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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

15 days after invoice under the Terrebonne Parish ordinance; the district's customer page also refers to the net due date printed on the statement.

Late-fee calculation

Charges unpaid within 15 days of invoice are delinquent and subject to a 10% penalty. An additional 5% of the full amount due may be added for each 30-day period or fraction thereafter, capped at 25% in the aggregate per calendar year under the reviewed ordinance. The district also charges $30 for returned checks or returned online ACH items.

Disconnection timeline

The district issues a monthly statement, treats unpaid amounts as past due after the net due date, sends a Friendly Reminder identifying a further due date, and may discontinue service if that notice is not paid. The reviewed public page does not state an absolute day-count from invoice to physical valve closure.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The published reconnection procedure says a Friendly Reminder is sent for past-due amounts and service may be discontinued if the amount is not paid by the due date on that notice. Exact mailing, phone, text, or door-hanger sequencing is not specified on the reviewed page.

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

Standard delinquent reconnection is $40. If payment is made by 2:00 p.m., same-day reinstatement may be requested with the full past-due balance and $40 fee. After 2:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, a further $30 after-hours charge applies; no reconnection is performed after 2:00 p.m. Friday or on weekends and holidays.

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 Consolidated Waterworks District No. 1 - Schriever Water Treatment Service Area 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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