LOCAL WATER / THE COLONY, TEXAS

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The Colony.
Your water report.

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

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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 THE COLONY

Services in The Colony.

UTILITY HISTORY

The Colony water: from developer district to city wells

When Fox and Jacobs built The Colony, the developer set up a municipal utilities district to provide services. Today the city owns and runs the water system inside its limits. Its five wells, four in the Trinity Sands Aquifer and one in the Paluxy Aquifer, can produce up to 9 million gallons a day. The city also buys up to 7 million gallons a day of treated surface water from Dallas Water Utilities, which draws on sources including Lewisville, Ray Roberts and Grapevine lakes. A small part of Austin Ranch gets up to 4 million gallons a day from Plano, which is supplied by the North Texas Municipal Water District.

Sources: Handbook of Texas: The Colony, TX · City of The Colony Water Quality Report

WHERE TO RECYCLE

Where to recycle in The Colony

Republic Services collects The Colony's trash and recycling once a week on a designated day based on your street. Recycling goes in the blue cart, trash in the green cart.

  • Accepted: plastics #1-#7, food and drink cans, foil, cardboard, newspapers, magazines, mixed paper, rinsed clear, brown and green glass.
  • Not accepted: plastic bags and wrappers, greasy pizza boxes, soiled paper and food containers, construction waste, diapers, scrap metal.
  • Find your day: The Colony Solid Waste Routes map tool online.
  • Also: household hazardous waste, electronics, needles and medication center at 5576 North Colony Blvd., open set days monthly.

Sources: City of The Colony: Trash and Recycling FAQs

04 / THE SOURCE MATTERS

A clear paper trail.

Research checked October 26, 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 — City of The Colony ↗
2015-2024
Matched EWG utility record TX0610081. Historical testing data; see individual results for their summary periods.

Supplemental source

The Colony water quality report ↗
2024
Downloaded official PDF; selected distribution-system result reviewed.