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The Clewiston handbook

Living in Clewiston, FL: what to set up and who to call

Clewiston runs its own electric utility, City of Clewiston. Tap water in Clewiston comes from the City of Clewiston water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.3 ppb.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Clewiston, 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 Clewiston.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Clewiston

City of Clewiston (City of Clewiston), a municipal utility, serves 97.8% of Clewiston residents.

Start or move service: clewiston-fl.gov · (863) 983-1454

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 City of Clewiston water system

The City of Clewiston water system supplies almost all of Clewiston. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists United States Sugar Corp. WTP as seller) and serves 9,643 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 64% 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. FL5260053.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Clewiston

98% of 2,343 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable98%2,000/250
CenturyLinkDSL, Fiber87%140/20
Florida WiFiFixed wireless100%25/8
VerizonFixed wireless57%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless25%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Clewiston

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Clewiston, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbclewiston-fl.gov
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookWhite goods (appliances) and bulky items are picked up by arranging a call-ahead pickup with Public Works at 983-1471; a reasonable fee is added to the next regular bill for special pickups

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check clewiston-fl.gov →

From clewiston-fl.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Clewiston kids go to
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Clewiston Middle SchoolHendry County School District
9–12Clewiston High SchoolHendry County School District

Clewiston is in Hendry County School District.

DSchool gradeSee 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 Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Clewiston is in ZIP code 33440

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of ClewistonZIP’s residents in Clewiston
33440Clewiston, FL100%38%
Area code863Wikidata

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 Clewiston

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

The City of Clewiston water system (EPA ID FL5260053). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Clewiston?

City of Clewiston (City of Clewiston), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Clewiston?

Xfinity, CenturyLink, Florida WiFi, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Clewiston?

33440. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Clewiston in?

Hendry County School District.

How do I register to vote in Clewiston?

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 Hendry 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: Clewiston’s own website (clewiston-fl.gov), read Oct 21, 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.