The City of Rock Island is providing free leaf collection for its residential refuse customers from Monday, October 9 through Friday, December 1, 2017, with the following conditions:

The City of Rock Island’s Public Works Department will begin the Fire Hydrant Flushing Program on Monday, September 18, 2017, at 7:00 a.m. Crews will be flushing hydrants for approximately a four week period. The purpose of this program is to help maintain water quality standards and the fire protection system. Citizens may experience brief periods of discolored water or low pressure which is normal during flushing operations.

Refuse, recycling, and yard waste collection will be one day late during the week of the Labor Day holiday. The Drop-Off Center located at Millennium Waste, 13606 Knoxville Road, Milan will be open on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 12 noon. City of Rock Island offices will be closed on Labor Day (Monday, September 4th).