Photo: Pvjoeb joe b · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Totowa, NJ: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Totowa: Passaic Valley Region School District and Totowa Borough School District. The closest public drop-off to Totowa is Woodland Park Recycling Center, 1 mile out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Totowa, 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 Totowa.
Power comes from PSE&G
PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Totowa. Its homes paid an average of 25.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $140 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 4% of PSE&G’s home customers do, and PSE&G still delivers it.
Start or move service: pseg.com · (800) 436-7734
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Totowa W Dept
Totowa W Dept supplies almost all of Totowa. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Passaic Valley Water Commission as seller) and serves 10,804 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 Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.7 ppb. That’s higher than 85% 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. NJ1612001.
4 home internet providers serve Totowa
99% of 3,549 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 93% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 82% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 57% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Totowa
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Totowa, from the town’s own site.
Recycling Center (Department of Public Works Recycling Drop Off Center)
136 Furler Street, Totowa, NJ 07512
- Mon7 am–3:30 pm
- Tue7 am–3:30 pm
- Wed7 am–3:30 pm
- Thu7 am–3:30 pm
- Fri7 am–3:30 pm
- Sat8 am–1 pm
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic bottles (no lids)
- Steel and Tin cans
- Glass bottles and jars (no lids)
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum containers
- Juice and milk containers/cartons
- Yogurt/Cake containers
- Plastics #1, #2 and #5
- Corrugated cardboard
- Newspaper/Magazines
- Junk Mail
- Telephone books
- Paperback books
- Chipboard
- Office/School paper
From totowanj.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Totowa is in two districts that split the grades: Passaic Valley Region School District and Totowa Borough 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 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Totowa is in ZIP code 07512
ZIP codes where Totowa residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Totowa | ZIP’s residents in Totowa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07512 | Totowa, NJ | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 07470. 07511 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Totowa
Who supplies Totowa’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Totowa W Dept (EPA ID NJ1612001). 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 3.6 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Totowa?
PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 25.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Totowa?
Optimum, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Totowa?
07512. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Totowa in?
Passaic Valley Region School District and Totowa Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Totowa?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Passaic County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.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: Totowa’s own website (totowanj.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 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.