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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

The reviewed 2026 rate schedule does not state a number of grace days; the 10% penalty applies to any water/sewer bill paid after its printed due date.

Late-fee calculation

A 10% penalty of current water and sewer charges is added after the due date. The general 2026 Treasurer fee schedule also lists a $25 returned-payment fee and 1.5% monthly late fee for past-due invoices where no more specific utility penalty controls.

Disconnection timeline

The reviewed City pages do not provide a fixed day-by-day shutoff calendar. Water/sewer customers may request payment plans if they have not defaulted previously, and plans should be established before the due date on the final notice.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City describes final notices and payment-plan eligibility but does not publish a precise mail, call, SMS or door-hanger sequence. Customers should contact Utility Business before the final-notice due date and keep their utility mailing address current.

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

No standard or after-hours delinquency reconnection fee was published in the reviewed City 2026 materials. The account must be brought current or placed under an approved arrangement, and customers should confirm restoration charges with Utility Business.

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 Wyoming Utility Business Office 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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