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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

Payments are due the last business day of the month, followed by a 5-day grace period before the $5 late charge is assessed.

Late-fee calculation

The 2026 administrative fee schedule lists a $5 late charge after the 5-day grace period, a $15 disconnection-notice charge, and a $26 returned-payment charge. Past-due balances and service fees are due immediately to avoid disconnection, and water service is lienable under Colorado law.

Disconnection timeline

Bills are generated around the 6th-9th and due at month-end; after the five-day grace period a late charge applies. Castle Rock mails late-payment notices mid-month and may issue a Notice of Intent to Disconnect with additional fees; the reviewed pages do not publish a fixed calendar day for physical shutoff.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Past-due amounts are highlighted in red; late-payment notices are mailed mid-month and a courtesy delinquent notice is typically emailed when an email address is available. A Notice of Intent to Disconnect may follow, with past-due amounts and fees due immediately.

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 2026 administrative schedule lists a $38 delinquency disconnection/reconnection fee, a $106 meter lockout fee, and a $91 customer-requested service disconnection/reconnection fee. The reviewed current fee schedule does not publish a separate after-hours reconnection premium.

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 Town of Castle Rock Water 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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