Photo: Asher Heimermann · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Elkhart Lake, WI: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Mondays in Elkhart Lake. Tap water in Elkhart Lake comes from Elkhart Lake Waterworks, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.5 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Elkhart 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 Elkhart Lake.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Elkhart Lake. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 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 Elkhart Lake Waterworks
Elkhart Lake Waterworks supplies Elkhart Lake: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% 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 1,567 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. WI4600439.
7 home internet providers serve Elkhart Lake
99% of 691 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 5% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 89% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 68% | 45/3 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 87% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 55% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 46% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Elkhart Lake is Monday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Elkhart Lake, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Glass containers
- Plastics #1-7
- Newspapers
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Cardboard
- Office paper
- Phone books
- Books
- Metal
Sheboygan Scrap Metal
2801 North 21st Street, Sheboygan, WI
From elkhartlakewi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026-03-04, 2026-05-29. 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.
Elkhart Lake is in Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District.
ASchool 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Elkhart Lake is in ZIP code 53020
ZIP codes where Elkhart Lake residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Elkhart Lake | ZIP’s residents in Elkhart Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53020 | Elkhart Lake, WI | 100% | 27% |
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 Elkhart Lake
Who supplies Elkhart Lake’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Elkhart Lake Waterworks (EPA ID WI4600439). 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 0.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Elkhart Lake?
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Elkhart Lake?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bertram Communications, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Elkhart Lake?
53020. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Elkhart Lake in?
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District.
How do I register to vote in Elkhart 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 Village of Elkhart Lake 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: Elkhart Lake’s own website (elkhartlakewi.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.