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The Chautauqua handbook

Living in Chautauqua, KS: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Chautauqua comes from the City of Chautauqua 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 below detection. Sedan Public Library, 7.2 miles away, is the closest library to Chautauqua.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Chautauqua, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Chautauqua.

Electricity

Power comes from Evergy

Evergy (Evergy Kansas South, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chautauqua. Its homes paid an average of 14.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $125 a month (its average across Kansas).

Start or move service: evergy.com

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Chautauqua water system

The City of Chautauqua water system supplies almost all of Chautauqua. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 20 as seller) and serves 110 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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. The highest in five years was 3.9 ppb. 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. KS2001907.

Internet

Which providers serve Chautauqua

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Chautauqua, 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 & recycling

We don’t have Chautauqua’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chautauqua.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Chautauqua or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Chautauqua kids go to
PK–5Sedan Elemin Sedan
6–12Sedan Highin Sedan

Chautauqua is in Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286.

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Chautauqua is in ZIP code 67334

ZIP codes where Chautauqua residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of ChautauquaZIP’s residents in Chautauqua
67334Chautauqua, KS100%100%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Chautauqua

Who supplies Chautauqua’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of Chautauqua water system (EPA ID KS2001907). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Chautauqua?

Evergy (Evergy Kansas South, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Chautauqua?

67334. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Chautauqua in?

Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286.

How do I register to vote in Chautauqua?

In Kansas you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Chautauqua County Clerk. Check your registration at myvoteinfo.voteks.org.

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): pending.