Fort Worth.
Your water report.

As the railroads brought growth after 1873, the city built a waterworks. A dam on the West Fork of the Trinity created Lake Worth in 1914. After a 1922 flood, the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Number 1, now the Tarrant Regional Water District, was formed in 1924; it finished Lake Bridgeport in 1931, Eagle Mountain Lake in 1932, Cedar Creek in 1965 and Richland-Chambers in 1987. In fiscal 2025 Fort Worth bought about 79 billion gallons of raw water from the district. Fort Worth makes up about 60 percent of the district's total demand.

Sources: Handbook of Texas — Fort Worth, TX · Handbook of Texas — Lake Worth · Tarrant Regional Water District — History · Fort Worth Water — 2025 Water Quality Report

Fort Worth's curbside garbage and recycling services are provided by Waste Management under city contract. Recyclables go loose in the blue cart, collected weekly; use the city's Garbage & Recycling app for your day.

• Accepted: cardboard, mail, newspaper, cereal and pasta boxes, cartons, plastic bottles, jugs and detergent containers, aluminum and food cans, glass jars and bottles.
• Not accepted: plastic bags, bagged recyclables, hoses, wires, chains, electronics, clothing and linens, food, liquids, diapers.
• Drop-off: city stations take recyclables at 2400 Brennan Ave., 5150 Martin Luther King Fwy., 6260 Old Hemphill Rd. and 301 Hillshire Dr.

Sources: City of Fort Worth: Garbage & Recycling · City of Fort Worth: Garbage · City of Fort Worth: Recycling · City of Fort Worth: Drop-Off Stations