Becoming a doctor requires more training than most other jobs. It usually takes at least 11 years to become a doctor: 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years working in a hospital. For some specialties, doctors may have to work in a hospital for up to 8 years before they are fully trained.
This requires large volumes of water - between 500 and 1000 gallons per minute - depending on the diameter of the water main. This is why you may see us âflushingâ fire hydrants and letting the water run down the street. This is a standard procedure and the water is dechlorinated to protect the environment.
The cost of fire hydrant fun. As the city sweated it out during last weekâs heat wave, the Water Department got approximately 45 calls reporting illegally opened fire hydrants. Sorry to be such spoilsports, but: Those cool-downs came with a price tag for taxpayers. In a 2008 statement, the Water Department said that open fire hydrants cost taxpayers about $1 million a year.