The Water Utilities Office is open from 8:00AM until 5:00PM, Monday through Friday. This division is responsible for managing the utility billing for water, sewer, solid waste and recycling services. Bedford bills over 14,000 utility accounts monthly. The city contracts with Allied Waste Services for collection of solid waste and recycling, and provides consolidated billing for these services with the customer's water and sewer bills.

Payment terms are:

Payments will be considered past due if they have not been received in the Customer Service Office by 5:00PM on the due date printed on the bill.

If payment has not been received by the due date printed on the original bill, one Delinquent Notice will be mailed.

If full payment has not been received in the Customer Service Office by 5:00PM on the due date printed on the Delinquent Notice (or approved payment arrangements have not been made) utility service will be terminated on the next business day.

If you have any questions please call Customer Service at 817-952-2112.

Utility Base Rates

WEST of Central Drive	EAST of Central Drive
Twice a week trash pick-up is Monday & Thursday	Twice a week trash pick-up is Tuesday & Friday
Recycle pick-up will be on Thursday	Recycle pick-up will be Friday

Allied Waste Services will also collect, at no additional charge, kitchen items, household/bedroom furniture, household appliances, hot water heaters, etc.

Brush and limbs will be picked up when securely tied in small bundles not exceeding (4) four feet in length or (50) fifty pounds in weight and placed at curbside with regular garbage.

For non-bundled items stacked curbside, call Allied Waste Services for the fee.

Please Select Here for a Schedule of Free Trash Dumping Days and Directions

What can you recycle at the curb?

Paper Items

• newspapers
• magazines
• phone books
• junk mail and envelopes
• office paper
• flattened cereal boxes
• flattened cardboard that will fit in bin
• paper bags

Glass

• clear, brown and green glass jars & bottles
• remove lids and discard
• lightly rinse
• labels - OK

Plastic

• Bottles, cups and jars – rigid plastic containers with #1 through #7 recycling symbols on bottom of container; remove caps and lids and recycle
• Food trays, tubs and bowls – with #1 through #7 recycling symbols on bottom of container.
• lightly rinse
• labels - OK
• No plastic bags
• No Styrofoam items

Steel, Tin & Aluminum Cans

• lightly rinse
• labels - OK

Do not put the following items in your recycling bin:

• medical waste (needles, syringes, lancets)
• styrofoam
• pizza boxe
• plastic grocery bags
• aluminum foil
• plastic toys, dishes & bowls
• milk/juice cartons (wax coated)
• light bulbs, windows, mirrors
• pesticide / chemical containers
• motor oil / antifreeze containers

Residents of Bedford may take their hazardous household waste items to the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center free of charge with a voucher from the Water Billing Department. You must call 817-952-2112 to receive a Bedford ECC program voucher, before taking waste to the collection center. A recent water bill must be presented as proof of residency.

Each free voucher to a resident costs our city $47, whether you bring a single item to a truck load.  So spread the word to dispose of household wastes.  Together we can help protect our planet.

What Waste Is Accepted?

For a full list of what is accepted, please visit the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center website.

Birth Certificate Application

Death Certificate Application

Bedford offers Full Record certified copies of Bedford births from 1972 to the present and abstracted certified copies of all Texas births (see stipulations below.)   You must complete an application and provide your current identification to obtain certified copies.  Please see the options on the left side to print an application.  We accept cash, checks, money orders, MasterCard debit or credit and Visa debit or credit.

We offer certified copies of Bedford deaths only from 1972 to the present. You must complete an application and provide your current identification to obtain certified copies.  Please see the options on the left side to print an application.  We accept cash, checks, money orders, MasterCard debit or credit and Visa debit or credit.

For death records filed in Texas cities other than Bedford, please call Austin toll free at 1-888-963-7111.  Please call us at 817-952-2124 or 817-952-2136 for information regarding birth and death records filed in other states or on U.S military bases.

NOTICE TO FUNERAL HOMES:  Effective March 1, 2006 - We no longer process death certificates during the hours of 11:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  If you have an urgent request, please call 817-952-2124 or 817-952-2136 to make arrangements.

AFTER-HOURS BURIAL/TRANSIT PERMITS:  Please call Police Dispatch at 817-952-2127 and they will notify someone in Vital Statistics to help you.

Here are the upcoming garage sales: Weekend of February 17

Bedford residents seeking to hold a garage sale must first obtain a permit. An application form must be filled out and returned to the Customer Service Department.

Up to 5 yard signs will be given once the permit is granted. The cost is $10 dollars for three signs and the additional two signs can be purchased for $2.00 each.

• Garage Sale Permit


• Multi-Family Garage Sale Permit