Photo: Altairisfar · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Pine Apple, AL: what to set up and who to call
Pine Apple Water Works has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 13.0 ppb, was higher than 98% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in Pine Apple comes from Pioneer Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pine Apple, 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 Pine Apple.
Power comes from Pioneer Electric Coop
Pioneer Electric Coop (Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (AL)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Pine Apple.
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 Pine Apple Water Works
Pine Apple Water Works supplies Pine Apple: about 46% of residents live in its service area. About 54% 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 390 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 13.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 98% 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. AL0001391.
Which providers serve Pine Apple
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Pine Apple, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Pine Apple’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pine Apple.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Pine Apple is in Wilcox County School District.
Test scores and every school: see 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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Pine Apple is in ZIP code 36768
ZIP codes where Pine Apple residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pine Apple | ZIP’s residents in Pine Apple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36768 | Pine Apple, AL | 100% | 20% |
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 Pine Apple
Who supplies Pine Apple’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pine Apple Water Works (EPA ID AL0001391). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 13.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pine Apple?
Pioneer Electric Coop (Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (AL)), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Pine Apple?
36768. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pine Apple in?
Wilcox County School District.
How do I register to vote in Pine Apple?
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 Wilcox 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: 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): pending.