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The Prairie du Sac handbook

Living in Prairie du Sac, WI: what to set up and who to call

Prairie Du Sac Waterworks reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. Prairie du Sac runs its own elections, so the Town of Prairie Du Sac Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Prairie du Sac, 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 Prairie du Sac.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Prairie du Sac. 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 Prairie Du Sac Waterworks

Prairie Du Sac Waterworks supplies Prairie du Sac: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% 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 4,006 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile5.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Mar–Jun 2026, was 5.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 93% 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. WI1570100.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Prairie du Sac

94% of 550 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
TDS TelecomFiber77%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL, Fiber67%115/7
LightSpeed powered by Reedsburg UtilityFiber11%1,000/1,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber7%1,000/1,000
Bug TusselFixed wireless91%25/5
VerizonFixed wireless55%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Prairie du Sac’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Prairie du Sac.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Prairie du Sac kids go to
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Sauk Prairie Middlein Sauk City
9–12Sauk Prairie HighSauk Prairie School District

Prairie du Sac is in Sauk Prairie 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Prairie du Sac spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Prairie du Sac residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Prairie du SacZIP’s residents in Prairie du Sac
53578Prairie Du Sac, WI73%12%
53583Sauk City, WI27%5%

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 Prairie du Sac

Who supplies Prairie du Sac’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Prairie Du Sac Waterworks (EPA ID WI1570100). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.3 ppb (Mar–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Prairie du Sac?

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 Prairie du Sac?

TDS Telecom, Frontier, LightSpeed powered by Reedsburg Utility, Spectrum, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Prairie du Sac?

53578 (73%), 53583 (27%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Prairie du Sac in?

Sauk Prairie School District.

How do I register to vote in Prairie du Sac?

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 Prairie Du Sac 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.