texas Southern University

  • The Houston Municipal Court System closed as of 2 p.m. and will reopen at 8 a.m. Feb. 28.

  • The Houston Zoo

  • UHCL at the Texas Medical Center

  • Texas Southern University

  • UH-Downtown main campus

  • Harris Health has closed nine clinic locations

  • The Texas Medical Center Library

  • Houston Museum of Natural Science

  • All Harris County buildings located downtown

  • Houston Community College campuses: HCC Coleman College, HCC West Loop Campus, HCC Felix Fraga Academic Campus, HCC Central Campus

  • The Montrose Center

  • Rice University has closed all facilities west of Alumni Drive and all classes are canceled after 5 p.m. and are expected to resume Friday morning.

  • While not closed, Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative reports that water is not available for laboratory activities.


Area restaurants reporting closures:


  • El Tiempo (Richmond)

  • Good Dog Hot Dog (Montrose)

  • El Mexicana (Montrose)

  • Rice Village reports some retailers and restaurants may be affected

  • Sticky's Chicken





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Additional information about the incident is being provided by Houston's Emergency Operations Center.