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The Bath Township handbook

Living in Bath Township, MI: what to set up and who to call

Elections in Bath Township are run by Bath Township itself; register with the Bath Township Clerk. Bath Township Public Library, 1.7 miles away, is the closest library to Bath Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bath 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 Bath Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bath Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).

Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050

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 Lansing Board of Water & Light

Lansing Board of Water & Light supplies Bath Township: about 27% of residents live in its service area. City of East Lansing serves another 16%. About 54% 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 166,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0003760.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Bath Township

83% of 4,221 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 35% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
WOW!Cable84%1,200/50
XfinityCable51%2,000/250
FrontierFiber, DSL38%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber12%100/20
MetronetFiber10%5,120/5,120
ACD.netFiber5%10,000/10,000

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bath Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Bath Township 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.

Bath Township kids go to
PK–5Bath Elementary SchoolBath Community Schools
6–8Bath Middle SchoolBath Community Schools
9–12Bath High SchoolBath Community Schools

Most of Bath Township (81%) is in Bath Community Schools; parts are in Haslett Public Schools (14%) and Laingsburg Community School District (5%).

A−School gradeSee 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 Jun 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bath Township spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Bath TownshipZIP’s residents in Bath Township
48823East Lansing, MI49%13%
48808Bath, MI41%94%
48840Haslett, MI8%9%
48848Laingsburg, MI2%3%

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 Bath Township

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

Lansing Board of Water & Light (EPA ID MI0003760). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bath Township?

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Bath Township?

WOW!, Xfinity, Frontier, AT&T, Metronet, ACD.net (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bath Township?

48823 (49%), 48808 (41%), 48840 (8%), 48848 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bath Township in?

Bath Community Schools. Parts of the city are in Haslett Public Schools and Laingsburg Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Bath Township?

In Michigan 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 Bath Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.

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 Sep 12, 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.