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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

Payment is due by the date on the face of the bill; if the due date falls on a weekend or Authority holiday, payment is considered late at 8:00 a.m. on the first business day afterward. The public page does not provide an additional grace period.

Late-fee calculation

After the due date, a 5% penalty is added to all current charges. A returned check generates a service charge and future payment for that bill must be cash, credit card or money order. An AutoPay transfer returned for insufficient funds incurs a $35 NSF fee and two returned payments in 12 months terminate AutoPay eligibility.

Disconnection timeline

A bill unpaid after the face-of-bill due date is delinquent and grounds for discontinuance. ESWA reserves the right to shut off after first giving 10 days' written notice of the proposed action; a final notice may precede legal action or restricted supply. Restoration requires all delinquent bills, outstanding charges and the water-service restoration fee, unless ESWA agrees to an arrangement for extenuating circumstances.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Termination notices and late notices are sent by USPS even for paperless-billing customers. For planned water-line work, ESWA may mail a letter, hang a door notice, email or use its telephone messaging system; emergency main breaks may not permit advance notice. The delinquency rule specifically requires 10 days' written notice before shutoff.

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

Water service terminated for nonpayment is restored only after delinquent bills, outstanding fees and the water-service restoration fee are paid; the reviewed current page does not state the restoration-fee amount or an after-hours differential. The night box is a payment drop-off method, not an after-hours reconnection promise.

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 Easton Suburban Water Authority 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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