Hydrants are flushed twice per year, once in the spring and once in the fall.  The flushing program is designed to remove sediment from the water mains and to check system fire flows.  It also reduces stagnation in long dead end lines.

Due to the accumulation of sediment in the mains, flushing usually produces dark brown, even black, colored water while the hydrants are flushed and for a period afterwards.  Customers are notified of the start of the project by mail and email.  If you would like to receive the updates via email please join our email list.  Click here for more information.

We also provide information online about the status of the flushing project by publishing maps and tables showing the flushing plan.  In the Fall of 2008 we started sending daily email notifications to our email list serve.