Photo: Ian Ballinger · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Ottawa Township, KS: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Ottawa Township comes from Franklin Co RWD 1, 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 1.0 ppb. The closest public drop-off to Ottawa Township is Franklin County Recycling Center, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ottawa Township, 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 Ottawa Township.
Power comes from Evergy
Evergy (Evergy Metro), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ottawa Township. Its homes paid an average of 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $129 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.
Water comes from Franklin Co RWD 1
Franklin Co RWD 1 supplies Ottawa Township: about 73% of residents live in its service area. Franklin Co RWD 5 serves another 13%. About 15% 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 City of Ottawa and City of Wellsville and Miami Co RWD 2 as sellers) and serves 665 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 51% 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. KS2005915.
Which providers serve Ottawa Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Ottawa Township, 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.
The nearest public drop-off is 5 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ottawa Township.
Franklin County Recycling Center
2017 South Elm Street, Ottawa, KS, 66067
This isn’t Ottawa Township’s own facility. Whether Ottawa Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check ottawaks.gov.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Ottawa Township (71%) is in Ottawa Unified School District 290; parts are in West Franklin Unified School District 287 (25%) and Wellsville Unified School District 289 (5%).
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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ottawa Township is in ZIP code 66067
ZIP codes where Ottawa Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ottawa Township | ZIP’s residents in Ottawa Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66067 | Ottawa, KS | 99% | 5% |
A few homes fall in 66076.
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 Ottawa Township
Who supplies Ottawa Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Franklin Co RWD 1 (EPA ID KS2005915). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ottawa Township?
Evergy (Evergy Metro), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Ottawa Township?
66067. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ottawa Township in?
Ottawa Unified School District 290. Parts of the city are in West Franklin Unified School District 287 and Wellsville Unified School District 289.
How do I register to vote in Ottawa Township?
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 Franklin 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.