Update on October 1, 2020: The Ottawa Water Department has put the water main flushing program on hold until further notice. The schedule below is no longer valid. It is preserved here for archival reasons.
Story as published September 25, 2020:
Water main flushing is taking a week off in Ottawa. The new schedule issued Friday shows the area that was scheduled for next week will be done the week of October 5 instead. There are three weeks of flushing left.
The schedule for the week of October 5:
Monday, October 5
W. Marquette from Boyce Memorial Dr. east to Columbus St.
Price Subd.
Pickwick, Polk, and Piper streets
1400 block of W. Lafayette
Tuesday, October 6
North of the Fox River from Paul to Champlain and north to the CSX Railroad tracks.
Wednesday, October 7
From the Illinois River north to the Illinois & Michigan Canal from Chestnut St. east to Clinton St.
Thursday, October 8
Madison St. from Boyce Memorial Dr. east to Sycamore St. and north to the I&M Canal
Friday, October 9
W. Main St. from Fillmore St. west to Boyce Memorial Dr. and south to Ottawa Ave.