Environmental

Due to the March 2 windstorm, the City’s Brush and Bulky Item Collection (BABIC) service has received a large increase in pickup requests, so residents making a request may experience a pickup delay.

Parks and Recreation Department crews will soon be out to de-winterize the City ‘s sprinkler systems, and homeowners should consider doing the same with their own systems.

Brush and Bulky Item Collection has been delayed today, March 7, due to a high volume of calls related to last week’s storm. People in the Tuesday collection zone who do not have their items collected today should leave their items out for collection on Wednesday.

The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD), Richardson’s water supplier, will conduct its annual chlorine maintenance on its water transmission system and member cities’ distribution systems March 6-April 3.

Public Services staff will be out in the community each week this month on select afternoons, handing out free blue recycling bags and spreading the word about the benefits of recycling.

About a dozen residents from the Cottonwood Creek neighborhood recently collected trash along the creek in Cottonwood Park as part of the City’s Community & Corporate Environmental Cleanup Program.