Residential Fees
What's That Extra Fee on Your Water Bill?
It's the Environmental Protection Fee (EPF).
In 1993 the Texas Health and Safety Code enacted a law that allowed the City of Fort Worth to impose a local environmental protection fee for people within its jurisdiction. Revenues generated by the fee may cover costs for: 1) disposal services, 2) environmental programs, or 3) environmental services. These dedicated funds help the city pay for Federal and State environmental mandates such as cleaning up abandoned property, asbestos abatement, underground storage tank compliance, storm water management, spill response clean-up, and operation of a household hazardous waste collection facility.
The monthly environmental protection fees are as follows:
Apartment Complexes $ .50 (per unit)
Residential .50
Multi-residential 1.00
Commercial 10.00
Multi-commercial 20.00
Industrial 35.00
Municipal .75
Non-profit .75
Garbage and Recycle Fees
The deposit and monthly fee for residential collection services is billed and collected by the City of Fort Worth Water Department on the monthly water bill. The residential deposit for all customers is $15.00 and is applied toward your first bill.
The monthly fee structure is as follows:
Residential Curbside Service
Includes once-a-week pickup of garbage and recyclables in wheeled carts, once-a-week collection of yard trimmings in paper yard bags or tied bundles, once-a-week collection of up to ten cubic yards of brush and once-a-month collection of up to ten cubic yards of bulky items per household. All customers receive a 64 gallon recycling cart. Customers choose the garbage cart size they need and the monthly bill is based on garbage cart size:
- 32 gallon garbage cart $12.75*
- 64 gallon garbage cart $17.75*
- 96 gallon garbage cart $22.75*
* plus Texas sales tax
For a list of all curbside services and fees, visit Garbage and Recycling.