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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 5:00 p.m. on the 25th day after the bill is issued; the ordinance adds a 10% accounting fee when the account is paid after the due date. A reliable 12-month payment history may support waiver by the finance director, so the effective grace period is 0 days after the stated due time.

Late-fee calculation

A late accounting fee equal to 10% of the current water, sewer, or garbage account is added after the due date. The finance director may waive the charge for a reliable preceding 12-month history of full, on-time payments; payment extensions can be written and may require the current bill plus 20% of the delinquent balance each month.

Disconnection timeline

The reviewed Conroe code establishes due-date, late-charge, payment-extension, and discontinuation authority but does not publish a fixed universal calendar day count from missed due date to physical shutoff. E-bill enrollment can deliver late and cut-off notices by email.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City offers e-bill enrollment that sends the monthly bill and late/cut-off notices by email. The reviewed official materials do not disclose the complete current paper-notice, phone-call, hanger, or exact pre-shutoff sequence.

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 code says reconnect/reset after a nonpayment finalization requires an additional deposit of twice the current estimated costs plus the applicable Appendix A reconnect fee during working hours, but the reviewed current public text does not expose the numeric standard versus after-hours amounts.

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 City of Conroe Utility Billing - Water and Sewer 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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