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The Fairwater handbook

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

Trash goes out on Mondays in Fairwater, collected by GFL (Green For Life). Voting is local here: the Village of Fairwater Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fairwater, 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 Fairwater.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fairwater. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Fairwater Waterworks

Fairwater Waterworks supplies almost all of Fairwater. It draws ground water and serves 365 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 percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 68% 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. WI4200463.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Fairwater

95% of 174 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber94%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL, Fixed wireless13%10/1
Bug TusselFixed wireless100%50/8
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless90%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Fairwater is Monday

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

Trash haulerGFL (Green For Life)Picks up trash in Fairwatervillageoffairwater.com
Trash dayMondayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
The town’s recycling and trash guidesRecycling Guide (PDF) →
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulky Article Curbside Pickup offered once per year, in the Spring; batteries, waste oil, appliances and tires not accepted; construction materials not accepted, dumpster required for renovations

From villageoffairwater.com, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated © 2026 (footer only). 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.

Fairwater kids go to
PK–2Markesan Primaryin Markesan
3–5Markesan Intermediatein Markesan
6–8Markesan Middlein Markesan
9–12Markesan Highin Markesan

Fairwater is in Markesan 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fairwater is in ZIP code 53931

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of FairwaterZIP’s residents in Fairwater
53931Fairwater, WI100%100%
Area code920Wikidata

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 Fairwater

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

Fairwater Waterworks (EPA ID WI4200463). 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 1.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fairwater?

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 Fairwater?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, Bug Tussel, Bertram Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Fairwater?

53931. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fairwater in?

Markesan School District.

How do I register to vote in Fairwater?

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 Fairwater 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: Fairwater’s own website (villageoffairwater.com, storage.googleapis.com), read Oct 23, 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.