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Delinquency and service protection

Understand the shut-off process before it reaches your door

The safest time to ask about a past-due balance, payment arrangement, or hardship protection is before the final notice. This page translates the provider’s published rules into a practical checklist.

Notice and timing

How delinquency is handled

Grace period after the due date

One day after the due date before a 1% delinquency fee applies; a $15 plus tax fee is assessed 36 days after the due date.

Late-fee calculation

A 1% delinquency fee applies to all amounts past due one day after the due date. At 36 days past due, a $15 plus tax delinquency fee is added and a Service Suspension Notice is mailed.

Disconnection timeline

Service discontinues when payment is 50 days past due. The 36-day $15-plus-tax fee and mailed Service Suspension Notice precede the suspension; arrangements should be made through Customer Services before interruption.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

A Service Suspension Notice is mailed at 36 days past due. No separate colored mailer, automated-call, or door-hanger sequence was identified.

If a notice seems wrong

Document the account balance, payment confirmation, notice date, and any household medical or accessibility concern. Then call the provider using the contact information on its official bill or profile before the stated deadline.

Restoring service

Reconnection costs and timing

The reviewed Tempe page states that after payment a delinquent account may be reinstated the next business day but does not expose a current standard/after-hours reconnection amount. Unauthorized meter reactivation incurs $100 plus tax tampering fee.

Need a payment arrangement?

Ask before the shut-off date

Tell the customer-service representative that you are responding to a delinquency notice and ask specifically about installment plans, hardship protection, charity referrals, and the amount required to stop the disconnection order.

Customer protection guide

What to do when a bill becomes urgent

A delinquency notice from City of Tempe Water Utilities Division should be treated as a time-sensitive account document. Read the exact due date, amount required, notice method, and contact instructions on the notice, then compare them with the provider details in this guide.

If you have already paid, gather the confirmation number and posting date. If you cannot pay the full amount, call before the stated shut-off date and ask about arrangements, hardship protections, agency referrals, and the minimum amount needed to pause action.

Keep the conversation specific: ask what will stop the order, when the payment must post, whether a reconnection fee applies, and whether the utility requires a separate request for medical, accessibility, or household-protection status.

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