Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Wausau, FL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Wausau comes from the Town of Wausau water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 23% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Power in Wausau comes from West Florida El Coop Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Wausau, 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 Wausau.
Power comes from West Florida El Coop Assn
West Florida El Coop Assn (West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 75.7% of Wausau residents. Its homes paid an average of 16.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $182 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: westflorida.coop · (850) 547-9325
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town of Wausau water system
The Town of Wausau water system supplies almost all of Wausau. It draws ground water and serves 361 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2024, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. FL1670721.
Which providers serve Wausau
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Wausau, 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 Wausau’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Wausau.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Wausau is in Washington County 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Wausau spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Wausau residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Wausau | ZIP’s residents in Wausau |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32428 | Chipley, FL | 55% | 1% |
| 32463 | Wausau, FL | 45% | 100% |
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 Wausau
Who supplies Wausau’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Wausau water system (EPA ID FL1670721). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Wausau?
West Florida El Coop Assn (West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Wausau?
32428 (55%), 32463 (45%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Wausau in?
Washington County School District.
How do I register to vote in Wausau?
In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Washington Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
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 17, 2025 (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.