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The East Granby handbook

Living in East Granby, CT: what to set up and who to call

Elections in East Granby are run by East Granby itself; register with the East Granby Town Clerk. The closest public drop-off to East Granby is Simsbury Bulky Waste / Recycling, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in East Granby, 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 East Granby.

Electricity

Power comes from Farmington River Power Company

Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of East Granby.

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 Aquarion-Simsbury Regional

Aquarion-Simsbury Regional supplies East Granby: about 22% of residents live in its service area. Metropolitan District Commission serves another 15%. Turkey Hill of East Granby, LLC serves another 15%. Old Newgate Ridge Water Company Inc serves another 7%. Chelsea Common Condominium Association serves another 7%. Gqc Well Commission serves another 6%. About 36% 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 14,691 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 66% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CT1280021.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve East Granby

97% of 2,020 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 61% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable94%2,000/100
FrontierFiber, DSL70%7,000/7,000
T-MobileFixed wireless33%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless24%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless14%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in East Granby

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

Drop-off center

RCC Recycling Center

Permit needed
MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Tue7 am–3 pm
  • Sat7 am–3 pm

Cost: $75 by check payable to Town of East Granby, or $80 by debit/credit card; sticker issued yearly in July

What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageeastgranbyct.org →
Get the permit from the Town Clerk(860) 653-6528Mon-Thurs 8 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm; Fri 8 am-1 pm

From eastgranbyct.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated January 1, 2013. 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.

East Granby kids go to
PK–2Allgrove SchoolEast Granby School District
3–5R. Dudley Seymour SchoolEast Granby School District
6–8East Granby Middle SchoolEast Granby School District
9–12East Granby High SchoolEast Granby School District

East Granby is in East Granby 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

East Granby is in ZIP code 06026

ZIP codes where East Granby residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of East GranbyZIP’s residents in East Granby
06026East Granby, CT99%100%

A few homes fall in 06035.

Area code860Wikidata

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 East Granby

Who supplies East Granby’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Aquarion-Simsbury Regional (EPA ID CT1280021). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in East Granby?

Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve East Granby?

Cox Communications, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in East Granby?

06026. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is East Granby in?

East Granby School District.

How do I register to vote in East Granby?

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 East Granby 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: East Granby’s own website (eastgranbyct.org), 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.