Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Warwick, RI: what to set up and who to call
Warwick has its own drop-off, Warwick Municipal Recycling Facility. To register to vote, go to the Warwick Board of Canvassers: Warwick runs its own elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Warwick, 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 Warwick.
Power comes from Rhode Island Energy
Rhode Island Energy (The Narragansett Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Warwick. 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 Warwick-City of water system
The Warwick-City of water system supplies Warwick: about 80% of residents live in its service area. Kent County Water Authority serves another 19%. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Kent County Water Authority and Providence-City of as sellers) and serves 73,289 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 10.0 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. RI1615627.
4 home internet providers serve Warwick
99% of 30,399 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 98% | 980/880 |
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 2,000/100 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 45% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 33% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Warwick
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Warwick, from the town’s own site.
Municipal Recycling Facility (Recycling Drop-Off Facility)
111 Range Road, Warwick, RI 02889
- Mon7 am–3 pm
- Tue7 am–3 pm
- Wed7 am–3 pm
- Thu7 am–3 pm
- Fri7 am–3 pm
- Sat7 am–3 pm
- Mon7 am–3 pm
- Tue7 am–3 pm
- Wed7 am–3 pm
- Thu7 am–3 pm
- Fri7 am–3 pm
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Newspaper
- Junk mail
- Loose leaf paper
- Telephone books
- Milk cartons and juice boxes
Oil Recycling Igloo at the Department of Public Works
111 Range Rd
From warwickri.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Warwick is in Warwick 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 Jul 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Warwick spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Warwick residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Warwick | ZIP’s residents in Warwick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02886 | Warwick, RI | 35% | 100% |
| 02889 | Warwick, RI | 34% | 100% |
| 02888 | Warwick, RI | 24% | 100% |
| 02818 | East Greenwich, RI | 7% | 28% |
02887 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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Warwick
Who supplies Warwick’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Warwick-City of water system (EPA ID RI1615627). 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 Warwick?
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 Warwick?
Verizon, Cox Communications, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Warwick?
02886 (35%), 02889 (34%), 02888 (24%), 02818 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Warwick in?
Warwick School District.
How do I register to vote in Warwick?
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 Warwick 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: Warwick’s own website (warwickri.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.