Photo: CyberXRef · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Hanover Township, PA: what to set up and who to call
Thursday is trash day in Hanover Township. For emergencies, Hanover Township is closest to St. Lukes Hospital, 3.9 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hanover 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 Hanover Township.
Power comes from PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hanover 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 City of Bethlehem water system
The City of Bethlehem water system supplies Hanover Township: about 60% of residents live in its service area. Hanover Township Lehigh County serves another 34%. Lca Allentown Division serves another 9%. About 4% 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 117,259 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. PA3480046.
6 home internet providers serve Hanover Township
97% of 577 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astound Broadband | Cable, Fiber | 91% | 1,500/50 |
| Service Electric | Cable | 79% | 1,000/40 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 65% | 100/20 |
| Lehigh WiFi | Fixed wireless | 60% | 100/25 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 59% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 54% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hanover Township is Thursday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hanover Township, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery week, Thu
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Aluminum food and beverage containers
- Glass food and beverage containers (brown, clear, or green)
- Ferrous (Iron) cans
- PET plastic containers with the symbol #1 with screw tops only, without caps
- Plastics with symbols #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 narrow and screw top containers
- Newsprint
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Cereal boxes
- Telephone books
- Printer paper
- Copier paper
From hanleco.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.
Hanover Township is in Catasauqua 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hanover Township is in ZIP code 18109
ZIP codes where Hanover Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hanover Township | ZIP’s residents in Hanover Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18109 | Allentown, PA | 100% | 9% |
17332, 17333, 17334, 17335 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Hanover Township
Who supplies Hanover Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Bethlehem water system (EPA ID PA3480046). 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 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hanover 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 Hanover Township?
Astound Broadband, Service Electric, T-Mobile, Lehigh WiFi, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hanover Township?
18109. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hanover Township in?
Catasauqua Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Hanover 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 Lehigh 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: Hanover Township’s own website (hanleco.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.