Water, Trash & Recycling

My Trash Day

Holiday Make-Up Days

Certain holidays may impact when your regular trash or recycling is collected. Check to see if you may experience a trash or recycling collection delay using the chart below.

Dates are determined annually based upon the City's calander of observed holidays. Please note that some City-observed holidays may not reflect the actual holiday date. 

For holidays that fall on a weekend, the City observes the holiday either the Friday before or Monday following the holiday. 

For your complete trash, recycling and bulky waste schedule, look on your most recent OKC Utilities bill, visit okcutilities.com, or see our My Trash Day page.

Note: Bulky waste service does not change due to the holiday calendar.

Taking action to reduce risk and keep our community safe

Lead-Safe OKC is a program by the Oklahoma City Utilities Department to ensure the safety and compliance of the City's water system under the EPA's lead and copper requirements. The program focuses on identifying, managing and reducing potential lead exposure through a comprehensive service line inventory, public outreach and ongoing monitoring. 

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and a building's internal plumbing. 

Under Oklahoma law, and the City’s Municipal Code, the City is responsible for the public side of the service line and the property owner is responsible for the private side of the service line.

What are we doing to help?

As the state’s largest drinking water provider, we do the following to reduce the risk of lead exposure in drinking water.

Verify Material
Conducting verification of service line materials, including physical pipe inspections.

Inform Customers
Sharing inventory results and guidance on next steps.

Reduce Lead
Executing projects to eliminate lead lines and procedures to reduce the likelihood of lead in drinking water.

Educate Public
Providing the Lead-Safe Community Database and informative materials to educate the public.

Learn more:

• View the service line inventory by searching a property address using the Lead-Safe Community Database
• View frequently asked questions (FAQs)
• Learn about common service line materials
• Self-report the material of your unverified private service line
  • Herramienta para informar sobre tuberías de servicio
• View steps you can take to reduce lead in drinking water
• Learn about EPA lead and copper requirements
•  Notifications If you have lost the service line notice that was mailed to you, or you need to view it in Spanish or Vietnamese, click here.
• Questions - Have specific questions not addressed within the Lead-Safe OKC webpages? Email us: leadsafe@okc.gov

Don't let over-watering run up your neighborhood bill. Learn about irrigation basics from a member of our water conservation team. We offer free sprinkler checkups for Neighborhood and Homeowner's Association common areas and entryways that use Oklahoma City water. Program staff will run through each sprinkler zone and help identify problems that may be costing you money. For HOA- or neighborhood-maintained properties only, not individual residences. Schedule your sprinkler checkup!

Looking for a guest speaker for your next meeting or event? Our Utilities employees are happy to share their knowledge about the services that help keep our city running smoothly. From water conservation and recycling to water quality, treatment, and keeping fats, oils and grease (FOG) out of our pipes, we offer informative presentations tailored to your group’s needs. Whether you're a business, neighborhood association, school, or church group, we’ll do our best to connect you with someone who can help.

Water Conservation

Water Conservation team members are available to speak to your neighborhood group to demonstrate how to maintain a healthy, beautiful landscape while conserving water. We'll teach you about sprinkler system settings, watering schedules, soil nutrients, plant selection and how to ensure your grass is getting the right amount of water to stay green and healthy. To schedule, 

Recycle Right

Take the worry out of recycling and learn to recycle right with easy tips from our recycling experts. They'll walk you through the basics of what we do and don't accept, answer your pressing questions about the recycling process, and help you cut down on recycling contamination. Due to staff limitations, we limit recycling conversations to groups of 20 or more. For inquiries, email ww-comms@okc.gov.

Book a Water Plant Tour

Curious how your water gets from our supply lakes to your home? Take a tour of the Hefner or Draper water treatment plant with one of our water operators. We'll show you how we treat, test and distribute the water to ensure meets all regulatory mandates for safety and cleanliness. Tours are limited in size, and due to the layout of the plants, are not recommended for people with mobility issues. School programs are also available. To book, email...