The Town would like to remind its residents that the spring flushing of the Saddlebrook network will be starting April 20, 2009 and will last approximately 2 weeks from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Then, the Town will proceed with the flushing of the western part of the Sainte-Angélique network (West of rue Bordelais and montée Saint-Robert) for another 2 weeks from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Flushing Map 

Every year, the Town proceeds to the complete flushing of its aqueduct system in a two-phase operation, generally in the spring and in the fall. This unidirectional flushing operation aims to remove undesirable sediments from the pipeline network to ensure quality drinking water at all times.

In the spring, the Town proceeds to flush its Saddlebrook network and Sainte-Angélique network west of rue du Bordelais and montée Saint-Robert, whereas in the fall, remaining Sainte-Angélique ducts located east of those streets are flushed.

For the flushing to be effective, the water is only allowed to flow in one direction within the system to numerous selected hydrant flushing points, which explains why the work may span over a four-week period. The operation may temporarily affect the clearness and the pressure of the water, for this reason, we ask citizens with unusually cloudy water to let their taps run for a few minutes (until the situation is restored)

The flushing periods are, as usual, published in the form of an ad in a French newspaper and in an English newspaper as well as in the form of an electronic press release forwarded to all our Web subscribers. To receive the electronic press releases, subscribe at ville.saint-lazare.qc.ca/subscription.