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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

Bills are due and payable at the office or designated agent on the date of issue; service may be terminated only after five days’ written termination notice and twenty days have elapsed since mailing of the original unpaid bill.

Late-fee calculation

The reviewed current rate and rules pages do not expose a fixed late-fee percentage; the District may require deposits, and deposits accrue interest at the lawful rate until refunded.

Disconnection timeline

For nonpayment, the District must provide five days’ written notice of termination and wait twenty days from mailing the original unpaid bill before discontinuing service. A physician, nurse, or public-health certificate can delay termination for qualifying illness until alternative arrangements or 30 days after certification, whichever comes first.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Written termination notice is required at least five days before service is discontinued, after the original unpaid bill has been outstanding for 20 days. The reviewed rules do not describe automated calls, texts, or door hangers.

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

$12.50 reconnection charge after water has been turned off for customer request or delinquent nonpayment; all delinquent bills and other charges must be paid before reconnection. No after-hours differential was exposed.

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 McCreary County Water District 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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