Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Silver Springs, NY: what to set up and who to call
Silver Springs runs its own electric utility, Village of Silver Springs. Most of Silver Springs has one wired internet choice: Spectrum.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Silver Springs, 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 Silver Springs.
Power comes from Village of Silver Springs
Village of Silver Springs (Village of Silver Springs - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves all of Silver Springs.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Silver Springs Village water system
The Silver Springs Village water system supplies Silver Springs: about 92% of residents live in its service area. About 8% 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 850 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.6 ppb. That’s higher than 79% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY6000616.
2 home internet providers serve Silver Springs
96% of 317 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 19% | 45/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Silver Springs’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Silver Springs.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Silver Springs is in Letchworth Central School District.
Test scores and every school: see 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Silver Springs is in ZIP code 14550
ZIP codes where Silver Springs residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Silver Springs | ZIP’s residents in Silver Springs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14550 | Silver Springs, NY | 100% | 44% |
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 Silver Springs
Who supplies Silver Springs’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Silver Springs Village water system (EPA ID NY6000616). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Silver Springs?
Village of Silver Springs (Village of Silver Springs - (NY)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Silver Springs?
Spectrum, Frontier (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Silver Springs?
14550. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Silver Springs in?
Letchworth Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Silver Springs?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Wyoming County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.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 Aug 3, 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.