Photo: Tim Pierce · CC BY 3.0Living in Stow, MA: what to set up and who to call
Juniper Hill Water Company has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 5.2 ppb, was higher than 91% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Voting is local here: the Stow Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Stow, 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 Stow.
Water comes from Juniper Hill Water Company
Juniper Hill Water Company supplies Stow: about 5% of residents live in its service area. About 76% 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 220 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–Dec 2026, was 5.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 ppb. That’s higher than 91% 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. MA2286000.
4 home internet providers serve Stow
100% of 2,526 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 23% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Stow’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Stow.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Stow is in Nashoba 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Stow is in ZIP code 01775
ZIP codes where Stow residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Stow | ZIP’s residents in Stow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01775 | Stow, MA | 100% | 100% |
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 Stow
Who supplies Stow’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Juniper Hill Water Company (EPA ID MA2286000). 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 5.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Stow?
Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Stow?
01775. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Stow in?
Nashoba School District.
How do I register to vote in Stow?
In Massachusetts you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Stow Town Clerk. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
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.
- 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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.