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The Moreno Valley handbook

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

Moreno Valley has its own drop-off, Recycling Center. Riverside University Health System-Medical Center, 1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Moreno Valley, 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 Moreno Valley.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 58.4% of Moreno Valley 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 Eastern Municipal WD water system

The Eastern Municipal WD water system supplies almost all of Moreno Valley. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Elsinore Valley Mwd and Lake Hemet Mwd and Rancho California Water District and Western Mwd as sellers) and serves 666,581 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 93% of the 42 systems serving 500,001–1,000,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 64% 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. CA3310009.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Moreno Valley

99% of 49,670 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
FrontierFiber, DSL70%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber45%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless60%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless33%100/20
Southern California TelephoneFixed wireless5%75/15

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Moreno Valley is any weekday, depending on your street

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

Pickup

Your pickup week

Transfer station

Waste Management Transfer Station

17700 Indian Street, Moreno Valley, CA 92551

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon7 am–2 pm
  • Tue7 am–2 pm
  • Wed7 am–2 pm
  • Thu7 am–2 pm
  • Fri7 am–2 pm
  • Sat7 am–1 pm
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cardboard and Paperboard
  • Cereal Boxes Cardboard
  • Food Boxes (If soiled, place in green waste container)
  • Aluminum and Tin
  • Glass Bottles and Jars
  • Paper Bags
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Mixed Paper
  • Phone Books
  • Cleaning Products
  • Milk and Water Jugs
  • Soda Bottles
  • Plastic Bottles
  • Paper & Plastic Cups
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookResidents get up to four free bulky/e-waste pickups per month; schedule by calling Waste Management at 800.423.9986 at least 24 hours ahead; additional pickups for a minimal charge ($20 fee after four free pickups per illegal dumping page)

From moval.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.

Moreno Valley kids go to
K–523 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–87 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Moreno Valley (81%) is in Moreno Valley Unified School District; parts are in Val Verde Unified School District (13%) and San Jacinto Unified School District (4%).

C+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

Moreno Valley spans 4 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Moreno ValleyZIP’s residents in Moreno Valley
92553Moreno Valley, CA37%100%
92557Moreno Valley, CA26%99%
92555Moreno Valley, CA21%100%
92551Moreno Valley, CA16%100%

92552, 92554, 92556 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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.

Everyday places

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 Moreno Valley

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

The Eastern Municipal WD water system (EPA ID CA3310009). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 93% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Moreno Valley?

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 Moreno Valley?

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

What ZIP codes are in Moreno Valley?

92553 (37%), 92557 (26%), 92555 (21%), 92551 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Moreno Valley in?

Moreno Valley Unified School District. Parts of the city are in Val Verde Unified School District and San Jacinto Unified School District.

How do I register to vote in Moreno Valley?

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: Moreno Valley’s own website (moval.org), 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 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.