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The Summit Township handbook

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

An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for Conneaut Lake Park Water, which supplies Summit Township. Power in Summit Township comes from Northwestern Rural E C A, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Summit Township, 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 Summit Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Northwestern Rural E C A

Northwestern Rural E C A (Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Summit Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $151 a month (its average across Pennsylvania).

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 Conneaut Lake Park Water

Conneaut Lake Park Water supplies Summit Township: about 12% of residents live in its service area. Hardwood Estates serves another 9%. About 79% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 250 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), beginning May 2024. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 1996, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1996: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. PA6200018.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Summit Township

91% of 1,191 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 62% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
KineticFiber, DSL92%2,000/2,000
ArmstrongCable, Fiber80%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless23%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless13%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless6%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Summit Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Summit Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Summit Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Summit Township kids go to
K–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Conneaut Area MSin Conneaut Lake
9–12Conneaut Area Senior Highin Linesville

Summit Township is in Conneaut School District.

BSchool 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

Summit Township spans 5 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Summit TownshipZIP’s residents in Summit Township
16316Conneaut Lake, PA46%17%
16424Linesville, PA25%11%
16422Harmonsburg, PA16%100%
16335Meadville, PA7%1%
16406Conneautville, PA5%3%

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 Summit Township

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

Conneaut Lake Park Water (EPA ID PA6200018). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Summit Township?

Northwestern Rural E C A (Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Summit Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Summit Township?

16316 (46%), 16424 (25%), 16422 (16%), 16335 (7%), 16406 (5%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Summit Township in?

Conneaut School District.

How do I register to vote in Summit 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 Crawford 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: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • 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.