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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 official 2026 fee schedule specifies a 10% late-payment penalty but does not state one universal numeric grace period between the bill due date and penalty or shutoff.

Late-fee calculation

A late-payment penalty of 10% of the bill applies under the published fee schedule. Returned payments are charged the amount authorized by Tennessee law, payment-collection costs may be passed through, and meter testing or changing is $125. Customers should request the two-reading payment-extension option before interruption when facing a temporary hardship.

Disconnection timeline

The reviewed 2026 public materials do not state one fixed day-count from due date to physical water termination. The account is billed monthly, receives IVR reminders for past-due balances, and may be subject to disconnection after the due date and applicable notices; customers should call 931-645-7400 immediately to confirm the account status.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Clarksville Gas & Water uses an IVR automated phone system to remind customers about past-due accounts and directs customers to WebConnect or the official billing line. The reviewed pages do not document a universal colored paper notice, front-door hanger, or exact final-notice day sequence. A newly adopted payment-extension policy allows an individual customer to request a 14-day extension, up to two times per year, not in immediate succession, if the policy is applied to 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

Water and/or sewer activation or reactivation is $100 during business hours, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and $200 after hours. The after-hours window is not a routine overnight customer-service window; only emergency calls are worked from 10:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. New or reactivated service customers must contact the office the next business day to pay fees and deposits or risk deactivation.

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 Clarksville Gas & Water Department 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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