LOCAL WATER / POETRY, TEXAS

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Poetry.
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The source, the measurements and the context for your home. Every figure keeps its date and its paper trail.

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THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE

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TEXAS WATER HOUSE IN POETRY

Services in Poetry.

UTILITY HISTORY

Poetry Water Supply Corporation: lake water via Terrell

Poetry Water Supply Corporation serves the area from a plant and office on FM 986 near Terrell. Federal drinking-water records list its supply as treated surface water bought from the City of Terrell. Terrell, in turn, gets its water from the North Texas Municipal Water District and names Poetry among six neighboring systems to which it sells wholesale water. That regional district was created in 1951, six years after Congress authorized Lavon Lake, and its first treated-water plant opened in 1956.

Sources: Handbook of Texas: Poetry, TX · U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS: water system facilities for TX1290022 (Poetry WSC) · City of Terrell: Water · North Texas Municipal Water District: History

WHERE TO RECYCLE

Where to recycle in Poetry

The Town of Poetry regulates trash haulers by ordinance and posts a list of approved solid waste vendors. Residents can recycle at no cost at the Citizens Convenience Center in Terrell.

  • Drop-off: Citizens Convenience Center, 287 FM 429, Terrell, TX; open Thursday to Saturday, 8 am to 4 pm.
  • Accepted there: plastics 1-5 and 7, pressboard and metals; no glass. Items should be clean, but sorting is not needed.
  • Also: hazardous waste such as chemicals, paints and batteries is charged by the pound.

Sources: Town of Poetry: Trash Service / Solid Waste

04 / THE SOURCE MATTERS

A clear paper trail.

Research checked October 31, 2026. This date is not a sample date. Original reports are unchanged.

EWG is the primary source for this city record. Each result retains its data period and source; supplying-utility results are identified separately. Municipal report results supplement topics where no EWG result is available.

EWG primary source

EWG Tap Water Database — Nitrate in Tap Water ↗
2013-2024
Matched EWG utility record TX1290022. Historical testing data; see individual results for their summary periods.

Supplemental source

EPA Envirofacts SDWIS — lead and copper sample results (PB90) — TX1290022 Poetry WSC ↗
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 (SDWIS monitoring period)
PB90 (lead 90th percentile) record from EPA SDWIS federal data; monitoring period from https://data.epa.gov/efservice/LCR_SAMPLE/PWSID/TX1290022/JSON (sample TX145241)