Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in San Saba, TX: what to set up and who to call
San Saba runs its own electric utility, City of San Saba. Tap water in most of San Saba comes from the City of San Saba water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in San Saba, 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 San Saba.
Power comes from City of San Saba
City of San Saba (City of San Saba - (TX)), a municipal utility, serves 93.0% of San Saba residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of San Saba water system
The City of San Saba water system supplies San Saba: about 78% of residents live in its service area. About 22% 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 3,151 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 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. TX2060001.
2 home internet providers serve San Saba
100% of 1,266 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 87% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have San Saba’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in San Saba.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
San Saba is in San Saba 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 Aug 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
San Saba is in ZIP code 76877
ZIP codes where San Saba residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of San Saba | ZIP’s residents in San Saba |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76877 | San Saba, TX | 100% | 71% |
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 San Saba
Who supplies San Saba’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of San Saba water system (EPA ID TX2060001). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in San Saba?
City of San Saba (City of San Saba - (TX)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve San Saba?
Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in San Saba?
76877. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is San Saba in?
San Saba Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in San Saba?
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 San Saba 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.