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The Wayne Township handbook

Living in Wayne Township, NJ: what to set up and who to call

Wayne Township has its own drop-off, Wayne Recycling Center, on 187 Dey Road. Wayne Township has a train station, Mountain View.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Wayne Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Wayne Township.

Electricity

Power comes from PSE&G

PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 76.2% of Wayne Township residents. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Township of Wayne water system

The Township of Wayne water system supplies almost all of Wayne Township. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists N.j.d.w.s.c. - Wanaque North as seller) and serves 55,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 81% 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. NJ1614001.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Wayne Township

99% of 15,361 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
OptimumCable, Fiber98%8,000/8,000
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless86%2,300/2,300
AT&TFixed wireless50%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless49%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Wayne Township is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Wayne Township, from the town’s own site.

Pickup

Your pickup week

Drop-off center

Wayne Recycling Center

201 Dey Road, Wayne, NJ 07470

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Dual-stream recycling

Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.

  • Glass food and beverage bottles and jars
  • Metal cans from soda and other beverages, soup and food
  • Plastic furniture and plastic toys
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekNon-metal bulk items (furniture, mattresses) collected on the second garbage collection day each week, no appointment needed; metal appliances over 50 lb by appointment only

From waynetownship.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, March 6, 2024. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Wayne Township kids go to
K–510 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Wayne Township is in Wayne Township School District.

B+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Wayne Township is in ZIP code 07470

ZIP codes where Wayne Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Wayne TownshipZIP’s residents in Wayne Township
07470Wayne, NJ100%99%

07474 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.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Wayne Township

Who supplies Wayne Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Township of Wayne water system (EPA ID NJ1614001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Wayne Township?

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 Wayne Township?

Optimum, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Wayne Township?

07470. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Wayne Township in?

Wayne Township School District.

How do I register to vote in Wayne Township?

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: Wayne Township’s own website (waynetownship.com), 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.