Photo: Justin Cozart from Dallas, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0Living in Bartlesville, OK: what to set up and who to call
The Bartlesville water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule), beginning Jul 2025. Power in Bartlesville comes from Verdigris Valley Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bartlesville, 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 Bartlesville.
Power comes from Verdigris Valley Elec Coop
Verdigris Valley Elec Coop (Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Bartlesville. Its homes paid an average of 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $172 a month (its average across Oklahoma).
Start or move service: www.vvec.com · (918) 371-2584
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bartlesville water system
The Bartlesville water system supplies Bartlesville: about 84% of residents live in its service area. About 15% 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 34,748 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule), beginning Jul 2025. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. OK1021401.
9 home internet providers serve Bartlesville
100% of 15,348 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/50 |
| Bluepeak | Fiber | 70% | 5,000/5,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 68% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Dobson Fiber | Fiber | 43% | 10,000/10,000 |
| BartNet IP | Fixed wireless | 100% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 55% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Bartlesville depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bartlesville, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofbartlesville.org →
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Cardboard
- Clothing, shoes and purses
- Glass bottles and food containers
From cityofbartlesville.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-04-24T15:40:08+00:00, 2026-09-08T13:33:51+00:00, 2026-10-14T20:01:52+00:00, 2026-10-14T20:20:37+00:00. 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.
Most of Bartlesville (94%) is in Bartlesville Public Schools; parts are in Dewey Public Schools (4%) and Caney Valley Public Schools (2%).
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 Jun 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Bartlesville spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bartlesville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bartlesville | ZIP’s residents in Bartlesville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74006 | Bartlesville, OK | 68% | 92% |
| 74003 | Bartlesville, OK | 32% | 86% |
74004, 74005 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.
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 Bartlesville
Who supplies Bartlesville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Bartlesville water system (EPA ID OK1021401). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a bacteria testing requirement (Revised Total Coliform Rule). 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.6 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bartlesville?
Verdigris Valley Elec Coop (Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bartlesville?
Sparklight, Bluepeak, AT&T, Dobson Fiber, BartNet IP, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bartlesville?
74006 (68%), 74003 (32%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bartlesville in?
Bartlesville Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Dewey Public Schools and Caney Valley Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Bartlesville?
In Oklahoma you can register online until 25 days before Election Day, in person until 25 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 25 days before). Elections here are run by the Secretary, Washington County Election Board. Check your registration at okvoterportal.okelections.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: Bartlesville’s own website (cityofbartlesville.org), 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 Sep 12, 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.