Billings are monthly, and your bill is based on water usage. There is no fee for residential garbage collection in the City of Houston. Garbage and light trash are collected twice weekly, either on Monday and Thursday or on Tuesday and Friday, depending on location. Heavy trash is collected only on a callin basis for some neighborhoods, while others may have monthly heavy trash pickup. There is no garbage collection on municipal holidays.
Some subdivisions opt to contract to local garbage companies to collect refuse.
Fees for these services are usually included in the homeowner's association dues. For more information, look at the Houston Lighting and Power web site. Telephone Service Service for the Houston area, including most of the surrounding cities, is provided primarily by Southwestem Bell Telephone. Houston is the hub of telephone communications for South Texas. Custom calling features such as call forwarding, call waiting and the like are available for additional monthly fees.