NTMWD Celebrated World Water Day with Water Trivia World Water Day was March 22nd. NTMWD celebrated the day with water trivia at Herman Marshall Whiskey in downtown Wylie. Over Fifty people came to the new tasting room and tested their... more
Category: Education
Out & About with NTMWD Public Education & Outreach in February
Rotary Club Presentation: Defend your Drains Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork invited Helen Dulac, Public Education Manager, to their meeting on February 9th to hear the Defend Your Drains message and the impact of flushables on our wastewater infrastructure.... more
Out & About with NTMWD Public Education & Outreach in January
2022 Holiday Grease Round-up Recap – NTMWD received 113 gallons of leftover cooking oil through the “Holiday Grease Roundup” program compared to 55 gallons last year and 56 gallons the year before that. The program helps to keep fats, oils,... more
Out & About with NTMWD Public Education & Outreach in December
The 2022 Holiday Grease Roundup runs through January 9th, 2023. There are many donation sites across Texas including the North Texas Municipal Water District, and Environmental Services building at 201 E. Brown St., Wylie, TX. Check out this video where we... more
More Than Water: North Texas Campaigns Educate Customers on Water Rates
New Conservation Campaign Underway – “Love Lavon Lake”
“Love Lavon Lake” is a new conservation campaign designed to help North Texans know their primary water source. As North Texans get set to dive into longer days and 100 degree-plus temperatures, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has... more
News Stream – May 2018
The May edition of News Stream kicks off Drinking Water Week, May 6-12, with a recap of our recent Lavon Lake Watershed Tour that showed participants how we work together to Protect the Source. National Infrastructure Week, May 14-21 reminds... more
Make Everyday Earth Day with a “Green” Life, Lawn and Landscape
In our latest WFAA segment, water expert Denise Hickey and horticulturalist Patrick Dickinson shared how Earth Day is a great time of year for everyone to celebrate our environment. It’s also a great time to take a more “green” view... more
Watershed Protection – the First Line of Defense for Water Quality
Water for our main water source, Lavon Lake, doesn’t just come from rain falling directly into the lake. Water also enters Lavon as it flows across its watershed – an area of about 492,095 acres that drains runoff into creeks,... more
Gifts Ideas for Green Gardeners
This holiday season you can give green while spending your green on those last couple of presents. On our last WFAA segment, Texas A&M AgriLife horticulturalist Patrick Dickinson offered some helpful tips for picking gifts that save water, are sustainable,... more