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The Waterville Township handbook

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

Waterville Township runs its own electric utility, City of Waterville. Tap water in most of Waterville Township comes from City of Waterville, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Waterville Township, 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 Waterville Township.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Waterville

City of Waterville (City of Waterville - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 84.1% of Waterville Township residents.

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 Waterville

City of Waterville supplies Waterville Township: about 84% of residents live in its service area. Washington Co RWD 1 serves another 7%. About 8% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 656 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.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. KS2011703.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Waterville Township

94% of 433 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Blue Valley TechnologiesFiber, Cable, Fixed wireless86%1,000/1,000
AT&TDSL75%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless73%300/20
NextlinkFixed wireless50%1,000/500

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Waterville Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Waterville Township.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Waterville Township kids go to
PK–2Valley Heights Elementary - WatervilleValley Heights Unified School District 498
3–6Valley Heights Elemin Blue Rapids
7–12Valley Heights Jr/Sr HighValley Heights Unified School District 498

Waterville Township is in Valley Heights Unified School District 498.

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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Waterville Township is in ZIP code 66548

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Waterville TownshipZIP’s residents in Waterville Township
66548Waterville, KS99%84%

A few homes fall in 66411.

Area code785Wikidata

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 Waterville Township

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

City of Waterville (EPA ID KS2011703). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Waterville Township?

City of Waterville (City of Waterville - (KS)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Waterville Township?

Blue Valley Technologies, AT&T, Verizon, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Waterville Township?

66548. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Waterville Township in?

Valley Heights Unified School District 498.

How do I register to vote in Waterville 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 Marshall 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.