Photo: Republic of Selmaria · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Madison, AL: what to set up and who to call
In Madison, trash day is Thursday (Republic Services collects). Power in Madison comes from City of Huntsville, a municipal utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Madison, 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 Madison.
Power comes from City of Huntsville
City of Huntsville (City of Huntsville - (AL)), a municipal utility, serves 80.3% of Madison residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $144 a month (its average across Alabama).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth.
Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth. supplies Madison: about 20% of residents live in its service area. About 79% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists City of Athens,the Water Works Bd of the and Huntsville Utilities Water Dept. and Madison County Water Department and Decatur, Municipal Ub of as sellers) and serves 90,900 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.9 ppb. That’s lower than 58% of similar systems’ latest results.
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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AL0000833.
5 home internet providers serve Madison
99% of 19,057 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 66% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOW! | Cable, Fiber | 91% | 1,200/50 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 91% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 72% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 84% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Madison is Thursday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Madison, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingOnce a month
Accepted at the curb
- All newsprint and inserts
- Magazines
- Mail / Flyers
- Loose Paper
- Paperback Books
- Stationery
- Aluminum Cans
- Steel Cans
- Aluminum Foil
- Disposable Aluminum Pie Plates
- Milk Jugs
- Soft Drink Bottles
- Laundry Products Bottles
From madisonal.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2019, 2023, Rev. 8/16/2019. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Madison is in Madison City School District.
A+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.
Madison spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Madison residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Madison | ZIP’s residents in Madison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35758 | Madison, AL | 80% | 94% |
| 35756 | Madison, AL | 20% | 49% |
A few homes fall in 35757.
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 Madison
Who supplies Madison’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Limestone County Water & Sewer Auth. (EPA ID AL0000833). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Madison?
City of Huntsville (City of Huntsville - (AL)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Madison?
WOW!, AT&T, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Madison?
35758 (80%), 35756 (20%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Madison in?
Madison City School District.
How do I register to vote in Madison?
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 Madison 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: Madison’s own website (madisonal.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.