Yard waste pick up
Yard waste pick up began on March 31st and continues weekly until November 28th. The State of Illinois defines yard waste as grass or shrubbery cuttings, leaves, small tree limbs and other materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees. Examples of yard waste include grass clippings, leaves, branches, limbs, weeds, logs, and garden plants. Your waste material will be collected only if it is placed in a 30 gallon Kraft paper bag with 1 Allied Waste yard waste sticker (orange with blue lettering) affixed to the front of the bag. The bags and stickers are available at local retail grocery and hardware stores. Yard waste will be collected on the same day that your regular trash is collected. Have both yard waste and trash at your curb by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day. The week of November 30th is the last one for the season.
Brush Pick-up
The Village of Oswego provides brush pick-up for residents the last full work week of each month from March to November. In 2008 Public Works extended the pick up to include November, weather permitting. All brush must be placed neatly and parallel to the street by 7:00 a.m. on Monday morning on the designated week listed below. The Public Works trucks will pass through an area once and continue on. Please do not put brush out after the trucks have been through your area. Brush must be less than 5” in diameter and must be tree and bush branches only. No logs, wood, root balls, cuttings or clippings or grass clippings will be picked up. Please do not put brush in a container. If your brush is not picked up, an orange tag will be left on your door indicating the reason. Mark your calendars for the 2008 pick up March 24, April 21, May 19, June 23, July 21, August 25, September 22, October 27 and November 17 (weather permitting) . November 17th will be the last pick up for the season.
Water Conservation
Watering from the Village of Oswego water distribution system may only be used as follows:
- All properties with even-numbered street numbers (i.e. numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) may use village distributed water for sprinkling or automatic water systems for plant or yard watering on even-numbered calendar dates between the hours of 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- All properties with odd-numbered street numbers (i.e. numbers ending in (1, 3, 5, 7, or 9) may use village distributed water for sprinkling or automatic water systems for plant or yard watering on odd-numbered calendar dates between the hours of 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the paragraphs above, the following special regulations shall apply:
- There shall be no restrictions as to hours or days when water from the village water distribution system may be used for watering or sprinkling of gardens, trees, shrubs, or other outdoor plants where such watering or sprinkling is done by a person using a hand-held watering device.
- The automatic watering of trees and shrubs by means of root feeders within the drip line of the tree or shrub will follow the even/odd restrictions stated above.
- The planting of sod or grass seed is prohibited during the months of June, July and August.
- Property owners or residents who want to continuously water a newly seeded, slit-seeded, or sodded area more than ten (10) square yards will need to obtain a permit at the Public Works Department, 100 Theodore Drive. (There is no fee for this permit, however, violators will be fined.)
Water shutoff valve
Do you know where your indoor water shutoff valve is? There are times when a leak can occur in the water service line inside the home and a public works employee is not immediately available to turn the water off at the street. 9 times out of 10 the homeowner can turn off their water at their indoor valve by their water meter until help can arrive.
If you do not know where your indoor shutoff valve is please call the Public Works Department at
630-554-3242 to schedule an appointment for someone to come show you where it is and how to turn it off. This service is FREE and can save you from having a water mess in your home.
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