Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0Living in Cottage Grove, WI: what to set up and who to call
Cottage Grove Waterworks reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. Elections in Cottage Grove are run by Cottage Grove itself; register with the Town of Cottage Grove Clerk.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cottage Grove, 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 Cottage Grove.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cottage Grove. 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 Cottage Grove Waterworks
Cottage Grove Waterworks supplies Cottage Grove: about 27% of residents live in its service area. About 73% 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 9,345 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 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 Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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. WI1130218.
10 home internet providers serve Cottage Grove
97% of 1,576 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/1,000 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 63% | 8,000/8,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 53% | 25/3 |
| Frontier | DSL | 26% | 10/1 |
| LiteWire | Fixed wireless | 85% | 100/25 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 82% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Pellitteri Waste Systems picks up trash in Cottage Grove
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cottage Grove, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Catalogs, magazines & phone books
- Cereal & cracker boxes (empty)
- Envelopes & junk mail
- Holiday gift wrapping paper (no foils)
- Newspapers
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper grocery bags
- Paper milk and juice cartons or boxes
- Pizza boxes (empty)
- All plastic bottles (no motor oils or gasoline)
- Plastic containers/cups #1-7
- Glass bottles & jars
- Aluminum cans & aluminum pie plates
Village Compost and Brush Drop Off
225 Bonnie Road
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check vi.cottagegrove.wi.gov →
From vi.cottagegrove.wi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 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 Cottage Grove (53%) is in Monona Grove School District; parts are in Deerfield Community School District (24%) and Stoughton Area School District (16%) and Marshall School District (5%) and McFarland School District (2%).
BSchool 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Cottage Grove spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Cottage Grove residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cottage Grove | ZIP’s residents in Cottage Grove |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53527 | Cottage Grove, WI | 79% | 27% |
| 53718 | Madison, WI | 10% | 2% |
| 53531 | Deerfield, WI | 8% | 7% |
| 53558 | Mc Farland, WI | 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 Cottage Grove
Who supplies Cottage Grove’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cottage Grove Waterworks (EPA ID WI1130218). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cottage Grove?
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 Cottage Grove?
Spectrum, TDS Telecom, AT&T, Frontier, LiteWire, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cottage Grove?
53527 (79%), 53718 (10%), 53531 (8%), 53558 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cottage Grove in?
Monona Grove School District. Parts of the city are in Deerfield Community School District and Stoughton Area School District and Marshall School District and McFarland School District.
How do I register to vote in Cottage Grove?
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 Town of Cottage Grove 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: Cottage Grove’s own website (vi.cottagegrove.wi.gov), 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 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.