Mesquite.
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Mesquite gained a water and sewage system in 1923. In 1951 it became one of the ten original member cities of the North Texas Municipal Water District, which began running its first water treatment plant in 1956. The city's 2025 report names Lavon Lake as the primary source, supplemented by Lake Texoma, Jim Chapman Lake, Lake Tawakoni and the East Fork Raw Water Supply Project, a wetland. The district began operating that wetland project, built on 1,840 acres, in 2008. Treatment takes place at the district's facility in Wylie, which tests the lake water and the treated water every day before the city delivers it through its own mains.

Sources: Handbook of Texas - Mesquite, TX (Dallas County) · City of Mesquite Annual Water Quality Report for 2025 (published May 2026) · City of Mesquite - Annual Water Quality Report page · NTMWD - History (timeline)

The City of Mesquite's residential recycling program collects recyclables set out in green recycling bins or blue recycling bags next to your trash. Check the city's schedule lookup for your day.

• Curbside: all recyclables together; glass only in a bin, never a blue bag; empty liquids first.
• Drop-off: Citizen's Convenience Center, 3550 Lawson Rd.; takes plastics, paper, cardboard, metals, glass and electronics.
• Also: household hazardous waste goes to the Home Chemical Collection Center, 11234 Plano Rd., Dallas.

Sources: City of Mesquite: Solid Waste FAQs · City of Mesquite: Know What To Throw