James Pardee House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Sharon, CT: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for Sharon Water & Sewer Commission. Sharon runs its own elections, so the Sharon Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sharon, 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 Sharon.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sharon. 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 Sharon Water & Sewer Commission
Sharon Water & Sewer Commission supplies Sharon: about 37% of residents live in its service area. About 59% 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 803 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.4 ppb. That’s lower than 54% 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. CT1250011.
5 home internet providers serve Sharon
97% of 1,693 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 93% | 2,000/250 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 65% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 13% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 2% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 2% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sharon’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sharon.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sharon is in two districts that split the grades: Region School District 01 and Sharon 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 Aug 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Sharon spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Sharon residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sharon | ZIP’s residents in Sharon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06069 | Sharon, CT | 92% | 100% |
| 06796 | West Cornwall, CT | 7% | 18% |
| 06754 | Cornwall Bridge, CT | 1% | 2% |
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 Sharon
Who supplies Sharon’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Sharon Water & Sewer Commission (EPA ID CT1250011). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sharon?
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sharon?
Xfinity, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sharon?
06069 (92%), 06796 (7%), 06754 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sharon in?
Region School District 01 and Sharon School District.
How do I register to vote in Sharon?
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 Sharon 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.