Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182

Stage 1 – Voluntary Water Use Restrictions – Effective 10/04/2023

Drought restrictions have been downgraded to Stage 1 as of October 4, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182 has instituted Stage 1 of its Drought Contingency Plan. Your cooperation is imperative to provide adequate water and water pressure to the community.

The following steps are voluntary at this time.

1. Please limit landscaped areas irrigation from automatic sprinkler systems or hose end sprinklers to the following days only:
   • Addresses ending in even numbers (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) – Sundays and Thursdays only
   • Addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) – Saturdays and Wednesdays only 

     Please only irrigate between 12:00 midnight until 10:00 a.m. and between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on designated watering days. Landscaped areas can be watered anytime using a handheld hose, a faucet filled bucket or a watering can of 5 gallons or less.

2. Residents are requested to practice water conservation and minimize or discontinue water use for non-essential purposes.

Your voluntary adherence to these Stage 1 steps is appreciated.

Your Fort Bend County MUD No. 182 Board of Directors

Continued drought conditions in our area have caused the need for Fort Bend County MUD 182 to institute Stage 2 of its Drought Contingency Plan. To ensure that an adequate supply of water is available for drinking, bathing and emergency fire-protection, you are hereby notified of the MANDATORY water use restrictions set forth below.  Violation the MANDATORY restrictions set forth below may be punishable as a misdemeanor resulting in monetary fines.

The following steps are MANDATORY at this time:

1. Irrigation of landscaped areas from automatic sprinkler systems or hose end sprinklers is limited to the following days only:

• • Addresses ending in even numbers (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) – Sundays and Thursdays only
  • Addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) – Saturdays and Wednesdays only
  • Such irrigation is further limited to between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. and only allowed on watering days as designated above.

2. Landscaped areas can be watered anytime using a handheld hose, a faucet filled bucket or a watering can of 5 gallons or less.These are MANDATORY use restrictions. Your cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182

Effective August 16^th Best Trash will be your new trash and recycle collection provider.

Trash and Recycling Collection Guidelines (PDF)

NEW RECYCLE COLLECTION DAY FRIDAY

Best Trash will provide each residence one 65-gallon trash and one 48-gallon recycle cart.

Best Trash will only collect trash from the Best Trash container or any personal trash cans between 30-50 gallons in size and/or trash bags not exceeding more than 40lbs.

LEAVE OLD RECYCLE BINS EMPTY AT CURB UNTIL COLLECTED

(Texas Pride will remove old recycle bins on Friday, August 19^th.)

Please have trash and recycling out by 7:00 a.m.

Trash

On each regularly scheduled collection day, Best Trash will collect residential refuse located at the curbside in the provided roll-out carts.  Please place the carts on the curb facing forward as shown in the picture below.  Residents are restricted to one Best Trash cart for refuse and are encouraged to confine refuse to the cart, however additional refuse may be placed in containers (between 30- 50 gallons), or bags (not weighing over 40 pounds) and placed next to the Best Trash provided trash cart.  Items excluded from normal collection are dirt, rocks, bricks, tile, concrete, tires, batteries, motor oil, cooking oil, waste generated by a private contractor or any materials or items deemed hazardous materials.   Please do not dispose of gasoline, motor oil, paints, cooking oil, or any other liquid items in a container that are not visible to Best Trash personnel.  If such items results in spillage that causes a stain, Best Trash is not responsible for the cleanup.  Best Trash will leave a tag explaining the reason for any non-collected item(s).

Yard and Bulk Waste

COLLECTED BOTH COLLECTION DAYS EACH WEEK, Trees, shrubs, brush trimmings and fencing must be no larger than 4 inches in diameter, no more than 4 feet long, tied in bundles not exceeding 40 pounds. The tied bundles is required to allow quick pickup and size limitations are required to avoid damaging the equipment in the compacting process.  Items such as appliances, furniture, mattresses, carpet (up to 1 room of carpet, cut less than 4 feet wide, tied in bundles not exceeding 40 pounds), will be picked up on both garbage collection days.  By Federal Law, refrigerators, freezers, and any other items containing Freon must be drained of Freon and have an accompanying bill to validate such service was performed.

Recycleable Items: Paper (including cardboard), Plastics (1-7), Aluminum and Tin Cans and Glass (All Colors)

Best Trash takes great pride in our recycle program.  Ensuring the best recycle program for our customers takes time and effort on both sides.  Please remove caps, liquids and food products from inside the containers.  Please only use the provided recycle cart for recyclable materials. The green recycle cart is NOT an extra trash container and will NOT be emptied as such.  If items exceed container capacity, please place them adjacent to the cart well marked as recyclable materials.  Cardboard is recyclable, please break down all boxes flat, and place them next to the recycle cart for collection.

Cart Care and Maintenance

Best Trash will provide each residence with ONE recycling cart and ONE trash cart.  Best Trash will replace any carts that are defective or otherwise become unusable due to normal wear and tear.  Lost or stolen carts can be replaced for $85.00 + tax  each by calling Best Trash.

Holiday Schedule

If your regular trash or recycle collection day falls on a holiday (New Years, Independence, Christmas Days) the collection will be made on the next regularly scheduled collection day.

Best Trash
(281) 313-2378
customerservice@besttrashtexas.com

Continued drought conditions in our area have caused the need for Fort Bend County MUD 182 to institute Stage 1 of its Drought Contingency Plan.

The following steps are voluntary at this time.

Please limit landscaped areas irrigation from automatic sprinkler systems or hose end sprinklers to the following days only:

• Addresses ending in even numbers (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) – Sundays and Thursdays only
• Addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) – Saturdays and Wednesdays only

  Please only irrigate between 12:00 midnight until 10:00 a.m. and between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on designated watering days.Landscaped areas can be watered anytime using a handheld hose, a faucet filled bucket or a watering can of 5 gallons or less.

Residents are requested to practice water conservation and minimize or discontinue water use for non-essential purposes.

Your voluntary adherence to these Stage 1 steps is appreciated.

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182

Freezing temperatures and strong winds are expected to impact the area beginning Thursday. Taking precautionary measures to avoid frozen pipes is very important.

If you experience any issues with pipe bursts, please contact Si Environmental at 832-490-1601.

The District has implemented an email and text alert system for the residents of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182. This system is designed to keep you informed of issues related to the District in a quick and timely manner. You may receive messages in either email or text alert format, or both, related to the water service in the District, drainage and sewer related topics, and other news that is relevant to the District.

The email alerts that you may receive will contain the majority of the relevant information and may occasionally direct you back to the District’s website for more details.

Text message notifications will contain a short amount of information with a link back to the District’s website where the remainder of the information can be viewed.

These notifications are a great way to stay up to date on news and issues within the District and we highly encourage you to sign up and share this information with your neighbors.

To sign up for email and text notifications, please click here to visit the sign-up page.