Keep It Clean

    Hoover Crop  

Simple steps you can take at home to  prevent water pollution .


Take a Tour

Watershed Signage

Signage installed at Griggs, O'Shaughnessy & Hoover Reservoirs invites park visitors to  take a self-guided tour along the shoreline & learn about the green infrastructure installed there.

Rain gardens, porous pavement & more can improve the quality of storm water entering the reservoirs that supply our drinking water.

Non-point Source Pollution

Stormwater Runoff

Protect our Waterways
Illustration Courtesy of NCDENR

Fire Hydrant Flushing Schedule

Hydrant FlushingThe Columbus Division of Fire will be conducting the annual flushing of all City of Columbus hydrants. Please note: you may experience low pressure or discolored, rusty water while hydrants are flushed in your neighborhood. Learn what to do during a rusty water event.  

2023 Schedule (2024 coming soon)
Columbus Fire will begin April 15 and run through July 15, 2023 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.).

The Columbus metro area 2023 schedule follows:  

  • Bexley: June 6 - June 30
    614-235-0856
  • Columbus: April 15 - July 15 (Daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
    Daily Hotline for Flushing Areas: 614-645-4055; 614-221-3132 
  • Dublin: May 1 - June 30 and October 1 - November 30 
    Washington Township Fire Station 93
    614-652-3893
  • Franklin County: TBD 
    614-525-4711
  • Gahanna: May 1 - August
    614-342-4427
  • Grandview: April 1 - May 1
    614-488-5904
  • Grove City: May 1 - June 2
    Jackson Township 
    614-875-5588
  • Hilliard: April 1 - June 30 and October 1 - November 30
    Norwich Township 
    614-876-7694
  • New Albany: May 1 - June 16 
    Plain Township
    614-855-7370
  • Obetz: Fall Flushing - October
    Hamilton Township
    Hamilton Meadows, Lockbourne & Shadesville
    614-491-1042
  • Reynoldsburg: August 21 - September 1
    614-322-4500
  • Upper Arlington: April 17 - April 30
    Weekdays
    614-583-5100; 614-583-5131
  • Whitehall: May 15 - June 30
    Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
    614-237-5478
  • Worthington: April 3 - May 5
    614-885-7640
  • Valleyview: Included in Columbus schedule
    614-645-7641

For information about temporary hydrant use, permits or other hydrant contact information (report leaking hydrants, etc), visit our main  Fire Hydrants  page.