On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:58:35 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/17/2020 10:29 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski"Â* wrote in message ...
>>
>> Rare, but can happen.Â* How many were shut off?Â* Very few of the 320
>> million of us.Â* Getting water to a house does have a cost.Â* Most are
>> probably a year or more behind and made no attempt to resolve the
>> situation
>> ===
>>
>> Â*Oh I am so sorry that it can happen(Â* If you read my other post(s)
>> (apols forÂ* that)
>>
>> Â*Any houses we live in in UK cannot have their water shut offÂ* Yes we
>> can be taken to court and we can be fined, but not cut off
>>
>> Â*It is a terrifying thought.
>>
>Not really. There are ways to get help. If the water gets shut off you
>can be sure they are true deadbeats with no intention of ever paying.
>It is not because they are 10 days late, it is because they are years
>late and living in squalor.

You have a lot of deadbeats then.

"Each year, millions of Americans have their water turned off as a
result of unpaid water bills. The organization Food & Water Watch
estimates that water was cut off to 15 million people in 2016, based
on information provided by utility companies. "
<https://consumer.findlaw.com/consumer-transactions/can-a-utility-company-shut-off-my-water-without-notice.html>