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public works

Public works are the services that the local government spends tax revenue on for the benefit of  Thorp residents.

EXPRESS DISPOSAL COLLECTS

Trash & Recycling

The Current Contract Goes Until 2021

For more information regarding trash and recycling carts, the trash and recycling pickup schedule, or contact info for Express Disposal, click on the link below.

As part of their contract with the City of Thorp, Express Disposal will pick up larger items that you cannot fit into your garbage carts upon request.

express' website

SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING

Watering of Outdoor Vegetation

In Effect Since July 11, 2007

The City of Thorp has an ordinance in effect that prohibits the sprinkling of lawns and outdoor vegetation between the hours of 10:00am and 6:00pm. 

Permits to water newly seeded or sod lawns between 10:00am and 6:00pm can be obtained, conditions permitting, for a 2 week period. 

Watering by hand and children's water toys are allowed at all times. Complete watering bans are still possible in extremely dry conditions.

special notice regarding

Brush, Leaf & Christmas Tree Collection

SCHEDULED MONTHLY AND SEASONALLY

The collection of curbside brush is the first Tuesday of each month beginning in April going through October. Brush piles should be of manageable size, neatly stacked, and cut to lengths of approximately 4 feet.

Collection of natural Christmas trees deposited at curbside that have had all decorations removed will occur two weeks after Christmas and final pickup in the third week after.

Curbside collection of leaves will occur during an approximate 2-week period each fall. Dates depend upon peak leaf shed. Leaves should be raked to and left on the curb and not raked into the street or gutter. Additional leaves collected after pick-up has ceased can be dropped off at the city composting drop-off site across from City Hall.

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Consumer Confidence Report

this is an annual report
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A Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), which can be called an annual water quality report or a drinking water quality report, provides information on your local drinking water quality.

Every community water supplier must provide an annual report by July 1 of each year to its customers, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Consumer Confidence Report Rule.

Information in this report will consist of your water source, contaminants in your water, EPA standards for safe contaminant levels, information on Cryptosporidium, and other relevant information about your water.