Lock and Dam No. 12 Historic District · Photo: US Army Corps of Engineers, photographer unknown · Public domainLiving in Bellevue, IA: what to set up and who to call
Bellevue runs its own electric utility, City of Bellevue. Tap water in Bellevue comes from Bellevue Municipal Utilities, 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 0.5 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bellevue, 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 Bellevue.
Power comes from City of Bellevue
City of Bellevue (City of Bellevue - (IA)), a municipal utility, serves 97.2% of Bellevue residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bellevue Municipal Utilities
Bellevue Municipal Utilities supplies almost all of Bellevue. It draws ground water and serves 2,363 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 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IA4910000.
4 home internet providers serve Bellevue
98% of 1,091 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Motte Telephone Company | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 89% | 500/500 |
| Kinetic | DSL | 83% | 200/20 |
| City of Bellevue | Fiber | 68% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 90% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Bellevue: every other week, Tue
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bellevue, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- All types of clean office and junk paper, school papers
- Newspapers
- Paper bags and cardboard egg cartons
- Magazines and catalogs, shiny paged, glued, stapled
- Corrugated cardboard
- Chipboard containers – cereal boxes, Kleenex, cake mix
- Toilet paper & paper towel rolls
- Shredded paper strips
- Phone books, paper and hard cover books
- Milk and juice jugs
- Margarine and ice cream tubs
- Yogurt cups
- Pop and water bottles
- Household cleaning containers
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check bellevueia.gov →
From bellevueia.gov, cms6.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2025, 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.
Bellevue is in Bellevue Community 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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bellevue is in ZIP code 52031
ZIP codes where Bellevue residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bellevue | ZIP’s residents in Bellevue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52031 | Bellevue, IA | 100% | 46% |
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 Bellevue
Who supplies Bellevue’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bellevue Municipal Utilities (EPA ID IA4910000). 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 0.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bellevue?
City of Bellevue (City of Bellevue - (IA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Bellevue?
La Motte Telephone Company, Kinetic, City of Bellevue, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bellevue?
52031. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bellevue in?
Bellevue Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Bellevue?
In Iowa you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Jackson County Auditor. Check your registration at sos.iowa.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: Bellevue’s own website (bellevueia.gov, cms6.revize.com), read Oct 23, 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.