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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Engineering Faculty and Graduate Students,</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Upon return to your laboratories, please follow the guidelines provided by the City of Houston
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size:12pt">“Customer should flush their water system by running cold-water faucets for at least one minute, cleaning automatic ice makers by making and discarding several batches of ice, and running
water softeners through a regeneration cycle.” </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://mailchi.mp/houstontx/houston-lifts-boil-water-notice?e=513c313bcb"><span style="color:windowtext; font-size:12pt">https://mailchi.mp/houstontx/houston-lifts-boil-water-notice?e=513c313bcb</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size:12pt">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For laboratory equipment</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> flushing please follow manufacturer recommended procedures.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Safety showers and eyewash stations will be flushed by UH Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), please do not activate.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hanadi Rifai, PhD, PE, Fellow ASCE</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">John and Rebecca Moores Professor</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Associate Dean Research and Facilities<br>
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