Prescription Drug Take Back Day with SouthWest Water and Kyle PD

SouthWest Water Company, which provides water and wastewater services to some Kyle residents through Monarch Utilities, will partner with the Kyle Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to provide a medication disposal site on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Drugs disposed of improperly, especially by flushing, can contaminate ground water and seep through wastewater treatment plants into rivers and lakes, causing antibiotics, hormones, and other drugs to pollute our community’s waterways. The take back program encourages people to properly dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications to help protect our water sources and wildlife. Participants can safely dispose of controlled and uncontrolled substances, over-the-counter medications, ointments, patches, creams, non-aerosol sprays, vials and pet medications. Used needles and other sharps will not be accepted. All accepted medications will be properly destroyed.