Photo: Patrick Pelster · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Lemon Cove, CA: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for Lemon Cove Water Company. Lemon Cove has no town government of its own, so Tulare County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Exeter Unified School District (9-12).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lemon Cove, 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 Lemon Cove.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lemon Cove. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lemon Cove Water Company
Lemon Cove Water Company supplies Lemon Cove: about 33% of residents live in its service area. About 67% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 109 people in all.
19 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: nitrate ×18, a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), the latest beginning Apr 2026. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA5400616.
7 home internet providers serve Lemon Cove
89% of 148 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 82% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 36% | 115/7 |
| OACYS Technology | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/30 |
| unWired Broadband | Fixed wireless | 95% | 50/12 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 51% | 300/20 |
| Wireless Internet Services | Fixed wireless | 11% | 100/50 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lemon Cove’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lemon Cove.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lemon Cove is in two districts that split the grades: Exeter Unified School District (9-12) and Sequoia Union Elementary 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lemon Cove is unincorporated, so Tulare County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lemon Cove spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lemon Cove residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lemon Cove | ZIP’s residents in Lemon Cove |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93244 | Lemon Cove, CA | 48% | 63% |
| 93286 | Woodlake, CA | 45% | 1% |
| 93221 | Exeter, CA | 7% | 0% |
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 Lemon Cove
Who supplies Lemon Cove’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lemon Cove Water Company (EPA ID CA5400616). It reported 19 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: nitrate ×18, a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lemon Cove?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lemon Cove?
Spectrum, Frontier, OACYS Technology, unWired Broadband, Verizon, Wireless Internet Services (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lemon Cove?
93244 (48%), 93286 (45%), 93221 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lemon Cove in?
Exeter Unified School District (9-12) and Sequoia Union Elementary School District.
How do I register to vote in Lemon Cove?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Tulare County Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.