Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Piedmont, AL: what to set up and who to call
Piedmont runs its own electric utility, City of Piedmont. Tap water in Piedmont comes from Piedmont Utilities Board, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Piedmont, 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 Piedmont.
Power comes from City of Piedmont
City of Piedmont (City of Piedmont - (AL)), a municipal utility, serves 68.5% of Piedmont residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Piedmont Utilities Board
Piedmont Utilities Board supplies Piedmont: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 8,073 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, 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. AL0000164.
5 home internet providers serve Piedmont
95% of 2,426 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 23% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 90% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 61% | 10/1 |
| Coosa Valley Technologies | Fiber | 23% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 82% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 12% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Piedmont
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Piedmont, from the town’s own site.
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check piedmontcity.org →
From piedmontcity.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Piedmont is in Piedmont City School District.
ASchool 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 Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Piedmont is in ZIP code 36272
ZIP codes where Piedmont residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Piedmont | ZIP’s residents in Piedmont |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36272 | Piedmont, AL | 100% | 37% |
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 Piedmont
Who supplies Piedmont’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Piedmont Utilities Board (EPA ID AL0000164). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Piedmont?
City of Piedmont (City of Piedmont - (AL)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Piedmont?
Spectrum, AT&T, Coosa Valley Technologies, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Piedmont?
36272. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Piedmont in?
Piedmont City School District.
How do I register to vote in Piedmont?
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 Calhoun 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: Piedmont’s own website (piedmontcity.org), 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.