Living in St. Hedwig, TX: what to set up and who to call
Power in St. Hedwig comes from Pedernales Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Brooke Army Medical Center (Ft Sam Houston), 12.9 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Hedwig, 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 St. Hedwig.
Power comes from Pedernales Electric Coop
Pedernales Electric Coop (Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of St. Hedwig. Its homes paid an average of 12.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $153 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: pec.coop · (830) 868-7155
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from East Central SUD
East Central SUD supplies St. Hedwig: about 88% of residents live in its service area. Green Valley SUD serves another 11%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists San Antonio Water System and Saws Northeast and Crwa Lake Dunlap WTP and Crwa Wells Ranch as sellers) and serves 26,137 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s higher than 58% 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. TX0150138.
9 home internet providers serve St. Hedwig
100% of 1,014 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 100/20 |
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 89% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 30% | 25/3 |
| ZipLink Internet | Fixed wireless | 99% | 100/20 |
| Alamo Broadband | Fixed wireless | 81% | 990/300 |
| VTX1 | Fixed wireless | 65% | 50/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have St. Hedwig’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Hedwig.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of St. Hedwig (97%) is in East Central Independent School District; parts are in Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District (3%).
DSchool 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.
St. Hedwig spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where St. Hedwig residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Hedwig | ZIP’s residents in St. Hedwig |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78152 | Saint Hedwig, TX | 91% | 67% |
| 78101 | Adkins, TX | 9% | 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 St. Hedwig
Who supplies St. Hedwig’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
East Central SUD (EPA ID TX0150138). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Hedwig?
Pedernales Electric Coop (Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve St. Hedwig?
Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop, Spectrum, AT&T, ZipLink Internet, Alamo Broadband, VTX1 (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Hedwig?
78152 (91%), 78101 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Hedwig in?
East Central Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in St. Hedwig?
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 Bexar 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.