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The West Baraboo handbook

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

Tuesday is trash day in West Baraboo; Pellitteri Waste Systems collects. Tap water in most of West Baraboo comes from West Baraboo Waterworks, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.7 ppb.

I’m new in town

What to set up in West Baraboo, 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 West Baraboo.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

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

West Baraboo Waterworks supplies West Baraboo: about 61% of residents live in its service area. Baraboo Waterworks serves another 39%. It draws ground water and serves 1,414 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 57% 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. WI1570112.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve West Baraboo

96% of 497 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 24% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber92%1,000/35
BrightspeedDSL, Fiber58%40/3
LightSpeed powered by Reedsburg UtilityFiber6%1,000/1,000
Bug TusselFixed wireless100%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless86%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless9%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in West Baraboo is Tuesday

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

Trash haulerPellitteri Waste SystemsPicks up trash in West Baraboowebgen1files1.revize.com
Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cardboard (empty)
  • Catalogs, magazines & phone books
  • Cereal & cracker boxes (empty)
  • Envelopes & junk mail
  • Holiday gift wrapping paper (no foils)
  • Newspapers
  • Paper egg cartons
  • Paper grocery bags
  • Paper milk and juice cartons or boxes
  • Pizza boxes (empty)
  • All plastic bottles (no motor oils or gasoline)
  • Plastic containers/cups #1-7
  • Glass bottles & jars (clear, blue, brown or green translucent glass)
  • Aluminum cans & aluminum pie plates
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsItems too large to fit in your cart: call Pellitteri Waste Systems at (608) 257-4285 to schedule pick-up; pricing on pellitteri.com

From webgen1files1.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.

West Baraboo kids go to
PK–5Willson ElementaryBaraboo School District
6–8Jack Young Middlein Baraboo
9–12Baraboo Highin Baraboo

West Baraboo is in Baraboo School District.

CSchool 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

West Baraboo is in ZIP code 53913

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of West BarabooZIP’s residents in West Baraboo
53913Baraboo, WI100%8%

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 West Baraboo

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

West Baraboo Waterworks (EPA ID WI1570112). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.7 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in West Baraboo?

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 West Baraboo?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, LightSpeed powered by Reedsburg Utility, Bug Tussel, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in West Baraboo?

53913. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is West Baraboo in?

Baraboo School District.

How do I register to vote in West Baraboo?

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 West Baraboo 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: West Baraboo’s own website (webgen1files1.revize.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.