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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

No calendar-day grace period; payment is due by 5:00 p.m. on the date printed on the bill, and payments after that time are subject to penalty.

Late-fee calculation

A 10% penalty is assessed on the outstanding balance after 5:00 p.m. on the due date. Customers receive at most one courtesy penalty waiver per rolling 12-month period. Returned EFTs may incur a $35 processing fee.

Disconnection timeline

Continued failure to pay may result in disconnection, but the reviewed Southlake terms do not state an absolute day-count timeline from missed due date to shutoff. After nonpayment disconnection, the outstanding balance must be paid in full and Customer Service schedules reconnection.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed terms warn that continued nonpayment may disconnect service but do not publish a detailed mailed-notice, automated-call, text, or door-hanger sequence.

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 terms state that payment before 5:00 p.m. permits same-day scheduling and payment after 5:00 p.m. schedules the next business day. A separate current standard or after-hours reconnection dollar fee was not verified.

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 Southlake Water Utilities 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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