Pottawatomie County, KS, has a mixture of both public and private providers for utilities. Each locality provides water and sewer services. Broadband and gas are provided by private sector firms, and electric is also primarily managed by the private sector.
The graph to the right displays ratings on the quality of infrastructure in Pottawatomie County. Generally, quality of service ratings are considered to be well above average; this contributes to a high quality of living and indicates sufficient service availability for business operations.
Broadband
There are several competitive broadband providers that provide high-speed broadband telecommunications service throughout large segments of the county:
- Wamego Telecommunications Inc. serves the Highway 24 corridor across almost the entire southern transportation corridor in the county from St. Marys to St. George.
- Blue Valley Telecommunications Cooperative, an award-winning rural cooperative, serves exchanges in and around the communities of Onaga and Westmoreland.
- Twin Valley Telephone and Communications serves the rural area in and around Olsburg.
- AT&T serves businesses located in the 1 square mile shared with the City of Manhattan, and a significant part of the high growth area in the SW corner of the county.
For complete maps, including speeds, visit the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Broadband Map.
Gas
Kansas Gas Service
The largest natural gas distributor in Kansas serves over 640,000 customers in 360 communities.
Kansas Gas Service
7421 W. 129th Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
Electric
Pottawatomie County has several providers for electricity. Along with city-based service for utilities in Wamego and St. Marys, Pottawatomie County is served by Evergy (formerly Westar Energy) and the Bluestem Electric Cooperative.
Evergy
Evergy (including its subsidiaries Kansas City Power & Light Company and Westar Energy, inc.) provides electric services to over 1.5 million in Kansas and Missouri:
Evergy
PO Box 889
Topeka, KS 66601-0889
Phone: 785.575.6300
Bluestem Electric Cooperative Inc.
Bluestem Electric is a non-profit and member owned cooperative:
Bluestem Electric Cooperative Inc.
P.O. Box 5, 614 East Highway 24,
Wamego, KS 66547
Toll Free: 800.558.1580
Voice: 785.456.2212
Fax: 785.456.2003
The City of Wamego
City of Wamego Electric Distribution
430 Lincoln Ave.,
Wamego, KS 66547
785.456.9119
The City of St. Marys
St. Marys Electric
506 N 6th Street,
Saint Marys, KS 66536
785.236.9639
Sewer & Water
Each Municipality in the county provides wastewater service to their residents. Additionally, each locality in the county distributes water to its residents, except Blue Township. Contact information for these localities is listed below. Rural water district 1 and the City of Manhattan serve Blue Township; for more information on our rural water districts, see the Kansas Rural Water Association’s Pottawatomie County Map.
Belvue
PO Box 27
Belvue, KS 66407
Phone: 785.456.1597
Email: cityofbelvue@gmail.com
Emmett
530 Laswell
PO Box 27
Emmett, KS 66422
Phone: 785.535.8145
Fax: 785.535.9250
Email: cityofemmett@embarqmail.com
Havensville
212 Commerical Street
Havensville, KS 66432
Phone: 785.948.2310
Email: cityclerk@jbntelco.com
Louisville
City Hall
PO Box 234
Louisville, KS 66547
785.456.8655
Olsburg
Olsburg City Hall
317 2nd St.
PO Box 127
Olsburg, KS 66522
Phone: 785.468.3209
Email: olsburgcity@twinvalley.net
Onaga
319 Prospect St.
PO Box 298
Onaga, KS 66521
Phone: 785.889.4456
Fax: 785.889.4918
Email: onagaclerk@bluevalley.net
St. George
220 First St.
PO Box 33
St. George, KS 66535-0033
Phone: 785.494.2558
Fax: 785.494.8413
Email: stgeorge@wtcks.net
St. Marys
200 South 7th St.
St. Marys, KS 66536
Phone: 785.437.2311
Fax: 785.437.2354
Email: smccityclerk@gmail.com
Wamego
430 Lincoln Ave.
PO Box 86
Wamego, KS 66547
Phone: 785.456.9119
Fax: 785.456.2016
Email: wamego@wamego.org
Westmoreland
202 Main Street
PO Box 7
Westmoreland, KS 66549
Phone: 785.457.3361
westycity@bluevalley.net
Kansas Energy Profile
The Kansas State Energy Profile, developed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), provides information on energy supply and usage across the state. The following information comes from this profile.
Kansas Energy Production and Consumption
Kansas Energy Quick Facts
- In 2021, Kansas accounted for about 1% of both U.S. proved crude oil reserves and U.S. total oil production. The state’s three petroleum refineries provide 2% of U.S. refining capacity and can process a combined 404,000 barrels of crude oil per calendar day.
- Kansas is the 9th-largest ethanol-producing state, and its 13 ethanol plants have a combined production capacity of about 603 million gallons a year.
- In 2021, wind energy accounted for 45% of Kansas’s electricity net generation, which was the third-highest share of wind power for any state after Iowa and South Dakota.
- Conway, Kansas, is a major hydrocarbon gas liquid products storage and pricing hub for propane and ethane.
- Kansas consumes more natural gas than it produces, and the state has 16 natural gas underground storage fields that can hold 283 billion cubic feet of natural gas, equal to about 3% of U.S. storage capacity.