Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Norwalk, CT: what to set up and who to call
Norwalk runs its own electric utility, Norwalk Third Taxing District. Norwalk has its own drop-off, Norwalk Transfer Station & Recycling Center.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Norwalk, 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 Norwalk.
Power comes from Norwalk Third Taxing District
Norwalk Third Taxing District (Norwalk Third Taxing District), a municipal utility, serves all of Norwalk.
Start or move service: ttd.gov · (203) 663-6875
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from South Norwalk Electric & Water
South Norwalk Electric & Water supplies Norwalk: about 49% of residents live in its service area. Norwalk First Taxing District serves another 49%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Aquarion Water and Aquarion-Darien as sellers) and serves 42,000 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.
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. The highest in five years was 32.0 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. CT1030021.
6 home internet providers serve Norwalk
97% of 21,759 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 86% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Xfinity | Fiber, Cable | 58% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 58% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 41% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Norwalk depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Norwalk, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on norwalkct.gov
Norwalk Transfer Station & Recycling Center
61 Crescent Street, Norwalk, CT 06850
- Mon7:30 am–3 pm
- Tue7:30 am–3 pm
- Wed7:30 am–3 pm
- Thu7:30 am–3 pm
- Fri7:30 am–3 pm
- Sat7:30 am–2 pm
Cost: Resident car Residential Disposal Pass free for MSW; residential pick-up trucks, cargo vans, towing trailers require Residential Permit with 1 ton free of MSW; acceptable waste fee $125/ton effective July 1, 2026
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Paper - newspaper, magazines & catalogs, junk mail, etc.
- Paper - mixed paper, cereal boxes, empty food boxes, etc.
- Paper - hardcover and paperback books, phone books
- Plastic Bottles & Containers
- Glass food and beverage containers
- Metal food and beverage containers
- Cardboard Recycling
From norwalkct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 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.
Norwalk is in Norwalk School District.
CSchool 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.
Norwalk spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Norwalk residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Norwalk | ZIP’s residents in Norwalk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06854 | Norwalk, CT | 33% | 100% |
| 06851 | Norwalk, CT | 31% | 100% |
| 06850 | Norwalk, CT | 23% | 100% |
| 06855 | Norwalk, CT | 9% | 100% |
| 06853 | Norwalk, CT | 4% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 06880, 06840. 06852, 06856, 06857, 06858, 06860 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Norwalk
Who supplies Norwalk’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
South Norwalk Electric & Water (EPA ID CT1030021). 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 Norwalk?
Norwalk Third Taxing District (Norwalk Third Taxing District), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Norwalk?
Optimum, Frontier, Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Norwalk?
06854 (33%), 06851 (31%), 06850 (23%), 06855 (9%), 06853 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Norwalk in?
Norwalk School District.
How do I register to vote in Norwalk?
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 Norwalk 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: Norwalk’s own website (norwalkct.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.