Living in Covert Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
There is no curbside pickup in Covert Township: residents take trash to Covert Township Transfer Station. Power in Covert Township comes from Midwest Energy Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Covert 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 Covert Township.
Power comes from Midwest Energy Cooperative
Midwest Energy Cooperative (Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Covert Township. Its homes paid an average of 19.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $189 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.teammidwest.com · (800) 492-5989
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Covert Township water system
The Covert Township water system supplies Covert Township: about 6% of residents live in its service area. About 93% 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 South Haven Area Water & Sewer Authority as seller) and serves 1,805 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, 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. MI0001661.
Which providers serve Covert Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Covert 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.
No curbside pickup in Covert Township: trash goes to the transfer station
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Covert Township, from the town’s own site.
Covert Township Transfer Station
76912 34th Avenue
- Sat9 am–4 pm
Cost: 4 punches $9.00; 10 punches $18.00
From coverttwp.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Covert Township (96%) is in Covert Public Schools; parts are in Bangor Public Schools (2%).
DSchool 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.
Covert Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Covert Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Covert Township | ZIP’s residents in Covert Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49043 | Covert, MI | 74% | 90% |
| 49038 | Coloma, MI | 14% | 4% |
| 49090 | South Haven, MI | 10% | 2% |
| 49098 | Watervliet, MI | 2% | 1% |
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 Covert Township
Who supplies Covert Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Covert Township water system (EPA ID MI0001661). 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 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Covert Township?
Midwest Energy Cooperative (Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 19.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Covert Township?
49043 (74%), 49038 (14%), 49090 (10%), 49098 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Covert Township in?
Covert Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Bangor Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Covert 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 Covert 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: Covert Township’s own website (coverttwp.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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): pending.