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The Upper Uwchlan Township handbook

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

Most mail in Upper Uwchlan Township goes to 19425 (46% of residents), one of 3 ZIP codes in town. Fiber reaches 98% of addresses in Upper Uwchlan Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Upper Uwchlan 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 Upper Uwchlan Township.

Electricity

Power comes from PECO Energy

PECO Energy (PECO Energy Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Upper Uwchlan Township. 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 Aqua Pa Uwchlan

Aqua Pa Uwchlan supplies Upper Uwchlan Township: about 90% of residents live in its service area. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Aqua Pa Main System as seller) and serves 35,518 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.9 ppb. That’s higher than 72% 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. PA1150035.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Upper Uwchlan Township

100% of 4,035 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber99%1,200/35
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless98%980/880
T-MobileFixed wireless79%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless56%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Upper Uwchlan Township is Monday or Tuesday, depending on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerAJ Blosenski picks up at the curb for every homeupperuwchlan-pa.gov
Trash dayMon or TueDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Aluminum beverage cans
  • Bi-metal (tin) cans
  • Bottles, cans, and jars
  • Corrugated cardboard boxes
  • Envelopes
  • Green, brown, and clear glass
  • Paperboard (cereal-type boxes)
  • Paper, newspapers, phone books, junk mail, and magazines
  • Plastic types 1-5 and 7
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsOnce a monthBulk trash collected once a month on the regular pickup day (typically the third collection of the month); maximum two items per household per month; freon items by appointment with the township
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageupperuwchlan-pa.gov →

From upperuwchlan-pa.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2023, January 1, 2025. 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.

Upper Uwchlan Township kids go to
K–5Pickering Valley El SchDowningtown Area School District
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Upper Uwchlan Township is in Downingtown Area 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Upper Uwchlan Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Upper Uwchlan TownshipZIP’s residents in Upper Uwchlan Township
19425Chester Springs, PA46%35%
19335Downingtown, PA39%9%
19343Glenmoore, PA15%21%

A few homes fall in 19341.

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 Upper Uwchlan Township

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

Aqua Pa Uwchlan (EPA ID PA1150035). 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 2.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Upper Uwchlan Township?

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

What internet providers serve Upper Uwchlan Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Upper Uwchlan Township?

19425 (46%), 19335 (39%), 19343 (15%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Upper Uwchlan Township in?

Downingtown Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Upper Uwchlan 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 Chester 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: Upper Uwchlan Township’s own website (upperuwchlan-pa.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.