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The Harwinton handbook

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

Harwinton runs its own elections, so the Harwinton Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Children in Harwinton attend Region School District 10.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Harwinton, 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 Harwinton.

Electricity

Power comes from Eversource

Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Harwinton. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Torrington Water Company

Torrington Water Company supplies Harwinton: about 32% of residents live in its service area. About 63% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 37,915 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. CT1430011.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Harwinton

98% of 2,397 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable96%1,000/35
FrontierFiber, DSL81%7,000/7,000
XfinityCable, Fiber3%2,000/2,000
T-MobileFixed wireless53%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless42%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless25%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

In Harwinton, you hire your own trash hauler

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

How trash works hereHire your ownNo town pickup: you hire a private hauler; your hauler sets the dayharwinton.gov
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cardboard and boxes - flattened to save space in the container
  • Paper bags
  • Phone books
  • Paper egg cartons - no styrofoam containers
  • Empty glass jars and bottles - no broken glass
  • Aluminum cans - rinse cans, do not squash them
  • Aluminum foil - clean only
  • Clean pizza boxes

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check harwinton.gov →

From harwinton.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.

Harwinton kids go to
PK–4Harwinton Consolidated SchoolRegion School District 10
5–8Har-Bur Middle Schoolin Burlington
9–12Lewis S. Mills High Schoolin Burlington

Harwinton is in Region School District 10.

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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Harwinton is in ZIP code 06791

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of HarwintonZIP’s residents in Harwinton
06791Harwinton, CT100%99%
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 Harwinton

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

Torrington Water Company (EPA ID CT1430011). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Harwinton?

Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Harwinton?

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

What ZIP codes are in Harwinton?

06791. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Harwinton in?

Region School District 10.

How do I register to vote in Harwinton?

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 Harwinton 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: Harwinton’s own website (harwinton.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.