Photo: Awkwafaba · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Pewaukee, WI: what to set up and who to call
Pewaukee City Water and Sewer Utility reported 11 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: radioactivity (gross alpha, excluding radon and uranium) ×11. 80% of systems its size reported none. To register to vote, go to the City of Pewaukee Clerk: Pewaukee runs its own elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pewaukee, 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 Pewaukee.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pewaukee. 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 Pewaukee City Water and Sewer Utility
Pewaukee City Water and Sewer Utility supplies Pewaukee: about 48% of residents live in its service area. Pewaukee Village Waterworks serves another 16%. About 35% 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 8,671 people in all.
11 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: radioactivity (gross alpha, excluding radon and uranium) ×11, the latest beginning Apr 2026. 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 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 77% 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. WI2680214.
5 home internet providers serve Pewaukee
98% of 5,234 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 81% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 73% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 64% | 300/20 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 6% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Pewaukee depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Pewaukee, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on cityofpewaukee.us
- RecyclingEvery week
- Bulky itemsCall to book
DPW Recycling Center
W225N3201 Duplainville Road, Pewaukee, WI
- Sat9 am–3 pm
The town’s page also lists “Wednesdays 1:00-6:00 pm”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Accepted at the curb
- Mixed paper
- Tin and steel cans
- Shredded paper in a secured clear plastic bag
- Newspapers, office paper, junk mail
- Magazines, catalogs
- Empty cardboard (flattened)
From cityofpewaukee.us, the town’s official site; johnsdisposal.com, which cityofpewaukee.us links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 05/09/2025. 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.
Pewaukee is in Arrowhead Union High School District; parts are in Pewaukee School District (49%) and Waukesha School District (40%) and Hamilton School District (6%) and Richmond School District (4%).
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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Pewaukee spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Pewaukee residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pewaukee | ZIP’s residents in Pewaukee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53072 | Pewaukee, WI | 76% | 45% |
| 53186 | Waukesha, WI | 15% | 8% |
| 53188 | Waukesha, WI | 9% | 4% |
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 Pewaukee
Who supplies Pewaukee’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pewaukee City Water and Sewer Utility (EPA ID WI2680214). It reported 11 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: radioactivity (gross alpha, excluding radon and uranium) ×11. 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pewaukee?
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 Pewaukee?
Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Bertram Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pewaukee?
53072 (76%), 53186 (15%), 53188 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pewaukee in?
Arrowhead Union High School District. Parts of the city are in Pewaukee School District and Waukesha School District and Hamilton School District and Richmond School District.
How do I register to vote in Pewaukee?
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 City of Pewaukee 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: Pewaukee’s own website (cityofpewaukee.us) and the hauler or county pages it links to (johnsdisposal.com), 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.