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The Aspinwall handbook

Living in Aspinwall, PA: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Aspinwall is in ZIP code 15215. For emergencies, Aspinwall is closest to UPMC St. Margaret, 0.5 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Aspinwall, 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 Aspinwall.

Electricity

Power comes from Duquesne Light

Duquesne Light (Duquesne Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Aspinwall. Its homes paid an average of 23.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $143 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 21% of Duquesne Light’s home customers do, and Duquesne Light 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 Aspinwall Boro Water Dept

Aspinwall Boro Water Dept supplies Aspinwall: about 69% of residents live in its service area. Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth serves another 31%. About 10% 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 Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth and Fox Chapel Auth as sellers) and serves 3,151 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile7.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 7.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1996: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. PA5020003.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Aspinwall

100% of 1,007 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 89% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless96%980/880
AT&TFixed wireless73%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless23%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Aspinwall’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Aspinwall.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Aspinwall kids go to
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Dorseyville MSin Pittsburgh
9–12Fox Chapel Area HSin Pittsburgh

Aspinwall is in Fox Chapel Area School District.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Aspinwall is in ZIP code 15215

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of AspinwallZIP’s residents in Aspinwall
15215Pittsburgh, PA100%23%
Area code412Wikidata

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 Aspinwall

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

Aspinwall Boro Water Dept (EPA ID PA5020003). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 7.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Aspinwall?

Duquesne Light (Duquesne Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 23.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Aspinwall?

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

What ZIP codes are in Aspinwall?

15215. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Aspinwall in?

Fox Chapel Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Aspinwall?

In Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Allegheny County Board of Elections. Check your registration at pavoterservices.pa.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.