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The Wells Tannery handbook

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

Power in Wells Tannery comes from New Enterprise R E C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. UPMC Bedford Memorial, 12.3 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Wells Tannery, 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 Wells Tannery.

Electricity

Power comes from New Enterprise R E C

New Enterprise R E C (New Enterprise R E C, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Wells Tannery.

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 Wells Tannery Water Sys

Wells Tannery Water Sys supplies almost all of Wells Tannery. It draws ground water and serves 95 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile5.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1996, was 5.0 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. PA4290003.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Wells Tannery

97% of 23 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
FrontierFiber, DSL96%7,000/7,000
BreezelineCable91%1,000/50
Upward BroadbandFixed wireless78%150/50

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Wells Tannery’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Wells Tannery.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileWells Tannery has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Wells Tannery kids go to
PK–6Forbes Road El Schin Waterfall
7–12Forbes Road JSHSin Waterfall

Wells Tannery is in Forbes Road School District.

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Wells Tannery is unincorporated, so the county is the local government.

Local governmentThe countyWells Tannery is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereFulton County Board of ElectionsElections here are run by Fulton County (county election office). 101 Lincoln Way West, Suite 102, McConnellsburg, PA 17233 · (717) 485-6864 · [email protected]FVAP, Jul 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placepavoterservices.pa.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Wells Tannery is in ZIP code 16691

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Wells TanneryZIP’s residents in Wells Tannery
16691Wells Tannery, PA100%14%

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 Wells Tannery

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

Wells Tannery Water Sys (EPA ID PA4290003). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1996), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Wells Tannery?

New Enterprise R E C (New Enterprise R E C, Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Wells Tannery?

Frontier, Breezeline, Upward Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Wells Tannery?

16691. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Wells Tannery in?

Forbes Road School District.

How do I register to vote in Wells Tannery?

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 Fulton 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.