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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

Five days after the last-business-day due date. Castle Rock’s billing page states that payments received after the five-day grace period are assessed a $5 late fee.

Late-fee calculation

A $5 late fee is assessed after the five-day grace period. Past-due notices and disconnection generate additional service fees that may not appear on the current bill, so customers must pay the red-marked past-due balance plus all posted fees immediately. Colorado water charges are lienable, and nonpayment can result in a property lien.

Disconnection timeline

Monthly bills are due on the last business day; after the five-day grace period a $5 late fee posts. If a past-due balance remains, Castle Rock may send a Notice of Intent to Disconnect Water with additional fees. After disconnection, full payment of all past-due charges and service fees is required, and reconnection is scheduled by the end of the next business day after the Town receives payment at its office.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Castle Rock mails late-payment notices around the middle of the month and may send courtesy delinquent emails when a customer has provided an email address. A past-due statement is marked in red, and a Notice of Intent to Disconnect Water may follow if the balance remains. The Town does not promise a universal automated-call or SMS delinquency sequence; Pay-By-Text is a separate optional account feature.

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

After a nonpayment disconnect, all past-due charges and service fees must be paid in full. Reconnection is scheduled by the end of the next business day after payment is received at the office. The current customer-facing pages reviewed do not publish the exact 2026 reconnection dollar amount or a separate after-hours restoration surcharge; after-hours emergency staff handle operational incidents, not ordinary delinquency restoration.

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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