Tag: water outage

Berryhill School in west Charlotte experienced a “loss of water throughout the building” Wednesday, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials.

The school, which serves students in pre-K through eighth grades, lost running water Wednesday morning when a pump to its water tanks was tripped by a power outage, according to a message Berryhill Middle School Principal Cara Bahnson shared with families Wednesday afternoon.

The school is located west of Charlotte Douglas International Airport, near the Catawba River.

“CMS Building Services is on site and is actively working to resolve the issue,” Bahnson wrote in a message sent to families at 12:47 pm. “The pump is now operational and we are in the process of refilling the tanks to restore water to the building. This is a long process and water will be restored sometime this afternoon.”

Bahnson said the school is providing bottled water to students, and a limited number of restrooms are functioning.

This story was originally published October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM.