Living in Lindsay, TX: what to set up and who to call
Lindsay has no town government of its own, so Reeves County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District. Tap water in Lindsay comes from Madera Valley WSC, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lindsay, 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 Lindsay.
Power comes from Rio Grande Electric Coop
Rio Grande Electric Coop (Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lindsay. Its homes paid an average of 18.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $168 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: riogrande.coop · (830) 563-2444
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Madera Valley WSC
Madera Valley WSC supplies almost all of Lindsay. It draws ground water (EPA lists City of Balmorhea as seller) and serves 2,001 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.1 ppb. That’s higher than 53% 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. TX1950006.
Which providers serve Lindsay
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lindsay, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Lindsay’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lindsay.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lindsay is in Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lindsay is unincorporated, so Reeves County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lindsay is in ZIP code 79772
ZIP codes where Lindsay residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lindsay | ZIP’s residents in Lindsay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79772 | Pecos, TX | 100% | 3% |
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 Lindsay
Who supplies Lindsay’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Madera Valley WSC (EPA ID TX1950006). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lindsay?
Rio Grande Electric Coop (Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 18.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lindsay?
79772. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lindsay in?
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Lindsay?
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 Reeves 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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): pending.