Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in March ARB, CA: what to set up and who to call
March ARB has no town government of its own, so Riverside County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Moreno Valley Unified School District. The closest public drop-off to March ARB is Recycling Center, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in March ARB, 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 March ARB.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of March ARB. 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.
Water comes from Western Mwd water system
The Western Mwd water system supplies almost all of March ARB. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Eastern Municipal WD and City of Riverside and Western Mwd (Arlington) and Chino Basin Desalter Auth. - Desalter 2 as sellers) and serves 86,062 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.1 ppb. That’s higher than 54% 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. CA3310049.
2 home internet providers serve March ARB
93% of 454 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 10% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 17% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in March ARB.
Recycling Center
This isn’t March ARB’s own facility. Whether March ARB residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of March ARB (58%) is in Moreno Valley Unified School District; parts are in Val Verde Unified School District (40%) and Riverside Unified School District (3%).
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
March ARB is unincorporated, so Riverside County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
March ARB is in ZIP code 92518
ZIP codes where March ARB residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of March ARB | ZIP’s residents in March ARB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92518 | March Air Reserve Base, CA | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 92571.
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 March ARB
Who supplies March ARB’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Western Mwd water system (EPA ID CA3310049). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in March ARB?
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 March ARB?
Spectrum, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in March ARB?
92518. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is March ARB in?
Moreno Valley Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Val Verde Unified School District and Riverside Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in March ARB?
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 Riverside Registrar of Voters. 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: 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 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.