Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Bath, ME: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Bath Town Clerk: Bath runs its own elections. The closest public drop-off to Bath is Topsham Transfer Station, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bath, 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 Bath.
Power comes from Central Maine Power
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bath. Its homes paid an average of 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $147 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 8% of Central Maine Power’s home customers do, and Central Maine Power still delivers it.
Start or move service: cmpco.com · (800) 750-4000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bath Water District
Bath Water District supplies Bath: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 9,205 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 84% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090130.
9 home internet providers serve Bath
100% of 3,234 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 92% | 2,000/2,000 |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber | 87% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Lincolnville Telephone Company | Fiber | 3% | 100/100 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 2% | 10/1 |
| Redzone Wireless | Fixed wireless | 86% | 50/15 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Bath is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bath, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Wed or Thu)The town’s pickup map
Accepted at the curb
- Milk and juice cartons or jugs
- Cardboard, including corrugated boxes that are flattened, clean, and dry
- Plastic bottles and containers numbered 1 through 7
- Metal, including aluminum cans, tin and steel cans, and clean aluminum foil
- Glass bottles and jars of any color
From cityofbathmaine.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026, 4/1/19. 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.
Bath is in Region School Unit 01.
B+School 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 Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Bath is in ZIP code 04530
ZIP codes where Bath residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bath | ZIP’s residents in Bath |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04530 | Bath, ME | 100% | 79% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bath
Who supplies Bath’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bath Water District (EPA ID ME0090130). 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 3.2 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bath?
Central Maine Power (Central Maine Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 27.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bath?
Xfinity, Fidium Fiber, GoNetspeed, Lincolnville Telephone Company, Consolidated Communications, Redzone Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bath?
04530. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bath in?
Region School Unit 01.
How do I register to vote in Bath?
In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Bath Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.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: Bath’s own website (cityofbathmaine.gov), 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.