Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Cass Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Cass Township is Norwegian Township Recycling Drop-Off Center, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. For emergencies, Cass Township is closest to Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street, 4.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cass 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 Cass Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cass Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Pennsylvania, for customers on its standard service). Pennsylvania lets you buy power from another supplier; 36% of PPL Electric Utilities’ home customers do, and PPL Electric Utilities still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Blythe Twp Municipal Authority
Blythe Twp Municipal Authority supplies Cass Township: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Minersville Municipal Water Au serves another 22%. About 14% 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 7,100 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 3.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 87% 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. PA3540017.
4 home internet providers serve Cass Township
99% of 851 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 98% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 42% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 31% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 7% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Cass Township
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cass Township, from the town’s own site.
Cass Township Recycling Center
- Wed7 am–2:30 pm
- Thu7 am–2:30 pm
- Sat9 am–3 pm
Accepted at the curb
- #1 PET plastic food and beverage bottles
- #2 HDPE plastic milk and cider jugs
- Spring water and detergent jugs
- Aluminum, steel and bi-metal food and beverage cans
- Clear, green and brown glass food, beverage and liquor containers
- Newsprint, phone books, magazines, catalogues, office paper, junk mail
- Boxes and paperboard (flattened)
From casstownship.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 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.
Cass Township is in Minersville Area School District.
CSchool 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.
Cass Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Cass Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cass Township | ZIP’s residents in Cass Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17901 | Pottsville, PA | 96% | 8% |
| 17954 | Minersville, PA | 4% | 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 Cass Township
Who supplies Cass Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Blythe Twp Municipal Authority (EPA ID PA3540017). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cass Township?
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cass Township?
Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cass Township?
17901 (96%), 17954 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cass Township in?
Minersville Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Cass 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 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: Cass Township’s own website (casstownship.org), read Oct 22, 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.