Photo: brewbooks · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Cedar Springs, MI: what to set up and who to call
The Cedar Springs water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: arsenic, beginning Jan 2024. New voters sign up with the Cedar Springs City Clerk, which runs Cedar Springs’ elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cedar Springs, 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 Cedar Springs.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cedar Springs. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.
Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cedar Springs water system
The Cedar Springs water system supplies Cedar Springs: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 3,520 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: arsenic, beginning Jan 2024. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.7 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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. MI0001260.
5 home internet providers serve Cedar Springs
100% of 1,244 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 79% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 80% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Point Broadband | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 75% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 15% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Cedar Springs’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cedar Springs.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Cedar Springs is in Cedar Springs Public Schools.
B+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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Cedar Springs is in ZIP code 49319
ZIP codes where Cedar Springs residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cedar Springs | ZIP’s residents in Cedar Springs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49319 | Cedar Springs, MI | 100% | 21% |
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 Cedar Springs
Who supplies Cedar Springs’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Cedar Springs water system (EPA ID MI0001260). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: arsenic. 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cedar Springs?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cedar Springs?
Spectrum, AT&T, Point Broadband, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cedar Springs?
49319. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cedar Springs in?
Cedar Springs Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Cedar Springs?
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 Cedar Springs City 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.