On 4/18/2020 9:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/18/2020 5:41 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 05:27:03 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 4/17/2020 4:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This morning I had a big shock!ÂÂ* There was a report on the radio that
>>>>> many people in USA were having a difficult time because they don't
>>>>> have
>>>>> water?????
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that true!ÂÂ* You have to pay water bills and if you don't, you will
>>>>> have your water turned off????
>>>>>
>>>>> I have never heard of such a thing!!!!! ÂÂ* How on earth can those
>>>>> people,
>>>>> at a time like this, manage with no water?????
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I agree with you, Ed. In this fairly short time where people have
>>> lost income and might be late paying bills, I seriouly doubt
>>> having
>>> your water cut off is due to this situation. You will get several
>>> notices to pay before they resort to a cut-off.
>>
>> Do you think what Ophelia saw on UK TV was fake news?
>>
> I'd not say fake but news people often take bland reports and
> sensationalize them.Â* I've heard nothing on the news here about water
> shutoffs.
>
> If it was a big problem some of the news outlets here would have picked
> it up too.Â* Keep in mind, in 50 states there are thousands of water
> suppliers.Â* Did they take what one or two are doing and extrapolate that
> the entire country does the same?Â* I don't know.Â* No one here knows.

I sure as heck haven't heard anything on the news about people having
their water shut off due to lack of payment as a result of the Covid-19
pandemic. That's not the sort of thing mainstream media would ignore.

What I'm hearing *locally* is if you can't pay your bill because you've
been laid off due to the virus they are waiving late fees and penalties.
They are not cutting off essential services such as water, electricity
or gas (where applicable). They do expect to be paid at some point.

Jill