UPDATE: Crews restored hot water service Wednesday, April 1, at the 14 dorms affected by the outage.

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When Diego Ramirez turns on the water in his dorm, it comes out cold. Students at 14 Texas State University dormitories face the same problem, since a temporary boiler began encountering problems Wednesday afternoon.

	Student Diego Ramirez said the water in his dorm comes out cold.

Texas State's Associate Vice President for Facilities Pat Fogarty said this is the first catastrophic failure he can remember. The university said crews have been working around the clock to fix the problem.

Students like Erika Fullick say they just want hot water.

"They told us it would be fixed on Saturday, no later than 6 a.m.
and that was on Thursday that they told us that," she said. "We didn't hear back from them until Monday and we are still without hot water."

Ramirez has tried taking a shower in his dorm only once since
the hot water went out.

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"I just hopped in and hopped out, it wasn't fun at all," he said.

Students could find a hot shower at the campus recreation center, but Ramirez said it was too far away and the lines were too long. Instead, he walks 10 minutes to shower at a friend's dorm that wasn't effected by the outage.

"It's definitely been a hassle having to walk from one end of
campus to the other," he said.

Fullick said the situation is unacceptable.

"I expect to have hot water, I expect to have hot showers, and
living conditions just aren't acceptable," Fullick said.

	The temporary boiler began encountering problems Wednesday afternoon

The university apologized to students and will consider some type of compensation.

"I feel very sorry that we had to inconvenience the students," Fogarty said.

For the latest update on the boiler situation visit the university's Web site at www.txstate.edu/news.