Ivan Cobel House · Photo: Jatakuck · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Brookings, SD: what to set up and who to call
Brookings runs its own electric utility, City of Brookings; its homes paid 10.7¢ per kWh in 2025. Brookings Municipal Utilities has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 8.0 ppb, was higher than 96% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15).
I’m new in town
What to set up in Brookings, 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 Brookings.
Power comes from City of Brookings
City of Brookings (City of Brookings - (SD)), a municipal utility, serves 96.6% of Brookings residents. Its homes paid an average of 10.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $94 a month (its average across South Dakota).
Start or move service: brookingsutilities.com · (605) 692-6325
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Brookings Municipal Utilities
Brookings Municipal Utilities supplies Brookings: about 93% of residents live in its service area. Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System serves another 8%. It draws ground water and serves 23,377 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 8.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 11.0 ppb. That’s higher than 96% 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. SD4600071.
8 home internet providers serve Brookings
100% of 6,902 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/50 |
| Swiftel Communications | Fiber, DSL | 96% | 1,000/500 |
| ITC | Fiber | 4% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 52% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 49% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 45% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Brookings
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Brookings, from the town’s own site.
Brookings Dumpster Service
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastic bottles, tubs, jugs and jars
- Glass bottles and jars
- Aluminum cans
- Steel and tin cans
- Clean aluminum foil
- Office/computer paper
- Newspaper
- Magazines and magazine inserts
- Paper cartons
- Cardboard, cartons and paperboard
- Shipping boxes (no styrofoam)
From cityofbrookings-sd.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 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 Brookings (99%) is in Brookings School District 05-1.
C+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 Jul 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Brookings spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Brookings residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Brookings | ZIP’s residents in Brookings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57006 | Brookings, SD | 93% | 90% |
| 57007 | Brookings, SD | 7% | 100% |
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 Brookings
Who supplies Brookings’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Brookings Municipal Utilities (EPA ID SD4600071). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 8.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Brookings?
City of Brookings (City of Brookings - (SD)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 10.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Brookings?
Mediacom Xtream, Swiftel Communications, ITC, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Brookings?
57006 (93%), 57007 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Brookings in?
Brookings School District 05-1.
How do I register to vote in Brookings?
South Dakota has no online registration; you can register in person until 15 days before Election Day or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Brookings County Auditor. Check your registration at vip.sdsos.gov.
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: Brookings’ own website (cityofbrookings-sd.gov), read Oct 23, 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.