Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Fort Deposit, AL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Fort Deposit comes from Fort Deposit Water & Sewer Board, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Fort Deposit comes from Pioneer Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fort Deposit, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Fort Deposit.
Power comes from Pioneer Electric Coop
Pioneer Electric Coop (Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (AL)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Fort Deposit.
Start or move service: pioneerelectric.com · (334) 382-6636
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Fort Deposit Water & Sewer Board
Fort Deposit Water & Sewer Board supplies Fort Deposit: about 89% of residents live in its service area. About 11% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Butler County Water Authority as seller) and serves 2,250 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AL0000846.
5 home internet providers serve Fort Deposit
100% of 462 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayneville Telephone Company | Fiber, DSL | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 51% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 69% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 33% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Fort Deposit’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fort Deposit.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Fort Deposit is in Lowndes County School District.
D−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Fort Deposit is in ZIP code 36032
ZIP codes where Fort Deposit residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fort Deposit | ZIP’s residents in Fort Deposit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36032 | Fort Deposit, AL | 100% | 53% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Fort Deposit
Who supplies Fort Deposit’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Fort Deposit Water & Sewer Board (EPA ID AL0000846). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fort Deposit?
Pioneer Electric Coop (Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (AL)), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Fort Deposit?
Hayneville Telephone Company, Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fort Deposit?
36032. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fort Deposit in?
Lowndes County School District.
How do I register to vote in Fort Deposit?
In Alabama you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Lowndes County Absentee Elections Manager. Check your registration at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.