Photo: Aggie0083 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in College Station, TX: what to set up and who to call
College Station runs its own electric utility, City of College Station; its homes paid 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025. Most homes in College Station have two wired internet choices, Optimum and Frontier.
I’m new in town
What to set up in College Station, 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 College Station.
Power comes from City of College Station
City of College Station (City of College Station - (TX)), a municipal utility, serves 96.9% of College Station residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $137 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: cstx.gov · (800) 849-6623
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of College Station water system
The City of College Station water system supplies College Station: about 77% of residents live in its service area. Texas A&m University Main Campus serves another 13%. Wellborn SUD serves another 7%. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists City of Bryan and Texas A&m University Main Campus as sellers) and serves 104,103 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.9 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. TX0210002.
9 home internet providers serve College Station
96% of 27,775 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 39% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 91% | 940/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 52% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Arrive Internet | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 15% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 79% | 300/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 52% | 500/200 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 48% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in College Station depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in College Station, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on cstx.gov
- RecyclingEvery other week, day by addressCheck which week on cstx.gov →
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Aluminum, Tin and Steel Cans
- Glass (All Colors)
- #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles and Containers
- Mixed & White Paper
- Magazines
- Junk Mail
- Newspapers w/ Inserts
- Brown Paper Bags
- Phone Books
- Flattened Cardboard
- Paperboard (Cereal, shoe, frozen food boxes, etc.)
- Wax Coated Drink Cartons
From cstx.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Most of College Station (95%) is in College Station Independent School District; parts are in Bryan Independent School District (5%).
A−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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
College Station spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where College Station residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of College Station | ZIP’s residents in College Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77845 | College Station, TX | 47% | 81% |
| 77840 | College Station, TX | 46% | 100% |
| 77843 | College Station, TX | 7% | 100% |
77841, 77842, 77844 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 College Station
Who supplies College Station’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of College Station water system (EPA ID TX0210002). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in College Station?
City of College Station (City of College Station - (TX)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve College Station?
Optimum, Frontier, Arrive Internet, Verizon, Nextlink, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in College Station?
77845 (47%), 77840 (46%), 77843 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is College Station in?
College Station Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Bryan Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in College Station?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Brazos County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.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: College Station’s own website (cstx.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.