Detroit water bill lines
Credit: LATimes
DETROIT — Crews are set to begin on Monday shutting off water service to thousands of people who haven’t paid their bills, a city water official said Sunday.
There are about 23,000 people who owe money to the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, with an average bill of $663, officials said. The utility on Saturday made a last-ditch effort to allow those in arrears on their water bills to enter payment plans.
About 1,000 people visited the utility’s main office on Randolph in downtown Detroit and the East Side Customer Service Center on E. McNichols on Saturday in a last-minute effort to avoid having their water service shut off.
“We’re not just going to shut people’s water off without giving them a chance,” spokeswoman Linda Clark said. “We’re doing what we can to help people. The last thing we want to do is cut off people’s service.”
People began lining up outside the center early Saturday morning, Clark said. The queue snaked out the door, along […]
I believe that having water is a right, and never should a person’s water be shut off under any circumstances. The bills seem to be very high, by the way. Water should be free in my estimation, as it is the most essential need in life, and should never be shut off for any reason.