The Mount Vernon Fire Department will be
conducting annual hydrant flushing in the northern half of the city between Sept. 2-30. The
flushing is scheduled to begin around 8 a.m. and will conclude by 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Please refrain from using your washing
machine to launder your clothing during the above-mentioned times. Sudden drops in water
pressure may be noted, but should correct themselves after a few short minutes. If you experience
very low pressure or are temporarily without water, please call the Mount Vernon Water Office at
740-393-9504 immediately.
We are sorry for any inconvenience that this
may cause.
A complete schedule of dates and locations:
•Sept. 2-5: Grid 6 (West Burgess from Elm to
Jefferson; West Chestnut from Jefferson to Elm; Greenwood Avenue from Harrison
to Jefferson; West High from Maple to Harrison; North Jefferson from Sugar to
West Burgess; Riverside Drive; West Sugar from Maple to Jefferson; Tilden
Avenue; and Walnut from Maple to Jefferson); Grid 7 (Adams Street; Belmont
Avenue; Burgess from Park to Pleasant; Cassil Street; Chester Street; Chestnut from
Division to Lewis; Cooper Street; Cottage Street; Curtis Street; Elizabeth
Street; North Gay from Warden to Chestnut; Greenwood from railroad tracks to
Burgess Street; Hamtramck Street from Division to Mulberry; James Street from
216 James to Sandusky; Lamartine from McKenzie to Mulberry; Locust Street; Main
from Warden to Chestnut; Mansfield from Belmont to Main; Marion Street;
McKenzie from Elizabeth to Sugar; Monroe Street; Mulberry from Belmont to
Sugar; Norton from Chestnut to Sandusky; Oak Drive; Park Street; Pleasant from
Division to Greenwood; Prospect Street; Shirley Avenue; Sugar from Park to
Sandusky; Sunset Street; Taylor from Wooster to curve; Warden Street;
Washington Street; Wooster from Taylor to Elizabeth; and Yoakum Drive.
•Sept. 8-12: Grid 8 (Ash Street; Beach from
Sychar to Andover Apartments; Boyle Street; Braddock Street; Burgess from
Clinton to 525 E. Burgess; Catherine from Boil to Chestnut; Center Run Street;
Center from Chestnut to Coshocton; Chestnut from Clinton to Catherine; Clinton
from Burgess to Coshocton; Denison Street; Eastgate Drive; Edgewood Boulevard
from Hillcrest to Marita; Fairway Drive; Green from Coshocton to Chestnut;
Hamtramck from Clinton to Braddock; Hawthorne Apartments; Hiawatha Village;
Hickory Street; Highmeadow Drive; Hillcrest from Stevens to Teryl; Hillside Apartments;
Hilltop Drive; Kenyon Street; Lamartine Street; Marita from Highland to
Vernedale; McGibney Road; Miami Street; Oberlin Street; Plaza from 17 Plaza to
46 Plaza; Pleasant from Bond to 718 E. Pleasant; Shalamar Drive; Sycamore
Street; Sychar from McGibney to Coshocton; Vernedale from Coshocton to Marita;
and Wooster Road. Grid 9 (Aldi, Arbors; Autumn Run from Yauger to Wildwood
Lane; Beachtree Apartments; Colonial Estates; Coshocton from Vernedale to
Subway; Country Club Center; Country Court; Dogwood Terrace; Eastmoor Drive;
Evergreen Apartments; Fairway Court; Fairway Drive from Vernonview to Apartment
13; Knox Community Hospital; Knox Medical Pavilion; Knox Village Square; Lowe’s;
Mallard Point; Plaza from 7 Plaza to Vernonview; Teryl Drive; Upland Terrace;
Valley Plaza; Vernonview Court; Vernonview from Eastmoor to Marita; Wal-Mart; Watersedge
Drive; Wildwood Lane from Autumn Run to 9 E. Wildwood; Woodlake Terrace from
Yauger to 24 Woodlake; and Yauger from Woodberry to Vernonview.)
•Sept. 15-19: Grid 10 (Children’s Resource
Center; Coshocton from 1585 Coshocton to 17698 Coshocton; Knox County Jail;
Mitchell Avenue; New Hope Early Education Center; Opportunity Knox; Upper Gilchrist
from 11867 Upper Gilchrist to Yauger; Venture Drive; and Woodberry Drive. Grid
5 (Abigal Lane; and Colonial Woods Drive)
•Sept. 22-30: Grid 3 (Wooster Road to Sychar Road); Grid 2
(Brook Run Court; Buena Vista; Clarence Court; Clinton from Mansfield to Brook
Run Court; Crestview from 11 Crestview to Mulberry; Decatur Drive; Emmett
Drive; Fern Avenue; Grange Avenue; James from Mulberry to 207 James; Kimberly
from 303 Kimberly to Mulberry; Longitude Drive; Mansfield from city limits to
Nuce Road; Marcia Drive; Marma Drive; Meadow Ridge Apartments; Miller from dead
end to James; Mulberry from Northridge to Nash; Northgate Drive; Northridge
Drive; Oakway Drive; Pearl Avenue; Rose from 211 Rose to James; Snowden from Hewitt
to Clinton; and Vernon Ridge Apartments). Grid 1 (Clinton from Upper
Fredericktown to 12200 Clinton; Crestview from Upper Fredericktown to 1 Crestview;
Kimberly from Upper Fredericktown to 315 Kimberly; Orchard Park; and Upper
Fredericktown Road.)
