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Fire Hydrants are left open as part of water quality maintenance. Water pipes often need to be flushed to ensure that the pipes are free of sediment that often accumulates. Fire Hydrants are hooked up to the same system as our drinking water pipes and therefore the flushing is done for safety reasons.
