Photo: Croosadabilia croosadabilia · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Richmond, MA: what to set up and who to call
View Drive Water Association has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.7 ppb, was higher than 91% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Monday is trash day in Richmond.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Richmond, 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 Richmond.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Richmond. Its homes paid an average of 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Massachusetts, for customers on its standard service). Massachusetts lets you buy power from another supplier; 64% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: masselec.com · (972) 505-4700
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from View Drive Water Association
View Drive Water Association supplies Richmond: about 7% of residents live in its service area. About 93% 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 38 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 5.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 91% 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. MA1249008.
5 home internet providers serve Richmond
98% of 901 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Richmond Telephone | Fiber, DSL | 91% | 1,000/200 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 20% | 25/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 9% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 9% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Richmond is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Richmond, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week · which week: richmondma.org
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
From richmondma.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 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.
Richmond is in two districts that split the grades: Richmond School District and Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12).
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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Richmond spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Richmond residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Richmond | ZIP’s residents in Richmond |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01254 | Richmond, MA | 67% | 100% |
| 01201 | Pittsfield, MA | 33% | 1% |
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 Richmond
Who supplies Richmond’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
View Drive Water Association (EPA ID MA1249008). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.7 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Richmond?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Richmond?
Spectrum, Richmond Telephone, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Richmond?
01254 (67%), 01201 (33%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Richmond in?
Richmond School District and Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12).
How do I register to vote in Richmond?
In Massachusetts you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Richmond Town Clerk. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
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: Richmond’s own website (richmondma.org), read Oct 22, 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.