Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Living in Prairie View, TX: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Tuesdays in Prairie View. Tap water in most of Prairie View comes from the Prairie View A&m University water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.7 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Prairie View, 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 Prairie View.
Power comes from City of Hempstead
City of Hempstead (City of Hempstead - (TX)), a municipal utility, serves all of Prairie View.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Prairie View A&m University water system
The Prairie View A&m University water system supplies Prairie View: about 72% of residents live in its service area. City of Prairie View serves another 28%. It draws ground water (EPA lists City of Prairie View as seller) and serves 9,550 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–Dec 2023, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s lower than 60% 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. TX2370002.
Which providers serve Prairie View
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Prairie View, 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.
Trash day in Prairie View is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Prairie View, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
From prairieviewtexas.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 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.
Prairie View is in Waller Independent School District.
C+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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Prairie View spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Prairie View residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Prairie View | ZIP’s residents in Prairie View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77446 | Prairie View, TX | 76% | 100% |
| 77445 | Hempstead, TX | 20% | 12% |
| 77484 | Waller, TX | 4% | 2% |
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 Prairie View
Who supplies Prairie View’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Prairie View A&m University water system (EPA ID TX2370002). 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 0.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Prairie View?
City of Hempstead (City of Hempstead - (TX)), a municipal utility.
What ZIP codes are in Prairie View?
77446 (76%), 77445 (20%), 77484 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Prairie View in?
Waller Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Prairie View?
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 Waller 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: Prairie View’s own website (prairieviewtexas.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): pending.