Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Coventry, RI: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Coventry Board of Canvassers registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Fiber reaches 94% of addresses in Coventry.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Coventry, 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 Coventry.
Power comes from Rhode Island Energy
Rhode Island Energy (The Narragansett Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Coventry. Its homes paid an average of 29.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $166 a month (its average across Rhode Island, for customers on its standard service). Rhode Island lets you buy power from another supplier; 26% of Rhode Island Energy’s home customers do, and Rhode Island Energy still delivers it.
Start or move service: www1.nationalgridus.com · (401) 784-7000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Kent County Water Authority
Kent County Water Authority supplies Coventry: about 80% of residents live in its service area. About 20% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Providence-City of and Warwick-City of as sellers) and serves 94,107 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.4 ppb. That’s higher than 72% 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. RI1559511.
4 home internet providers serve Coventry
99% of 13,262 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 97% | 980/880 |
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 2,000/100 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 34% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 17% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Coventry
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Coventry, from the town’s own site.
Town of Coventry Transfer Station
- Mon7:30 am–noon, 12:30 pm–3 pm
- Tue7:30 am–noon, 12:30 pm–3 pm
- Wed7:30 am–noon, 12:30 pm–3 pm
- Thu7:30 am–noon, 12:30 pm–3 pm
- Fri7:30 am–noon, 12:30 pm–3 pm
- Sat7:30 am–noon
Cost: $40 dump pass (cash only, proof of residency required); dump pass needed for construction debris and other non-free items
From coventryri.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated March 2025. 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.
Coventry is in Coventry 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.
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 Sep 30, 2026.
Coventry spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Coventry residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Coventry | ZIP’s residents in Coventry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02816 | Coventry, RI | 93% | 100% |
| 02827 | Greene, RI | 6% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 02831, 02893.
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 Coventry
Who supplies Coventry’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kent County Water Authority (EPA ID RI1559511). 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 2.1 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Coventry?
Rhode Island Energy (The Narragansett Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 29.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Coventry?
Verizon, Cox Communications, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Coventry?
02816 (93%), 02827 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Coventry in?
Coventry School District.
How do I register to vote in Coventry?
In Rhode Island you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Coventry Board of Canvassers. Check your registration at vote.sos.ri.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: Coventry’s own website (coventryri.gov), 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.