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The Belmont handbook

Living in Belmont, NH: what to set up and who to call

Power in Belmont comes from New Hampshire Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. To register to vote, go to the town clerk of Belmont: Belmont runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Belmont, 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 Belmont.

Electricity

Power comes from New Hampshire Elec Coop

New Hampshire Elec Coop (New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Belmont. Its homes paid an average of 24.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $151 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of New Hampshire Elec Coop’s home customers do, and New Hampshire Elec Coop still delivers it.

Start or move service: nhec.com · (800) 698-2007

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 Belmont Water Dept

Belmont Water Dept supplies Belmont: about 30% of residents live in its service area. Lakes Region MHP Coop II serves another 6%. About 40% 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 1,612 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile85.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1993, was 85.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1993: 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. NH0201010.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Belmont

100% of 3,511 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 31% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BreezelineCable, Fiber97%1,000/50
XfinityCable96%2,000/250
Consolidated CommunicationsDSL41%10/1
Fidium FiberFiber26%2,000/2,000
T-MobileFixed wireless39%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless34%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Belmont depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerCasella picks up at the curb for every homebelmontnh.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cardboard & Boxboard (clean & dry)
  • Junk Mail, Periodicals, & Office Paper
  • Plastic Bottles, Jugs, Tubs, & Lids
  • Glass Bottles & Jars
  • Aluminum & Steel Cans
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOnce a monthOnce-monthly curbside bulky item collection on the first Wednesday of the month; must be scheduled and paid by the Friday before pickup; fees by check or exact cash to the Town

From belmontnh.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 1/1/2025. 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.

Belmont kids go to
PK–4Belmont Elementary SchoolShaker Region School District
5–8Belmont Middle SchoolShaker Region School District
9–12Belmont High SchoolShaker Region School District

Belmont is in Shaker Region School District.

CSchool 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Belmont is in ZIP code 03220

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BelmontZIP’s residents in Belmont
03220Belmont, NH100%99%

A few homes fall in 03246.

Area code603Wikidata

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 Belmont

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

Belmont Water Dept (EPA ID NH0201010). 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 85.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1993), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Belmont?

New Hampshire Elec Coop (New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 24.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Belmont?

Breezeline, Xfinity, Consolidated Communications, Fidium Fiber, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Belmont?

03220. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Belmont in?

Shaker Region School District.

How do I register to vote in Belmont?

New Hampshire has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail only in special circumstances (received 13 days before). Elections here are run by the Town Clerk of Belmont. Check your registration at app.sos.nh.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: Belmont’s own website (belmontnh.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 19, 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.