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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

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. As one universal published day-count in the current customer-service page. Bills are due on the date printed on the account bill and are subject to a 10% late charge if unpaid. Residential water service is governed by the City’s SB 998 policy, which requires the statutory notice and protection period before nonpayment disconnection; customers should use the date on the City’s notice rather than assuming an informal grace period.

Late-fee calculation

The City’s published utility fee schedule lists a late charge of 10% of the unpaid balance, calculated separately on each service component before totaling the account charge. It lists a $35 returned-check or electronic/automatic-debit charge, a $6 check-by-phone charge, a $46 turn-off-for-nonpayment charge, and a 40% collection-agency charge on referred balances. The current account bill and adopted fee resolution control if a revised 2026 amount is posted.

Disconnection timeline

Day 0 is the due date printed on the bi-monthly municipal-services bill. After the bill becomes delinquent, a 10% late charge may be added. For residential accounts, the City’s SB 998 policy requires written notice, an opportunity to dispute or arrange payment, and at least the statutory 60-day delinquency protection before service can be discontinued for inability to pay. The exact field shutoff date appears on the City’s notice; paying after a private bank bill-pay initiation does not stop the timeline until funds post.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Redlands publishes its SB 998 residential shutoff policy and separate documents for definitions, due date, alternative payment plans, disputed bills, and meter testing in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. The City provides an account extension process and allows qualifying alternative plans when a health-care provider certifies that shutoff would be life threatening or a serious health/safety threat, the customer cannot pay within the normal cycle, and the customer agrees to a plan. The reviewed pages do not confirm a colored notice, automated-call sequence, SMS warning, or door hanger; follow the written notice’s date and instructions.

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 City’s fee schedule lists a $46 turn-off-for-nonpayment charge and a $60 after-hours water turn-on service/standby-call charge; the schedule also lists a $26 service-call amount in the after-hours section, so customers should confirm the applicable combination with Customer Service. Re-establishment may require the unpaid balance, 10% late charge, returned-payment charges, and a new prepayment if credit was not established. Standard water information and service requests are handled at 909-798-7516; after-hours requests route through Police Dispatch at 909-798-7681, press 0.

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 Redlands Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department – Water 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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