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The Marietta handbook

Living in Marietta, GA: what to set up and who to call

Marietta runs its own electric utility, City of Marietta; its homes paid 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025. Marietta has its own drop-off, Marble Mill Recycling & Transfer Station, on 325 Marble Mill Road Northwest.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Marietta, 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 Marietta.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Marietta

City of Marietta (City of Marietta - (GA)), a municipal utility, serves 89.0% of Marietta residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $99 a month (its average across Georgia).

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 Marietta Board of Lights and Water

Marietta Board of Lights and Water supplies Marietta: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Cobb County serves another 21%. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Cobb Co.-Marietta Water Auth. and Cobb County as sellers) and serves 60,100 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 percentile2.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2003, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2003: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. GA0670005.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Marietta

100% of 15,964 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 33% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless90%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless77%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless59%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in Marietta: every week

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

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbmariettaga.gov
Curbside recyclingEvery weekRecycling picked up at the curbmariettaga.gov
Transfer station

Marble Mill Recycling & Transfer Station

325 Marble Mill Road Northwest

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspapers
  • Phone books
  • Magazines
  • Aluminum and bi-metal beverage cans
  • Plastic soda bottles
  • Milk jugs and water bottles
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookResidents must request a special pickup online via the request pick up/special items form; the household is billed for collection of large items placed at the curb on arranged collection day

From mariettaga.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.

Marietta kids go to
PK–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Marietta (99%) is in Marietta City 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.

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 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Marietta spans 8 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MariettaZIP’s residents in Marietta
30064Marietta, GA26%32%
30060Marietta, GA22%34%
30067Marietta, GA16%20%
30062Marietta, GA13%12%
30008Marietta, GA12%23%
30066Marietta, GA6%6%
30068Marietta, GA2%4%
30152Kennesaw, GA2%3%

A few homes fall in 30339. 30006, 30007, 30061, 30063, 30065, 30069, 30090 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.

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 Marietta

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

Marietta Board of Lights and Water (EPA ID GA0670005). 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 2.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2003), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Marietta?

City of Marietta (City of Marietta - (GA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Marietta?

Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Marietta?

30064 (26%), 30060 (22%), 30067 (16%), 30062 (13%), 30008 (12%), 30066 (6%), 30068 (2%), 30152 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Marietta in?

Marietta City School District.

How do I register to vote in Marietta?

In Georgia 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 Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration. Check your registration at mvp.sos.ga.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: Marietta’s own website (mariettaga.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 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.