Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Alva, FL: what to set up and who to call
Oak Park Mobile Home Village reported 8 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: uranium ×4, radioactivity (gross alpha, excluding radon and uranium) ×4. 77% of systems its size reported none. Alva has no town government of its own, so Lee County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Lee County School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alva, 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 Alva.
Power comes from FPL
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Alva. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: www.fpl.com · (800) 375-2434
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Oak Park Mobile Home Village
Oak Park Mobile Home Village supplies Alva: about 17% of residents live in its service area. About 83% 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 400 people in all.
8 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: uranium ×4, radioactivity (gross alpha, excluding radon and uranium) ×4, the latest beginning Jul 2025. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 51.0 ppb. That’s higher than 52% 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. FL5360204.
Which providers serve Alva
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Alva, 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 Alva’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Alva.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Alva is in Lee County School District.
C+School gradeSee 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
Alva is unincorporated, so Lee County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Alva is in ZIP code 33920
ZIP codes where Alva residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alva | ZIP’s residents in Alva |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33920 | Alva, FL | 100% | 40% |
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 Alva
Who supplies Alva’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Oak Park Mobile Home Village (EPA ID FL5360204). It reported 8 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: uranium ×4, radioactivity (gross alpha, excluding radon and uranium) ×4. 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alva?
FPL (Florida Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Alva?
33920. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alva in?
Lee County School District.
How do I register to vote in Alva?
In Florida 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 Lee Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
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 17, 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): pending.