Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in St. Clair, PA: what to set up and who to call
St. Clair runs its own electric utility, Borough of St Clair. The closest public drop-off to St. Clair is Norwegian Township Recycling Drop-Off Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Clair, 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 St. Clair.
Power comes from Borough of St Clair
Borough of St Clair (Borough of St Clair - (PA)), a municipal utility, serves all of St. Clair.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Schuylkill Co Mun Auth
Schuylkill Co Mun Auth supplies St. Clair: about 77% of residents live in its service area. Blythe Twp Municipal Authority serves another 23%. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 31,850 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower 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. PA3540038.
5 home internet providers serve St. Clair
100% of 1,378 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 99% | 2,000/250 |
| Service Electric | Cable | 99% | 2,000/200 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 88% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 80% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 73% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in St. Clair depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in St. Clair, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on stclairpa.gov →
- Bulky itemsOn set dates
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Paper Board, Boxes
- Mixed Colored Glass Containers
- Tin and Aluminum Cans
- Plastics #1 through #7
- Magazines
- Newspapers & Inserts
- Corrugated Boxes
- Office and School Paper
From stclairpa.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
St. Clair is in St. Clair Area School District.
C+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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
St. Clair spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where St. Clair residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Clair | ZIP’s residents in St. Clair |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17970 | Saint Clair, PA | 97% | 90% |
| 17901 | Pottsville, PA | 3% | 0% |
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 St. Clair
Who supplies St. Clair’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Schuylkill Co Mun Auth (EPA ID PA3540038). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.1 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Clair?
Borough of St Clair (Borough of St Clair - (PA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve St. Clair?
Xfinity, Service Electric, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Clair?
17970 (97%), 17901 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Clair in?
St. Clair Area School District.
How do I register to vote in St. Clair?
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 Schuylkill 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: St. Clair’s own website (stclairpa.gov), 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.