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The Diamondhead handbook

Living in Diamondhead, AR: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Diamondhead is in ZIP code 71913. Public schools here are run by Lakeside School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Diamondhead, 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 Diamondhead.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Arkansas

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Diamondhead. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).

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 Riviera Utilities

Riviera Utilities supplies Diamondhead: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Hot Springs Utilities as seller) and serves 1,800 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2001–Dec 2003, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2003: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. AR0000239.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Diamondhead

100% of 471 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Resort Television Cable CompanyFiber, Cable100%1,000/1,000
AT&TFiber, Fixed wireless, DSL74%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless91%300/20
Wireless ETCFixed wireless47%100/25
T-MobileFixed wireless4%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Diamondhead’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Diamondhead.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Diamondhead or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Diamondhead kids go to
PK–1Lakeside Primary Schoolin Hot Springs
2–4Lakeside Intermediate Schoolin Hot Springs
7–8Lakeside Junior High Schoolin Hot Springs
9–12Lakeside High Schoolin Hot Springs

Diamondhead is in Lakeside 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Diamondhead is in ZIP code 71913

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of DiamondheadZIP’s residents in Diamondhead
71913Hot Springs National Park, AR100%2%

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 Diamondhead

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

Riviera Utilities (EPA ID AR0000239). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2001–Dec 2003), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Diamondhead?

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Diamondhead?

Resort Television Cable Company, AT&T, Verizon, Wireless ETC, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Diamondhead?

71913. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Diamondhead in?

Lakeside School District.

How do I register to vote in Diamondhead?

Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Garland County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.

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.