Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Haddam, CT: what to set up and who to call
Haddam has its own drop-off, Town of Haddam Transfer Station. Elections in Haddam are run by Haddam itself; register with the Haddam Town Clerk.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Haddam, 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 Haddam.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Haddam. 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 High Meadow water system
The High Meadow water system supplies Haddam: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% 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 38 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.5 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. CT0614021.
5 home internet providers serve Haddam
99% of 3,454 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 85% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 46% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 32% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 17% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Haddam
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Haddam, from the town’s own site.
Haddam Transfer Station
750 Saybrook Road, Haddam, CT 06438
- Wed8 am–3:45 pm
- Sat8 am–3:45 pm
- Sun8 am–11:45 am
Cost: $120 per fiscal year (July through June); $50 if 65 or older; trucks over 10,000 lbs up to 14,500 lbs $175 ($75 seniors)
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Corrugated cardboard and chipboard
- Newspapers, magazines, bills, junk mail, computer paper
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass food and drink jars and bottles
- All plastic food and beverage containers
- Juice boxes and milk or juice cartons
- No. 1 and No. 2 plastic laundry product containers
Town Office Building
30 Field Park Drive, Haddam, CT 06438
From haddam.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Haddam is in Region School District 17.
A−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.
Haddam spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Haddam residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Haddam | ZIP’s residents in Haddam |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06441 | Higganum, CT | 65% | 100% |
| 06438 | Haddam, CT | 31% | 100% |
| 06424 | East Hampton, CT | 4% | 3% |
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 Haddam
Who supplies Haddam’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The High Meadow water system (EPA ID CT0614021). 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 1.6 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Haddam?
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Haddam?
Xfinity, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Haddam?
06441 (65%), 06438 (31%), 06424 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Haddam in?
Region School District 17.
How do I register to vote in Haddam?
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 Haddam 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: Haddam’s own website (haddam.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.