Meadow Creek Sewer Extension

MEADOW CREEK

UPDATED: September 25, 2025

STATUS: Active

OVERVIEW

Upper Uwchlan Township Municipal Authority (UUTMA) has a multi-year plan to install a public sewerage system throughout our community at-large. For the Meadow Creek neighborhood, each home will be converted from their septic system to the public sewer system. UUTMA will pay for all planned costs of services and materials.

To be clear:

1) As planned, homeowners will not pay for any cost of this sewage transition project. Should a homeowner elect to hire a plumber to move the current septic drain pipe inside the home to a different location, the homeowner is responsible for the cost of that service.

2) Every home in the Meadow Creek neighborhood will have a grinder pump system installed.

3) Homeowners must connect to the new sewage system as planned – there is no option to remain on the septic system or to delay the connection.

4) Homeowners will not be required to submit an “Application for Sewer Connection Permit - Residential” form

The key steps of this project are:

1. UUTMA will decommission and replace the existing Meadow Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (MC-WWTP) at the corner of Styer Rd and Meadow Creek Rd with a new Meadow Creek Pump Station to collect the sewage from all homes in the neighborhood.

2. UUTMA will install a low-pressure sewer force main in the Meadow Creek neighborhood streets, a low-pressure lateral pipe (i.e., sewer feeder line) from the sewer force main to an exterior area of each home, a sewage grinder pump system near the home and then make the connection to the home’s sewage drain pipe.

3. After successful testing, UUTMA will decommission the homeowner’s septic system and tank to prevent its further use. Neither the septic system nor tank will be removed – just disabled.

4. UUTMA will pave all street trenches (not the entire streets) and restore each yard at the completion of the sewer system.

5. When the transition of your sewage system is finished, UUT will issue a quarterly public sewage bill, currently $190 (link) or the then current rate.

6. UUTMA’s contractor will coordinate all onsite activities with the homeowners.

Example of a Grinder Pump Installation (final installation may vary)

Neighborhood Public Sewage Maps

MEADOW CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD

PROPOSED MEADOW CREEK PUMP STATION FORCE MAIN PATH TO AN EXISTING TERMINATION MANHOLE

KEY DATES

* It is important for homeowners to be aware the Items and Target Completion Dates are subject to change without notice due to circumstances beyond the control of UUTMA. Each In-Process and TBD will be replaced with its date when known.

HOMEOWNER’S COSTS

• $0 for the transition. UUTMA will finance the entire sewer system construction as planned.
• Thereafter, the quarterly sewage bill at the then current rate.

HOMEOWNER’S ACTIONS

1. When asked, promptly respond to and coordinate with the Contractor to decide where the lateral should be placed in your yard.

2. Learn and follow the instructions to operate your new grinder pump system.

3. Cooperate with the Contractor as the project proceeds.

4. Be tolerant of the disruptions to the roads and yards.

FAQs: Link

Contacts

• UUT: (610) 458-9400 or https://www.upperuwchlan-pa.gov/
• UUT Municipal Authority: https://www.upperuwchlan-pa.gov/101/Municipal-Authority
  • (610) 458-9400 x7015
  • Homeowners are invited to board meetings held virtually most months, but in person at the UUT Building (140 Pottstown Pike, Chester Springs, PA) on a quarterly basis. Please contact UUTMA for directions regarding attendance.
• Matthew Brown: (610) 646-7015 or authority@upperuwchlan-pa.gov