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The Montevallo handbook

Living in Montevallo, AL: what to set up and who to call

An EPA health-based violation from 2021 is still open for Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board. Children in Montevallo attend Shelby County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Montevallo, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Montevallo.

Electricity

Power comes from Alabama Power

Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Montevallo. Its homes paid an average of 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $202 a month (its average across Alabama).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board

Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board supplies Montevallo: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water influenced by surface water (EPA lists Chilton Water Authority and City of Alabaster Water Department and City of Calera, the Wwb of Te and Wilton Water Works as sellers) and serves 10,746 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people. 1 older violation is still open, since 2021: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.3 ppb. That’s higher 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AL0001160.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Montevallo

96% of 2,486 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 57% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber94%1,000/35
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless88%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless72%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless67%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Montevallo depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Montevallo, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerRepublic ServicesPicks up trash in Montevallocityofmontevallo.com
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

  • TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
Drop-off center

Montevallo Recycling Center

1120 Overland Rd, Montevallo, AL 35115

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

Recycling drop-off

Montevallo Recycling Center

1120 Overland Road, Montevallo, AL 35115

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsNo bulk trash pickup; bulky items such as mattresses, old box TVs and water heaters are the resident's responsibility
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecityofmontevallo.com →

From cityofmontevallo.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Montevallo kids go to
K–5Montevallo Elementary SchoolShelby County School District
6–8Montevallo Middle SchoolShelby County School District
9–12Montevallo High SchoolShelby County School District

Montevallo is in Shelby County 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Montevallo is in ZIP code 35115

ZIP codes where Montevallo residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of MontevalloZIP’s residents in Montevallo
35115Montevallo, AL100%47%
Area code205Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Montevallo

Who supplies Montevallo’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Montevallo Water Works & Sewer Board (EPA ID AL0001160). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Montevallo?

Alabama Power (Alabama Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Montevallo?

Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Montevallo?

35115. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Montevallo in?

Shelby County School District.

How do I register to vote in Montevallo?

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 Shelby County Circuit Clerk. 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: Montevallo’s own website (cityofmontevallo.com), 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.