Setting up Johnson County utilities means opening a few accounts, and which ones depends on the address. Electricity is the same company in all six cities below, but water, sewer, gas and trash change with the city and sometimes with the street. Use this checklist once you have a closing date on a home in Leawood, Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park, Prairie Village or Shawnee, Kansas.
Look up the address first
- Search the address in Johnson County's Location Services. It names the providers for that one address.
- Write down which city the home is in. The city decides who handles trash and sewer.
- Ask the seller if a homes association arranges trash pickup. In several cities it can.
- Check the address on the FCC National Broadband Map. Internet service differs by street.
- Search FEMA's Flood Map Service Center while you have the address in hand. Two homes on one street can sit on opposite sides of a flood zone line.
Johnson County utilities by type
- Electricity: Evergy, in all six cities. Check the address against its territory first. Service can then be started online.
- Water: WaterOne is the water utility named for Leawood, Lenexa, Overland Park, Prairie Village and Shawnee.
- Water in Olathe: the City of Olathe supplies portions of the city. Some properties are on WaterOne, and some areas are on Johnson Rural Water District 7.
- Sewer: Johnson County Wastewater, in the same five cities. In Olathe the city runs sewer in portions of the city and the county utility handles some areas.
- Natural gas in Leawood and Prairie Village: Kansas Gas Service.
- Natural gas in Overland Park: Kansas Gas Service for most of the city, with Atmos Energy in much of the west and south.
- Natural gas in Lenexa and Shawnee: either Kansas Gas Service or Atmos Energy. The address decides.
- Natural gas in Olathe: Atmos Energy, on the county's service-area maps (October 2026).
- Internet: Leawood, Lenexa and Overland Park each list AT&T, Google Fiber and Spectrum among their providers. Spectrum is the cable provider in Prairie Village.
Trash and recycling by city
- Leawood: the city does not collect trash. A homes association arranges and contracts the pickup, so ask the association which hauler serves the home and what it costs.
- Lenexa: no city pickup. Nine private haulers hold a City license (2026). You choose one, unless your homeowners association contracts for the neighborhood.
- Olathe: trash is a City of Olathe service in portions of the city. Confirm it for your address.
- Overland Park: the city collects no trash. You hire a private hauler that holds a city permit. For recycling, the city has a drop-off center near 119th and Hardy streets.
- Prairie Village: for most homes the city contracts a weekly pickup that covers trash, recycling and yard waste. Six homes associations handle their own.
- Shawnee: the City does not haul trash. If your homeowners association has a contract, that is your service. If not, you subscribe with a hauler the City licenses.
Hauler rules and contracts by city
- Lenexa: every licensed hauler must pick up trash weekly or more often and take unlimited recycling.
- Lenexa yard waste: weekly from March through November, then monthly in winter.
- Lenexa bulky items: one pickup each year.
- Overland Park: hauler permits are issued each year, after the city reviews insurance and inspects trucks.
- Shawnee: carts for trash and recycling come from the hauler.
- Shawnee extras: Johnson County's pay-as-you-throw system applies. Recycling has no limit, and extra trash bags need stickers.
- Prairie Village until December 31, 2026: Republic Services holds the city contract.
- Prairie Village from January 1, 2027: GFL Environmental takes over. The cost is about $23 a month, and trash, recycling and yard waste share a single pickup day.
- Prairie Village carts: 65 and 95 gallons, with up to three bulk items each month.
Easy to miss in Johnson County
- City limits and service areas are different maps. Parts of Lenexa are served by City of Olathe water or sewer, according to the county's maps (October 2026).
- The gas company can change inside one city. Look up the address before you call either one.
- Trash may already be arranged. Ask the seller or the association before you sign up with a hauler.
- In Prairie Village the trash cost is charged on the property tax bill, as a city special assessment.
- The six Prairie Village associations that handle their own trash are Corinth Downs, Corinth Place Villas, Countryside East, Paddock Court, Town and Country, and Village Park.
- Stormwater is not an account you open. Lenexa, Overland Park, Prairie Village and Shawnee bill a stormwater charge on the property tax statement.
- Outdoor warning sirens are meant for people who are outside, so set up phone alerts or a weather radio for indoors. Johnson County tests the sirens on the first Wednesday of the month at 11 a.m. (2026). Ready.gov covers preparing a home for storms and emergencies.
Once the accounts are open, the car and the driver's license are next. Kansas allows 90 days for each after you establish residence (2026), and Jennifer's relocation guide has the steps for both states. Each of her area guides lists the services for its city. For a question about one address, contact Jennifer.
