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Debris set-out
Photograph first. Then pile the way this storm’s notice says. We will not invent your pickup day.
No calendar on this page on purpose.
City of Houston and Harris County publish debris rules after the water drops. They change by storm, by neighborhood, and by what is in the pile. A date from Harvey or Beryl is not your date.
The pattern that usually shows up
- Shoot the rooms and the items before they hit the curb. Claims die when the sofa is already gone.
- Keep household trash, construction debris, appliances, and hazardous waste in separate piles if the notice says so. They often do.
- Do not block the hydrant, the meter, or the whole sidewalk. Crews skip a pile they cannot grab.
- Fridges: tape them shut. Do not crack a warm flooded fridge for fun.
- Do not dump in a bayou, a vacant lot, or someone else’s dumpster. Harris County and Houston both fine that, flood or no flood.
Outside the city, your MUD, HOA, or a different city (Pasadena, Pearland, Katy, Baytown) owns the curb. Houston 311 will not pick up a Fort Bend pile.
Official map embeds go here when the city or county publishes one for this event.
Until then, use 311 and the county waste desk. We will not draw a fake route.
Status, maps, and claim portals change by the hour. Open the org site. Do not trust a screenshot from last night.
- City of Houston 311 Debris rules, water, and non-emergency city services. Not a substitute for 911. Outside the city, this is the wrong desk.
- Harris County Flood Control District Bayou context and project pages. Not a rescue line and not an evacuation order.
- Texas AG consumer complaint Contractor and FEMA-impersonation patterns. Keep contracts, texts, and plates.
Harris County precinct and Solid Waste pages move. Start at harriscountytx.gov and search “debris” after the storm, or call the precinct that actually serves your unincorporated block.
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