Photo: John from tucson az · CC BY 2.0Living in Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ: what to set up and who to call
Arizona Water Co - Lakeside has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.8 ppb, was higher than 96% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in Pinetop-Lakeside comes from Navopache Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pinetop-Lakeside, 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 Pinetop-Lakeside.
Power comes from Navopache Electric Coop
Navopache Electric Coop (Navopache Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Pinetop-Lakeside. Its homes paid an average of 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $81 a month (its average across Arizona).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Arizona Water Co - Lakeside
Arizona Water Co - Lakeside supplies Pinetop-Lakeside: about 46% of residents live in its service area. Pinetop Water Community Facilities Dist serves another 46%. Wonderland Acres Dwid serves another 6%. About 4% 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 Ponderosa Dwid as seller) and serves 12,191 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 7.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 96% 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. AZ0409003.
4 home internet providers serve Pinetop-Lakeside
94% of 3,721 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable | 91% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | DSL | 37% | 45/3 |
| Smith Bagley | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/100 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 67% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 1 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pinetop-Lakeside.
Pinetop-Lakeside Collection Center
This isn’t Pinetop-Lakeside’s own facility. Whether Pinetop-Lakeside residents may use it is the town’s rule: check pinetoplakesideaz.gov.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Pinetop-Lakeside is in Blue Ridge Unified District.
BSchool 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Pinetop-Lakeside spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Pinetop-Lakeside residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pinetop-Lakeside | ZIP’s residents in Pinetop-Lakeside |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85935 | Pinetop, AZ | 53% | 54% |
| 85929 | Lakeside, AZ | 47% | 23% |
A few homes fall in 85901.
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 Pinetop-Lakeside
Who supplies Pinetop-Lakeside’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Arizona Water Co - Lakeside (EPA ID AZ0409003). 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 7.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pinetop-Lakeside?
Navopache Electric Coop (Navopache Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pinetop-Lakeside?
Sparklight, Frontier, Smith Bagley, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pinetop-Lakeside?
85935 (53%), 85929 (47%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pinetop-Lakeside in?
Blue Ridge Unified District.
How do I register to vote in Pinetop-Lakeside?
In Arizona you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Navajo County Recorder. Check your registration at my.arizona.vote.
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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.