Hydrant Flushing

From time to time, you will see members of our staff flushing the water mains through fire hydrants. This process is used to circulate the water throughout the distribution system. Areas with lower flow rates are especially prone to discoloration of water resulting from stagnant water conditions as well as a lack of chlorine residual. Flushing water throughout our distribution remains the most cost effective method to maintain quality drinking water. Our goal is to flush the entire distribution system annually until we are able to maintain delivery of the highest quality water in Ocean Shores.

Flushing Schedules
We recommend that you do not use hot water during the hours of 8 AM and 4 PM on the flushing days given in the schedules.  If you experience discoloration of your water, please run the COLD water tap for a few minutes until it clears. If you must use hot water during flushing operations, we strongly recommend flushing your hot water tank after our operations are complete.
If you have any additional questions on hydrant flushing please contact us by phone at (360) 289-4210.

HYDRANT FLUSHING SCHEDULE 2024
Schedule subject to change based on conditions and without noticed.

Begin	End	Month	Tuesday	Wednesday	Map #
Pacific Boulevard NW	W Chance a la Mer	April	9	10	Map 2
Ocean Lake Way	Pacific Boulevard NW	April	23	24	Map 2
W. Chance a la Mer	Damon Road	May	7	8	Map 2
Albatross Street NE	E Rain Street	May	21	22	Map 3
Alabatross Street NE	Pearsall Street NE	June	11	12	Map 3
Pearsall Street NE	Wakina Loop SE	June	25	26	Map 4
Wakina Loop SE	Hassalo Avenue SE	July	9	10	Map 4
Ocean Lake Way	Cape Alava Street	July	23	24	Map 5
Cape Alva Street	Cakesota Street SE	August	6	7	Map 5
Cakesota Street SE	Discovery Avenue SE	August	20	21	Map 6
Ocean Lake Way	Taurus Boulevard SW	September	10	11	Map 6
Taurus Boulevard SW	Butterclam Street SW	September	24	25	Map 8
Butterclam Street	Marine View Drive	October	8	9	Map 7
S. Razor Clam Drive	Discovery Drive	October	22	23	Map 8
Marine View Drive	Sportsmans Street	November	5	6	Map 7
Sportsmans Street	E. Ocean Shores Boulevard	November	19	20	Map 9