Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Plainville, CT: what to set up and who to call
Aquarion-Plainville Regional reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), beginning Feb 2026. Plainville runs its own elections, so the Plainville Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Plainville, 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 Plainville.
Power comes from Farmington River Power Company
Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Plainville.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Aquarion-Plainville Regional
Aquarion-Plainville Regional supplies Plainville: about 90% of residents live in its service area. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Ctwc - Unionville System and New Britain Water Department as sellers) and serves 18,231 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), beginning Feb 2026. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 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. CT1100011.
6 home internet providers serve Plainville
100% of 5,945 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 81% | 7,000/7,000 |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber | 81% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 50% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 45% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 38% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Plainville’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Plainville.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Plainville is in Plainville School District.
C+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 Sep 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Plainville is in ZIP code 06062
ZIP codes where Plainville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Plainville | ZIP’s residents in Plainville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06062 | Plainville, CT | 100% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 06053.
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 Plainville
Who supplies Plainville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Aquarion-Plainville Regional (EPA ID CT1100011). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule). 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Plainville?
Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Plainville?
Xfinity, Frontier, GoNetspeed, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Plainville?
06062. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Plainville in?
Plainville School District.
How do I register to vote in Plainville?
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 Plainville 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- 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.