A. D. German Wholesale Company and Warehouse, Additional Documentation · Photo: Lowell Boileau · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Richland Center, WI: what to set up and who to call
Richland Center runs its own electric utility, City of Richland Center; its homes paid 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025. Richland Center 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.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Richland Center, 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 Richland Center.
Power comes from City of Richland Center
City of Richland Center (City of Richland Center - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 92.8% of Richland Center residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $74 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 Richland Center Waterworks
Richland Center Waterworks supplies Richland Center: about 90% of residents live in its service area. About 10% 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 5,100 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 4.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 90% 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. WI1530068.
5 home internet providers serve Richland Center
96% of 1,997 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/35 |
| Tech-Com | Fiber, DSL | 91% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 87% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 63% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 36% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Richland Center’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Richland Center.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Richland Center is in Richland School District.
DSchool 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Richland Center is in ZIP code 53581
ZIP codes where Richland Center residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Richland Center | ZIP’s residents in Richland Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53581 | Richland Center, WI | 100% | 51% |
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 Richland Center
Who supplies Richland Center’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Richland Center Waterworks (EPA ID WI1530068). 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 4.6 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Richland Center?
City of Richland Center (City of Richland Center - (WI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Richland Center?
Spectrum, Tech-Com, Frontier, T-Mobile, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Richland Center?
53581. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Richland Center in?
Richland School District.
How do I register to vote in Richland Center?
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 Richland Center 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.