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The Monroeville handbook

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

The Monroeville Municipal Auth water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (HAA5), beginning Oct 2022. The closest ER is Forbes Hospital, 0.6 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Monroeville, 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 Monroeville.

Electricity

Power comes from Duquesne Light

Duquesne Light (Duquesne Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Monroeville. 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 Monroeville Municipal Auth water system

The Monroeville Municipal Auth water system supplies Monroeville: about 94% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Plum Boro Muni Auth and Wilkinsburg-Penn Jt Water Auth and Mawc Sweeney Plant as sellers) and serves 48,500 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (HAA5), beginning Oct 2022. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. PA5020027.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Monroeville

100% of 10,294 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber100%2,000/250
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless96%980/880
KineticFiber, DSL12%2,000/2,000
T-MobileFixed wireless70%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless50%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Monroeville depends on your street

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

Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Glass (clear and colored)
  • Aluminum cans
  • Tin/steel cans
  • Plastic bottles with a No. 1 or No. 7 on the bottom
  • Corrugated cardboard (flattened)
  • Steel cans
  • Phone books
  • Brown paper bags
Recycling drop-off

Monroeville Municipal Building

2700 Monroeville Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146

From monroeville.pa.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-09-27. 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.

Monroeville kids go to
K–44 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–8Gateway MSGateway School District
9–12Gateway SHSGateway School District

Monroeville is in Gateway School District.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Monroeville is in ZIP code 15146

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MonroevilleZIP’s residents in Monroeville
15146Monroeville, PA100%100%

A few homes fall in 15145, 15148, 15085, 15140.

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 Monroeville

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

The Monroeville Municipal Auth water system (EPA ID PA5020027). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (HAA5). 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Monroeville?

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

What internet providers serve Monroeville?

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

What ZIP codes are in Monroeville?

15146. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Monroeville in?

Gateway School District.

How do I register to vote in Monroeville?

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: Monroeville’s own website (monroeville.pa.us), 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.