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The Old Saybrook handbook

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

To register to vote, go to the Old Saybrook Town Clerk: Old Saybrook runs its own elections. Trains stop in Old Saybrook.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Old Saybrook, 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 Old Saybrook.

Electricity

Power comes from Eversource

Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Old Saybrook. 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 Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Guilford System

Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Guilford System supplies Old Saybrook: about 89% of residents live in its service area. About 11% 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 Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Chester System and Regional Water Authority as sellers) and serves 33,975 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. The highest in five years was 3.0 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. CT0608011.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Old Saybrook

100% of 5,618 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 79% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
FrontierFiber, DSL77%7,000/7,000
GoNetspeedFiber64%2,000/2,000
T-MobileFixed wireless50%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless28%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless24%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Old Saybrook

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

Transfer station

Old Saybrook Transfer Station

479 Middlesex Turnpike, Old Saybrook, CT 06475

Permit needed
MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon9 am–1 pm
  • Thu9 am–6 pm
  • Fri9 am–1 pm
  • Sat9 am–5 pm
The town’s recycling and trash guidesTransfer Station Fee Schedule (PDF) →
Get the permit from the Town Clerk(860) 395-3135Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm

From oldsaybrookct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated April 7, 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.

Old Saybrook kids go to
PK–4Kathleen E. Goodwin SchoolOld Saybrook School District
5–8Old Saybrook Middle SchoolOld Saybrook School District
9–12Old Saybrook Senior High SchoolOld Saybrook School District

Old Saybrook is in Old Saybrook School District.

A−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 Jun 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Old Saybrook is in ZIP code 06475

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Old SaybrookZIP’s residents in Old Saybrook
06475Old Saybrook, CT100%100%
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.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Old Saybrook

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

Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Guilford System (EPA ID CT0608011). 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 Old Saybrook?

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

What internet providers serve Old Saybrook?

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

What ZIP codes are in Old Saybrook?

06475. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Old Saybrook in?

Old Saybrook School District.

How do I register to vote in Old Saybrook?

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 Old Saybrook 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: Old Saybrook’s own website (oldsaybrookct.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.