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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

Customers have 42 days from the billing date to pay. If payment is not received by 8:00 p.m. Pacific on the 42nd day, the City assesses a 10% penalty on the total outstanding balance and mails a reminder on day 43. Delinquent bills must be paid by day 60 from the billing date to avoid further penalties and water-service disconnection; postmarks are not accepted.

Late-fee calculation

At 8:00 p.m. on day 42 after billing, the City assesses a 10% penalty on the total outstanding balance. A reminder is mailed on day 43. The City’s SB 998 policy permits additional delinquent penalties up to $150 if the account remains unpaid and lists the operational cutoff for payment before turnoff. The current page does not expose separate returned-check, card, or after-hours penalty amounts.

Disconnection timeline

Day 0 is the eight-week billing date. Day 42 at 8:00 p.m. is the late-fee trigger and day 43 is the reminder notice. Day 60 is the final stated date to pay the delinquent bill and avoid further penalties and water-service disconnection, subject to the City’s SB 998 notice and hardship protections. A customer may request a written payment extension before the proposed turnoff; Glendora allows two billing extensions per year and the approved extension is due two weeks from the proposed turnoff date.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City mails a reminder to pay on day 43 after the 10% penalty is assessed and uses the SB 998 Utility Billing Services Policy for discontinuation notice, payment extensions, appeals, and protected customers. The reviewed page does not identify a pink notice, automated call sequence, or text-warning keyword. Customers should submit the written extension form before the proposed turnoff date and contact Water Billing promptly because the City states that postmarks do not satisfy the final payment cutoff.

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 accessible Glendora billing page does not publish a current standard-hours versus after-hours reconnection dollar amount. After a water shutoff, the customer must pay the delinquent balance, penalties, and any City-established service or meter charges; call Water Billing at (626) 914-8239 for the current account-specific restoration total and scheduling. The 2026 rate schedule linked by the City should be consulted for any applicable turn-on or field-service fee.

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 Glendora Water Billing and Water Division 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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