Sebring water flushing starts Tuesday

SEBRING — The village will begin a unidirectional water-supply system flushing program Tuesday, and continue from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the week until it is completed.

The unidirectional flushing program is a method of cleaning the main waterlines through a network of flushing sequences, with the water being discharged from a fire hydrant, explained Village Manager Richard D. Giroux.

The flushing is being done to facilitate the distribution of orthophosphate, a new corrosion-control chemical, throughout the system to reduce the possibility of lead leaching from older service lines and residential plumbing into the water.

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