Photo: Michel Rathwell from Cornwall, Canada · CC BY 2.0Living in Clearwater, FL: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Clearwater goes to 33755 (23% of residents), one of 8 ZIP codes in town. Most homes in Clearwater have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and WOW!.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Clearwater, 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 Clearwater.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Clearwater. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $185 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: progress-energy.com · (800) 700-8744
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Clearwater Water System
Clearwater Water System supplies almost all of Clearwater. It draws ground water (EPA lists Pinellas County Utilities and City of St Petersburg as sellers) and serves 115,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2021, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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. FL6520336.
6 home internet providers serve Clearwater
96% of 32,449 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 45% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/500 |
| WOW! | Cable | 93% | 1,200/50 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 51% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 73% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 66% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 50% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Clearwater
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Clearwater, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- All plastic bottles and jugs #1-7
- Glass bottles/jars
- Aluminum/steel cans and empty aerosol cans
- Mixed paper
- Flattened cardboard and cartons
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check myclearwater.com →
From myclearwater.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Clearwater is in Pinellas County School 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 Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Clearwater spans 8 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Clearwater residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Clearwater | ZIP’s residents in Clearwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33755 | Clearwater, FL | 23% | 97% |
| 33756 | Clearwater, FL | 15% | 55% |
| 33759 | Clearwater, FL | 14% | 92% |
| 33764 | Clearwater, FL | 13% | 55% |
| 33761 | Clearwater, FL | 10% | 65% |
| 33765 | Clearwater, FL | 10% | 86% |
| 33767 | Clearwater Beach, FL | 7% | 100% |
| 33763 | Clearwater, FL | 7% | 41% |
33757, 33758, 33766, 33769 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Clearwater
Who supplies Clearwater’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Clearwater Water System (EPA ID FL6520336). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Clearwater?
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Florida, LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Clearwater?
Spectrum, WOW!, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Clearwater?
33755 (23%), 33756 (15%), 33759 (14%), 33764 (13%), 33761 (10%), 33765 (10%), 33767 (7%), 33763 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Clearwater in?
Pinellas County School District.
How do I register to vote in Clearwater?
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 Pinellas 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: Clearwater’s own website (myclearwater.com), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.