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The New Smyrna Beach handbook

Living in New Smyrna Beach, FL: what to set up and who to call

New Smyrna Beach runs its own electric utility, New Smyrna Beach City of; its homes paid 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025. New Smyrna Beach has an emergency room in town, at Adventhealth New Smyrna Beach.

I’m new in town

What to set up in New Smyrna Beach, 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 New Smyrna Beach.

Electricity

Power comes from New Smyrna Beach City of

New Smyrna Beach City of (New Smyrna Beach City of), a municipal utility, serves all of New Smyrna Beach. Its homes paid an average of 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across Florida).

Start or move service: ucnsb.net · (386) 427-1361

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 New Smyrna Beach water system

The City of New Smyrna Beach water system supplies almost all of New Smyrna Beach. It draws ground water and serves 69,409 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 3.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.5 ppb. That’s higher than 85% 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. FL3640876.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve New Smyrna Beach

99% of 15,621 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/50
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber84%5,000/5,000
Wire 3Fiber58%10,000/10,000
VerizonFixed wireless87%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless66%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 New Smyrna Beach

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

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Glass
  • Plastic
  • Paper
  • Cardboard
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekCollected weekly on the second household waste day (Thursday or Friday), up to four cubic yards; refrigerators and A/C units with Freon need special pickup arranged by calling FCC at 386-888-8299
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecityofnsb.com →

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cityofnsb.com →

From cityofnsb.com, 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.

New Smyrna Beach kids go to
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8New Smyrna Beach Middle SchoolVolusia County School District
9–12New Smyrna Beach High SchoolVolusia County School District

New Smyrna Beach is in Volusia County School District.

B−School 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

New Smyrna Beach spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where New Smyrna Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of New Smyrna BeachZIP’s residents in New Smyrna Beach
32168New Smyrna Beach, FL72%73%
32169New Smyrna Beach, FL28%78%

32170 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code386Wikidata

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 New Smyrna Beach

Who supplies New Smyrna Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of New Smyrna Beach water system (EPA ID FL3640876). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in New Smyrna Beach?

New Smyrna Beach City of (New Smyrna Beach City of), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve New Smyrna Beach?

Spectrum, AT&T, Wire 3, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in New Smyrna Beach?

32168 (72%), 32169 (28%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is New Smyrna Beach in?

Volusia County School District.

How do I register to vote in New Smyrna Beach?

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 Volusia 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: New Smyrna Beach’s own website (cityofnsb.com), 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.