Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Simsbury, CT: what to set up and who to call
Simsbury has its own drop-off, Simsbury Bulky Waste / Recycling. Voting is local here: the Simsbury Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Simsbury, 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 Simsbury.
Power comes from Farmington River Power Company
Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Simsbury.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Aquarion-Simsbury Regional
Aquarion-Simsbury Regional supplies Simsbury: about 76% of residents live in its service area. Avon Water Co serves another 7%. Tariffville Fire District Water Dept serves another 5%. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 14,691 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 Jul–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 66% 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. CT1280021.
5 home internet providers serve Simsbury
99% of 8,331 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 59% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 70% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 29% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 18% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 10% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
In Simsbury, you hire your own trash hauler
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Simsbury, from the town’s own site.
Simsbury Landfill and Recycling Center
66 Wolcott Road, Simsbury, CT 06070
- Wed8 am–3 pm
- Sat8 am–3 pm
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastic containers labeled No. 1, 2, & 5 under 3 gallons in size
- Aluminum cans and clean foil
- Aseptic packaging
- Clean cardboard, boxboard, cereal and shoe boxes
- Empty glass jars and bottles
- Empty tin and steel aerosol cans
- Office and school papers
- Paperback and hard cover books with the covers removed
- Paper bags
- Paper egg cartons
- Phone books
From simsbury-ct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 3/26/23. 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.
Simsbury is in Simsbury 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Simsbury spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Simsbury residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Simsbury | ZIP’s residents in Simsbury |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06070 | Simsbury, CT | 64% | 100% |
| 06092 | West Simsbury, CT | 16% | 100% |
| 06089 | Weatogue, CT | 15% | 100% |
| 06081 | Tariffville, CT | 5% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 06001.
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 Simsbury
Who supplies Simsbury’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Aquarion-Simsbury Regional (EPA ID CT1280021). 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 0.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Simsbury?
Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Simsbury?
Xfinity, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Simsbury?
06070 (64%), 06092 (16%), 06089 (15%), 06081 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Simsbury in?
Simsbury School District.
How do I register to vote in Simsbury?
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 Simsbury 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: Simsbury’s own website (simsbury-ct.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.