Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Waterloo, WI: what to set up and who to call
Waterloo runs its own electric utility, Waterloo Light & Water Comm; its homes paid 14.7¢ per kWh in 2025. New voters sign up with the City of Waterloo Clerk, which runs Waterloo’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Waterloo, 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 Waterloo.
Power comes from Waterloo Light & Water Comm
Waterloo Light & Water Comm (Waterloo Light & Water Comm), a municipal utility, serves 89.4% of Waterloo residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $97 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 Waterloo Waterworks
Waterloo Waterworks supplies almost all of Waterloo. It draws ground water and serves 3,520 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2023, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.4 ppb. That’s higher than 56% 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. WI1280115.
7 home internet providers serve Waterloo
96% of 1,294 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 85% | 70/3 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 92% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 82% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 58% | 25/6 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 18% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Waterloo’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Waterloo.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Waterloo is in Waterloo School District.
C−School 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.
Waterloo is in ZIP code 53594
ZIP codes where Waterloo residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Waterloo | ZIP’s residents in Waterloo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53594 | Waterloo, WI | 100% | 66% |
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 Waterloo
Who supplies Waterloo’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Waterloo Waterworks (EPA ID WI1280115). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Waterloo?
Waterloo Light & Water Comm (Waterloo Light & Water Comm), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 14.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Waterloo?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bertram Communications, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Waterloo?
53594. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Waterloo in?
Waterloo School District.
How do I register to vote in Waterloo?
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 Waterloo 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.