Photo: Mal2172 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Coventry, CT: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Coventry Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. The closest public drop-off to Coventry is Mansfield Yard Waste Transfer Station, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Coventry, 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 Coventry.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Coventry. Its homes paid an average of 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $195 a month (its average across Connecticut, for customers on its standard service). Connecticut lets you buy power from another supplier; 17% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.
Start or move service: cl-p.com · (800) 286-2000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ctwc - Coventry Hills Div water system
The Ctwc - Coventry Hills Div water system supplies Coventry: about 11% of residents live in its service area. Ctwc - South Coventry System serves another 9%. Ctwc - Northern Reg-Nathan Hale System serves another 6%. Ctwc - General Water Division serves another 5%. Ctwc - Pilgrim Hills Division serves another 5%. About 53% 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 700 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CT0320091.
5 home internet providers serve Coventry
99% of 5,069 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 76% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 83% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 63% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 28% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 8% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Coventry is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Coventry, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)Look up your day on coventry-ct.gov
- RecyclingEvery other week, day by addressCheck which week on coventry-ct.gov →
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, Mon
Coventry Transfer Station
100 Olsen Farm Road, Coventry, CT 06238
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Newspapers / catalogs / magazines
- Direct mail / envelopes (all types)
- Paper / paperboard (i.e. cereal or shoe boxes)
- Milk and juice cartons (i.e. aseptic packaging)
- Cardboard / brown paper bags
- Plastic bottles / plastic containers, numbers 1 - 7
- Soda / juice / water bottles (glass or plastic)
- Food containers
- Glass bottles / jars (any color)
- Aluminum cans / clean foil
- Metal cans (tin / steel / aluminum)
From coventry-ct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 1993, October 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Coventry is in Coventry School District.
B+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 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Coventry is in ZIP code 06238
ZIP codes where Coventry residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Coventry | ZIP’s residents in Coventry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06238 | Coventry, CT | 100% | 100% |
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 Coventry
Who supplies Coventry’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ctwc - Coventry Hills Div water system (EPA ID CT0320091). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Coventry?
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Coventry?
Spectrum, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Coventry?
06238. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Coventry in?
Coventry School District.
How do I register to vote in Coventry?
In Connecticut you can register online until 18 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 18 days before). Elections here are run by the Coventry Town Clerk. Check your registration at portaldir.ct.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: Coventry’s own website (coventry-ct.gov), read Oct 21, 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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.