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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

No separate grace period is published. The utility ordinance requires payment by the due date printed on the bill; payments received after the due date incur a 10% penalty on current monthly charges, with the ordinance's general minimum charge of $3.00. The current customer-facing pages do not give a universal calendar-day count from bill mailing to the due date beyond the statement's printed deadline.

Late-fee calculation

Payments after the printed due date incur a 10% penalty on current monthly charges. The adopted disconnection fee schedule lists a $25 residential delinquent fee and a $150 commercial delinquent fee when service is disconnected for nonpayment and reconnection is requested. A returned check is $25, and a credit-card chargeback is $27.55. The City's public pages do not describe interest compounding or a separate recurring late-payment percentage beyond the 10% penalty.

Disconnection timeline

The current public College Station pages require payment by the printed due date and state that nonpayment can lead to disconnection, with a $25 residential delinquent fee when reconnection is requested. The current accessible City materials do not publish a fixed calendar sequence such as a universal number of days after due date, a door-hanger date, or an exact physical shutoff day. Customers should call Utility Customer Service at (979) 764-3535 immediately when a balance may become delinquent and obtain the account-specific cutoff and restoration amount.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City publishes the due-date rule, the 10% late penalty, and the residential delinquent reconnection fee, but the current public utility pages do not expose a complete warning-notice sequence. No universal automated-call cadence, SMS delinquency keyword, door hanger, or fixed number of mailed notices is stated. Customers may use the Customer Portal and paperless billing for statement notifications and should keep account contact information current; outage TextPower notices are separate from collections.

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 current fee schedule lists a $25 residential delinquent fee and $150 commercial delinquent fee when service is disconnected for nonpayment and reconnection is requested. The published utility ordinance also identifies a $30 after-hours service charge for service work between 5pm and 9pm. The current pages do not state a weekend/holiday restoration amount or a guaranteed restoration interval; customers should contact Utility Customer Service before paying and use the 24-hour dispatch line only for urgent water-service emergencies.

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 College Station Utilities (CSU) Water and Wastewater / Utility Customer Service 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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