Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Delavan Lake, WI: what to set up and who to call
Delavan Lake has no town government of its own, so Walworth County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Big Foot Union High School District. The closest ER is Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, 7.3 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Delavan Lake, 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 Delavan Lake.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Delavan Lake. 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 Delavan Club Condos water system
The Delavan Club Condos water system supplies Delavan Lake: about 11% of residents live in its service area. About 87% 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 395 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI2650929.
7 home internet providers serve Delavan Lake
98% of 2,382 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 11% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 57% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 45% | 300/20 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 13% | 25/5 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 5% | 50/8 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Delavan Lake’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Delavan Lake.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Delavan Lake is in two districts that split the grades: Big Foot Union High School District and Delavan-Darien 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Delavan Lake is unincorporated, so Walworth County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2018; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Delavan Lake spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Delavan Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Delavan Lake | ZIP’s residents in Delavan Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53115 | Delavan, WI | 99% | 17% |
| 53184 | Walworth, WI | 1% | 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 Delavan Lake
Who supplies Delavan Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Delavan Club Condos water system (EPA ID WI2650929). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.4 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Delavan Lake?
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 Delavan Lake?
Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Rise Broadband, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Delavan Lake?
53115 (99%), 53184 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Delavan Lake in?
Big Foot Union High School District and Delavan-Darien School District. Parts of the city are in Fontana Joint No. 8 School District.
How do I register to vote in Delavan Lake?
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 Delavan 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: 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 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.