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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. The 2026 rules authorize late fees and revocation for nonpayment but do not publish a fixed grace-period day count.

Late-fee calculation

The 2026 rate schedule lists a $15 residential late fee per meter. Commercial/irrigation meters are charged 5% of the 30-days-past-due balance, capped at 25% of the amount due. The schedule also lists a $25 NSF check fee, $50 trip charge, and $50 reconnection fee.

Disconnection timeline

ECCV's 2026 rules state that late payment may lead to a late fee, interest, penalties, and revocation of service, but the public documents reviewed do not publish an exact day-by-day due-date-to-shutoff calendar. Reconnection requires payment of the reconnection fee and all outstanding past-due charges.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The reviewed ECCV rules authorize late fees, collection costs, and revocation for overdue accounts but do not state a specific colored mailer, automated call sequence, text cadence, or door-hanger protocol. The portal can send billing statements, payment confirmations, and delinquency notices by SMS when the customer opts in.

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 schedule lists a $50 reconnection fee. ECCV's public schedule does not publish a separate after-hours dollar differential; service is not reconnected until the reconnection fee and all past-due charges are paid.

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 East Cherry Creek Valley Water & Sanitation District 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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