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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

16 days from the bill date is the net-payment due period; if the final due date falls on a weekend or holiday, the next business day is the payment grace day.

Late-fee calculation

Rates are subject to a 10% late-payment charge when paid after the due date. The tariff separately lists a $6 delinquent-service charge for a trip to collect or terminate service, an $8 regular-hours service connection charge, and a $57 after-hours connection charge.

Disconnection timeline

After the 16-day due date, the District may discontinue service after giving the customer five days' written Past Due Notice. The tariff does not guarantee a fixed calendar day beyond that notice sequence; the printed notice controls.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The Kentucky tariff requires a five-day written Past Due Notice before discontinuance after the bill is not paid by the due date. For electronic-bill customers, a Past Due Notice is sent through USPS. The reviewed pages do not specify automated calls, text keywords, colored paper, or door hangers.

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

Regular-hours service reconnection is $8; after-hours reconnection is $57. If the District must make a delinquent-account trip to collect or terminate service, the separate delinquent-service charge is $6. The outstanding bill and 10% late charge remain payable.

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 Warren County Water 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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