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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

The bill is due 20 days after the bill date. Five days after the due date, the account is treated as past due and a 5% late charge is applied. Aurora states that delinquent shutoff occurs when the account balance is 40 days past due; the city’s wording should be treated as controlling rather than converting it into an unverified calendar date.

Late-fee calculation

Aurora applies a late charge equal to 5% of the past-due amount beginning five days after the due date. The charge is assessed on the water bill and is subject to the same billing terms. A returned-check fee of $20 is also published. The current fee page does not describe a separate escalating interest rate or a recurring daily penalty.

Disconnection timeline

The published progression is: the bill becomes due 20 days after its bill date; five days after that due date, the account becomes past due and the 5% late charge applies; when the account balance reaches 40 days past due, Aurora Water may perform a delinquent shutoff. Once the full past-due balance and required turn-on charge are paid, the customer must submit a reconnect request through the portal or call Customer Service, and the city states that water will be restored by the end of that day. The public page does not publish a more granular day-by-day field-crew schedule.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Aurora’s current public billing page explains the past-due threshold and reconnect procedure but does not specify a complete legal-notice sequence such as the number of mailed notices, automated calls, text messages, door hangers, or colors of warning cards. Customers should monitor the monthly bill, portal notices, and any account communications, and should contact (303) 739-7388 as soon as a balance is at risk. The city’s published 40-days-past-due standard is not a substitute for reviewing the actual notice sent for the account.

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 2026 published fee schedule lists $38.25 to turn on service after a delinquent shutoff. The same $38.25 amount is listed for a new customer account turn-on, customer-requested turn-on, and customer-requested shutoff. Aurora states that after the full past-due balance is paid, the customer must call (303) 739-7388 or submit the portal Reconnect Request and water will be turned on by the end of the day. No separate after-hours reconnection surcharge is published; after-hours customer service and reconnection support is directed to (303) 739-6772.

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 Aurora – Aurora Water Customer Service 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.