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The Sharpsburg handbook

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

In Sharpsburg, trash day is Tuesday (Waste Management (WM) collects). Fiber reaches 95% of addresses in Sharpsburg.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sharpsburg, 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 Sharpsburg.

Electricity

Power comes from Duquesne Light

Duquesne Light (Duquesne Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sharpsburg. 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 Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth supplies Sharpsburg: about 62% of residents live in its service area. Hampton Shaler Water Authority serves another 17%. About 27% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Pennsylvania American Water as seller) and serves 520,000 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 51% 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. PA5020038.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Sharpsburg

100% of 1,303 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless97%980/880
AT&TFixed wireless59%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless55%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Sharpsburg is Tuesday

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

Trash haulerWaste Management (WM)Picks up trash in Sharpsburgsharpsburgborough.com
Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • RecyclingEvery week
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsPicked up once per month on Tuesday of the third full week of each month; additional pickups booked with WM at 1-800-458-4090 for a fee set by WM

From sharpsburgborough.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026-01-14. 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.

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

Sharpsburg 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

Sharpsburg is in ZIP code 15215

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SharpsburgZIP’s residents in Sharpsburg
15215Pittsburgh, PA100%26%
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 Sharpsburg

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

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth (EPA ID PA5020038). 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 2.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sharpsburg?

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

What internet providers serve Sharpsburg?

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

What ZIP codes are in Sharpsburg?

15215. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sharpsburg in?

Fox Chapel Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Sharpsburg?

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: Sharpsburg’s own website (sharpsburgborough.com), read Oct 23, 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.