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The Covina handbook

Living in Covina, CA: what to set up and who to call

Covina spans 3 ZIP codes; 91723 holds the most residents (37%). Covina has its own train station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Covina, 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 Covina.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 82.6% of Covina residents. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.

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 Covina-City, Water Dept.

Covina-City, Water Dept. supplies Covina: about 53% of residents live in its service area. Azusa Light and Water serves another 23%. Three Valleys Mwd serves another 13%. Gswc-San Dimas serves another 6%. Covina Valley Water Company - Wholesale serves another 6%. About 16% 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 Three Valleys Mwd and Covina Valley Water Company - Wholesale as sellers) and serves 33,300 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. CA1910127.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Covina

97% of 11,922 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 70% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber95%1,000/35
FrontierFiber, DSL76%5,000/5,000
AT&TFixed wireless76%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless69%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless57%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Athens Services picks up trash in Covina

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

Trash haulerAthens ServicesPicks up trash in Covinacovinaca.gov

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check covinaca.gov →

From covinaca.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated July 1, 2022. 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.

Covina kids go to
K–66 schoolsDepends on your address
7–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Covina (67%) is in Covina-Valley Unified School District; parts are in Charter Oak Unified School District (30%) and Azusa Unified School District (3%).

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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Covina spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of CovinaZIP’s residents in Covina
91723Covina, CA37%97%
91722Covina, CA34%49%
91724Covina, CA29%54%
Area code626Wikidata

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 Covina

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

Covina-City, Water Dept. (EPA ID CA1910127). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Covina?

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Covina?

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

What ZIP codes are in Covina?

91723 (37%), 91722 (34%), 91724 (29%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Covina in?

Covina-Valley Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Charter Oak Unified School District and Azusa Unified School District.

How do I register to vote in Covina?

In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.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: Covina’s own website (covinaca.gov), read Oct 23, 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.