LOCAL WATER / SHADY SHORES, TEXAS

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Shady Shores.
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03 / YOUR NEXT STEP

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THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE

Whole-house filtration

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MINERAL BUILDUP

Water softeners

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AT THE KITCHEN SINK

Reverse osmosis

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Any treatment recommendation should match verified water conditions and the selected model’s documented capabilities.

TEXAS WATER HOUSE IN SHADY SHORES

Services in Shady Shores.

UTILITY HISTORY

Lake Cities MUA: a shared utility since 1963

Shady Shores does not run its own water department. The Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority was created in 1963 as a local government agency to provide water and wastewater service to Lake Dallas, Shady Shores and Hickory Creek, and a later act of the 76th Legislature validated and reconfirmed its creation. Federal drinking-water records show the authority pumping groundwater from its own wells and buying treated surface water from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, plus groundwater from Harbor Grove Water Supply Corporation. Upper Trinity, created in 1989, treats Lewisville and Ray Roberts lake water at its Tom Taylor plant.

Sources: Handbook of Texas: Shady Shores, TX · Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority (home page: service area) · Texas Senate Research Center bill analysis, H.B. 4176 (84th Legislature) · H.B. 3804, 76th Legislature, enrolled text (Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority) · U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS: water system facilities for TX0610029 (LCMUA) · Upper Trinity Regional Water District: History · Upper Trinity Regional Water District: Water Sources

WHERE TO RECYCLE

Where to recycle in Shady Shores

The Town of Shady Shores contracts with Republic Services for trash and recycling. Each home gets a blue trash cart and a green recycling cart; trash is collected weekly.

  • Accepted: aluminum, steel and tin containers; plastic containers #1, #5 and #7 (no foam); cardboard and boxboard; mixed paper; glass bottles and containers.
  • Prep: recyclables should be clean and dry, free of food or liquid.
  • Also: the town holds an annual household hazardous waste event; its FAQ points to TCEQ for electronics and TV recycling.

Sources: Town of Shady Shores: Solid Waste

04 / THE SOURCE MATTERS

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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 TX0610029. Historical testing data; see individual results for their summary periods.

Supplemental source

Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority water quality report ↗
2025
Utility report; the results marked "Municipal report" on this page are read from it.