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The Brule Township handbook

Living in Brule Township, SD: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Brule Township comes from Clay Rural Water System, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Power in Brule Township comes from Union County Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brule 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 Brule Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Union County Electric Coop

Union County Electric Coop (Union County Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 52.3% of Brule Township residents.

Start or move service: unioncounty.coop · (605) 356-3395

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 Clay Rural Water System

Clay Rural Water System supplies almost all of Brule Township. It draws ground water (EPA lists Vermillion as seller) and serves 4,780 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2024, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s lower than 57% 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. SD4600626.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Brule Township

58% of 133 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 47% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
CenturyLinkDSL55%60/5
Long Lines MetroFiber46%1,000/1,000
NextlinkFixed wireless47%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless36%100/20
MidcoFixed wireless27%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless12%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brule Township.

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

Brule Township kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Brule Township (73%) is in Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7; parts are in Vermillion School District 13-1 (27%).

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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Brule Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Brule TownshipZIP’s residents in Brule Township
57025Elk Point, SD72%6%
57010Burbank, SD28%11%

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 Brule Township

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

Clay Rural Water System (EPA ID SD4600626). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brule Township?

Union County Electric Coop (Union County Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Brule Township?

CenturyLink, Long Lines Metro, Nextlink, T-Mobile, Midco, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Brule Township?

57025 (72%), 57010 (28%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brule Township in?

Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7. Parts of the city are in Vermillion School District 13-1.

How do I register to vote in Brule Township?

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 Union 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: 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 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.