Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Washington, CT: what to set up and who to call
There is no curbside pickup in Washington: residents take trash to Clark Road Transfer Station. Washington runs its own elections, so the Washington Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Washington, 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 Washington.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Washington. 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 New Preston Water Co
New Preston Water Co supplies Washington: about 9% of residents live in its service area. Aquarion-Judea Depot serves another 8%. Aquarion-Judea Main serves another 7%. About 65% 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 139 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.0 ppb. That’s higher than 70% 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. CT1500011.
5 home internet providers serve Washington
96% of 2,051 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 77% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 21% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 20% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 13% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
No curbside pickup in Washington: trash goes to the transfer station
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Washington, from the town’s own site.
Clark Road Transfer Station
57 Clark Road, Washington Depot, CT 06793
- Mon8 am–2 pm
- Tue8 am–2 pm
- Wed8 am–2 pm
- Fri8 am–2 pm
- Sat8 am–2 pm
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastic containers #1 to #7 (including caps)
- Boxboard (e.g. cereal, cracker, pasta and shoe boxes)
- Soft cover books
- Clean aluminum foil and pie pans
- White & brown envelopes (including window pane envelopes)
- Office Paper
- Newspapers
- Paper cartons (milk or juice)
- Junk Mail
- Packing paper
- Magazines
- Paper egg cartons, cardboard tubes from toilet paper, paper towels, etc.
- Telephone directories
- Clean corrugated cardboard (folded flat) & brown paper bags
- Catalogs
From washingtonct.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated May 4, 2013. 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.
Washington is in Region School District 12.
ASchool 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 Jun 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Washington spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Washington residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Washington | ZIP’s residents in Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06777 | New Preston Marble Dale, CT | 37% | 79% |
| 06793 | Washington, CT | 33% | 100% |
| 06794 | Washington Depot, CT | 30% | 97% |
A few homes fall in 06776.
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 Washington
Who supplies Washington’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
New Preston Water Co (EPA ID CT1500011). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Washington?
Eversource (Connecticut Light & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 28.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Washington?
Spectrum, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Washington?
06777 (37%), 06793 (33%), 06794 (30%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Washington in?
Region School District 12.
How do I register to vote in Washington?
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 Washington 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: Washington’s own website (washingtonct.org), 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.