[OldSmaj]

...getting their water shut off – for owing as little as $150 or two months in bills.

Dayum!

My water company will shut off at 10 days.

Period.

But I don't worry...I pay my bill, you bunch of freeloading gibsmedats!

[Grams A]

My water company will shut off at 10 days.”

Ours in the Texas suburbs charges a HUGE penalty if payment is not made by the date it is due and cuts it off at five days. Reconnect charge is $150 plus whatever is due plus a $150 deposit which is retained until you move out of the water district.

Our normal water/sewer/volunteer fire dept fee bill is never more than $47 a month, even when we water every other day in the summer. New people are warned as soon as they move into the neighborhood that it’s best to set up autopay through their bank.

[servo1969]

Me, too. Water bill is due on 20th of every month. Not paid by the 30th? Click. Water is off. Everyone in the community knows the rules and lives by them. Not too expensive, either. Family of four uses about $30 worth a month.

Don’t like it? Pay someone to drill you a well.