Springwoods Park
A great place to share with your best friend...
particularly if he's on a leash. (As required in the park rules). 

Field Reservations
To reserve fields in the park, contact Crossroads Utility Services at 512.246.5911. Use this reservation form,

Composting Rules

The guidelines for the Springwoods MUD composting program have been updated. Springwoods MUD has worked with the contractor to try to make the process easier for the residents. PAPER BAGS may now be used to place compostable materials at the curb. The contractor will be assisting all residents that utilize the paper bags by having their crew empty the bags into the compost truck as part of the normal route pickup procedures. This applies ONLY to PAPER bags not plastic. If the bags can be reused, the contractor will leave the bags, if they are not in usable condition, they will take the bags and dispose of them. Subsequently, we will no longer be red-tagging these (paper bags) as violations.

SPRINGWOODS MUD DISTRICT
Green Gold Community Composting Program Procedures
Effective June 1, 2008

The Green Gold Community Composting Program is a joint effort between Wells Branch and Springwood Municipal Utility Districts to give residents an efficient way to recycle their grass clippings, leaves, landscape plants, small twigs and tree branches & limbs. Please help us be a greener neighborhood by adhering to the simple procedures outlined below:

1. Grass Clippings, leaves, landscape plants and small twigs should be placed only in the provided Green Gold Compost Buckets or PAPER bags and placed at the curbside by 8 AM on the designated pickup day. The paper bags will be emptied but not taken because they clog the equipment.

2. Tree branches & limbs should be stacked neatly at the curbside by 8 AM on the designated pickup day. Tree branches and limbs should be cut into 6-foot lengths and stacked no higher than 4 feet at the curb.

3. Residents should have their compostable materials at curbside by 8 AM on Mondays for Wells Branch and 8 AM on Wednesdays for Springwood. There will be no compost pickup during the week between Christmas and New Years.

4. The Community Composting Crew and Truck will circulate through the District to first collect all buckets of compostable materials. Once all Green Gold Compost Buckets are collected the crew and truck will circulate through the District again to collect all normal amounts of tree branches and limbs. Live Christmas Trees may be dropped off at designated locations in the parks or placed at your curbside. Christmas trees should be bare of all decorations and flocking.

5. Should a particular resident have an over abundance of compostable materials (more than 8 buckets or large piles of branches and limbs) the crew will first collect the normal amount from that resident and the remaining residents in the District, then if time permits return to collect the balance of the excessive materials. During periods of extra high volume or inclement weather, the excess materials may not be collected until the following week or weeks.

6. Materials other than those described above, will not be collected. If material is placed in paper bags, the bags will be emptied but NOT taken. Items placed in plastic bags, or other containers will not be collected.

7. The Green Gold Community Composting Program is for the exclusive use of Wells Branch and Springwood residents only. Materials placed at the curbside that have not originated from a residential property within the District or are the result of a commercial service will not be collected.

8. Remember the compost crew will not pickup materials placed at the curbside by commercial tree, landscaping, construction or other companies, so be sure to have those services include the cost of removing such materials in their proposal.

Remember These Simple Procedures

1. Place your grass clippings, leaves, landscape plants and small twigs at the curbside in the provided Green Gold Buckets by 8:00 AM on your designated day (Wells Branch on Monday and Springwood on Wednesday). If you use paper bags, the bags will be emptied but NOT taken as they clog the equipment.

2. Place your tree branches and limbs that are cut into 6-foot lengths and neatly stacked no more than 4 foot high at the curbside.

3. The following materials will not be collected: rocks, root balls, soil, sand, gravel, lumber, fencing, trash, food, dead animals, and anything other than the items described in number 1 and 2 above.

4. Using the provided Green Gold Buckets is preferred. If material is placed in paper bags, the bags will be emptied but NOT taken. Items placed in plastic bags, or other containers will not be collected.

5. Wells Branch MUD curbside pickup begins at 8:00 a.m. on Mondays.

6. Springwood MUD curbside pickup begins at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesdays.

7. Remember if you have an overabundance of buckets or piles of limbs, the compost crew will only collect a normal amount that week, returning each week and collecting a normal amount until the overabundant materials are removed. If your materials were the result of a commercial service, those materials will not be collected.

8. A Red Tag noting a rule violation will be placed on any materials that are not suitable for composting or that are improperly placed at the curbside.

9. If you need to replace any lost or damaged buckets or make a first request for buckets please call Wells Branch or Springwood at 251-9814 to place an order. Once a request for new Green Gold Buckets has been received, the buckets will be delivered to your home during the next week's curbside pickup schedule. Since bags are no longer allowed to put materials in, you may request up to 10 composting buckets per home, call the number above to request the extra buckets.

For a more timely response to your community composting questions, needs, or replacement buckets please call 251-9814.
 

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