Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Colerain Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Power in Colerain Township comes from Bedford Rural Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For emergencies, Colerain Township is closest to UPMC Bedford Memorial, 8.9 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Colerain Township, 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 Colerain Township.
Power comes from Bedford Rural Elec Coop
Bedford Rural Elec Coop (Bedford Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 99.2% of Colerain Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $163 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Rainsburg Borough Water
Rainsburg Borough Water supplies Colerain Township: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 92% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 200 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1996, was 27.0 ppb, above 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. PA4050032.
Which providers serve Colerain Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Colerain Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Colerain Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Colerain Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Colerain Township is in Bedford 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colerain Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Colerain Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Colerain Township | ZIP’s residents in Colerain Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15522 | Bedford, PA | 91% | 9% |
| 15537 | Everett, PA | 9% | 1% |
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Colerain Township
Who supplies Colerain Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Rainsburg Borough Water (EPA ID PA4050032). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 27.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Colerain Township?
Bedford Rural Elec Coop (Bedford Rural Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Colerain Township?
15522 (91%), 15537 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Colerain Township in?
Bedford Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Colerain Township?
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 Bedford 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): pending.