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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. ACWWA assesses delinquent penalties monthly but the reviewed 2026 materials do not publish a universal day-count grace period.

Late-fee calculation

For 2026 residential customers, delinquent charges are assessed the lesser of 25% or $15 of the past-due amount per month, plus collection costs and attorney fees. Non-residential customers are assessed the lesser of 10% or $250 per month. Returned checks are charged $35.

Disconnection timeline

ACWWA's rules authorize penalties, turnoff, collection costs, and liens for unpaid charges but do not publish a single universal day-by-day shutoff timeline. When a scheduled disconnect payment is returned, ACWWA sends standard and certified notices stating the shutoff date, which must be at least one business day after the notice is posted.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

ACWWA rules provide formal standard-mail and certified-mail disconnect notice when a scheduled-disconnect payment is dishonored, with the shutoff date stated and at least one business day between posting and termination. The public rules do not specify a colored paper, automated call, SMS, or door-hanger sequence for ordinary delinquency.

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

A $50 turn-on fee is charged before service is restored after involuntary turnoff, and all past-due charges must be paid. The 2026 Appendix A also lists a $50 turn-off fee; no separate after-hours customer reconnection price is published.

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 Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater 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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