Ebenezer Grant House · Photo: –Grondemar · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in South Windsor, CT: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the South Windsor Town Clerk, which runs South Windsor’s elections. Manchester Memorial Hospital, 4.8 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in South Windsor, 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 South Windsor.
Power comes from Farmington River Power Company
Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of South Windsor.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ctwc - Northern Reg-Western System
Ctwc - Northern Reg-Western System supplies South Windsor: about 67% of residents live in its service area. Metropolitan District Commission serves another 31%. About 4% 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 Metropolitan District Commission and Manchester Water Department and Tolland Water Dept - Torry Road as sellers) and serves 101,313 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 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 10.3 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. CT0473011.
6 home internet providers serve South Windsor
98% of 8,654 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 71% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 2,000/100 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 77% | 7,000/7,000 |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber | 19% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 43% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 38% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 32% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have South Windsor’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in South Windsor.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
South Windsor is in South Windsor 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 Oct 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
South Windsor is in ZIP code 06074
ZIP codes where South Windsor residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of South Windsor | ZIP’s residents in South Windsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06074 | South Windsor, CT | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 06042.
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 South Windsor
Who supplies South Windsor’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ctwc - Northern Reg-Western System (EPA ID CT0473011). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% 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 South Windsor?
Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve South Windsor?
Cox Communications, Frontier, GoNetspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in South Windsor?
06074. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is South Windsor in?
South Windsor School District.
How do I register to vote in South Windsor?
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 South Windsor 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.