Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Arena, WI: what to set up and who to call
Wednesday is trash day in Arena; Pellitteri Waste Systems collects. New voters sign up with the Village of Arena Clerk, which runs Arena’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Arena, 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 Arena.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Arena. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Arena Waterworks
Arena Waterworks supplies Arena: about 84% of residents live in its service area. About 16% 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 877 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 55% 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. WI1250073.
4 home internet providers serve Arena
96% of 333 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 78% | 10/1 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 100% | 25/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 4% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Arena is Wednesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Arena, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week · which week: webgen1files.revize.com
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard (empty)
- Catalogs, magazines & phone books
- Newspapers
- Envelopes & junk mail
- Paper grocery bags
- Paper milk and juice cartons or boxes
- Pizza boxes (empty)
- All plastic bottles
- Plastic containers/cups #1-7
- Glass bottles & jars
- Aluminum cans & aluminum pie plates
- Tin & steel cans
- Aerosol cans (empty)
From villageofarenawi.gov, webgen1files.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 4/1/2019. 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.
Arena is in River Valley School District.
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Arena is in ZIP code 53503
ZIP codes where Arena residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Arena | ZIP’s residents in Arena |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53503 | Arena, WI | 100% | 44% |
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 Arena
Who supplies Arena’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Arena Waterworks (EPA ID WI1250073). 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 1.1 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Arena?
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Arena?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Arena?
53503. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Arena in?
River Valley School District.
How do I register to vote in Arena?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Village of Arena Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.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: Arena’s own website (villageofarenawi.gov, webgen1files.revize.com), read Oct 22, 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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.