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The Eau Pleine handbook

Living in Eau Pleine, WI: what to set up and who to call

To register to vote, go to the Town of Eau Pleine Clerk: Eau Pleine runs its own elections. Portage County Public Library, 12.4 miles away, is the closest library to Eau Pleine.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Eau Pleine, 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 Eau Pleine.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service

Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves 75.1% of Eau Pleine residents. Its homes paid an average of 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

Start or move service: wisconsinpublicservice.com · (800) 450-7260

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 Junction City Waterworks

Junction City Waterworks supplies Eau Pleine: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% 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 416 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.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. WI7500127.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Eau Pleine

68% of 525 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 11% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
TDS TelecomDSL, Fiber75%8,000/8,000
Country WirelessFixed wireless62%100/100
Bug TusselFixed wireless54%50/8
T-MobileFixed wireless14%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless10%25/6
AT&TFixed wireless2%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Eau Pleine

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Eau Pleine, from the town’s own site.

Drop-off

Town of Eau Pleine garbage and recycling collection center

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Sat8 am–2 pm
What goes in the recycling bin

Sorted recycling

Separate your recyclables by material.

  • Cardboard (flattened)
  • Paper
  • Plastic bottles 1-7
  • Glass
  • Tin cans
  • Aluminum cans (separated from tin)

From eaupleineportagewi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-16. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Eau Pleine kids go to
PK–69 schoolsDepends on your address
7–92 schoolsDepends on your address
10–12Stevens Point Area Senior Highin Stevens Point

Eau Pleine is in Stevens Point Area School District.

B−School gradeSee 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Eau Pleine spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Eau Pleine residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Eau PleineZIP’s residents in Eau Pleine
54443Junction City, WI96%45%
54454Milladore, WI4%3%

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 Eau Pleine

Who supplies Eau Pleine’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Junction City Waterworks (EPA ID WI7500127). 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 1.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Eau Pleine?

Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Eau Pleine?

TDS Telecom, Country Wireless, Bug Tussel, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Eau Pleine?

54443 (96%), 54454 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Eau Pleine in?

Stevens Point Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Eau Pleine?

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 Eau Pleine 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: Eau Pleine’s own website (eaupleineportagewi.gov), 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.