UPDATE: The Philadelphia Water Department has delayed shutting the water off for delinquent residential customers due to the heat emergency impacting the region.
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Water Department has delayed shutting the water off for delinquent residential customers due to the heat emergency impacting the region. Shutoffs were scheduled to start on Wednesday, but a spokesperson for the department told CBS3 that shutoffs will resume once the emergency declaration is lifted.
It will be the first time in two years the Philadelphia Water Department will shut off the water for delinquent residential customers.Person Of Interest In Custody In Connection To Gunpoint Rape At SEPTA's Snyder Station: Philadelphia Police Once the heat emergency is lifted, some workers will be shutting off service to customers if they have unpaid bills totaling more than $1,000 and haven’t signed up for water bill assistance or enrolled in a payment plan.Sesame Place Apologizes After Viral Video Appears To Show Mascot Refusing To High-Five 2 Young Black Girls
“For those who do get a shutoff notice, we need them to reach out to us right away,” Brian Rademaekers, a water department spokesperson, said. “If you haven’t gotten shut off yet, it’s not too late. You can still enter into a payment program, you can request a customer assistance application. Just by requesting that application, that will give you some time to avoid a shutoff.”The water department is giving people an opportunity to avoid a shutoff.
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