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The Brookhaven handbook

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

In Brookhaven, trash day is Wednesday. Children in Brookhaven attend Penn-Delco School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brookhaven, 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 Brookhaven.

Electricity

Power comes from PECO Energy

PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Brookhaven. Its homes paid an average of 18.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $136 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of PECO Energy’s home customers do, and PECO Energy 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 Chester Water Authority

Chester Water Authority supplies Brookhaven: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 140,437 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 4.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 13.9 ppb. That’s higher than 90% 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. PA1230004.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Brookhaven

100% of 2,607 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless96%980/880
T-MobileFixed wireless79%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless72%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Brookhaven is Wednesday

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

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbbrookhavenboro.com
Trash dayWednesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • RecyclingEvery week, same day as trash
  • Bulky itemsEvery week, Wed
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Newspapers
  • Paper bags
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Tin cans
  • Cereal boxes
  • Paperback books
  • Hardback books
  • Mail with personal identification removed
  • Plastics #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsEvery weekBulk trash collected every Wednesday with regular trash; limit 3 items; mattresses and box springs must be wrapped in plastic; carpeting cut and rolled into 3 foot lengths, 3 at a time per trash day
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagebrookhavenboro.com →

From brookhavenboro.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.

Brookhaven kids go to
K–5Coebourn El SchPenn-Delco School District
6–8Northley MSin Aston
9–12Sun Valley HSin Aston

Brookhaven is in Penn-Delco 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 Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Brookhaven is in ZIP code 19015

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BrookhavenZIP’s residents in Brookhaven
19015Brookhaven, PA100%51%

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 Brookhaven

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

Chester Water Authority (EPA ID PA1230004). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brookhaven?

PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Brookhaven?

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

What ZIP codes are in Brookhaven?

19015. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brookhaven in?

Penn-Delco School District.

How do I register to vote in Brookhaven?

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 Delaware County Bureau 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: Brookhaven’s own website (brookhavenboro.com), 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.