On 4/18/2020 9:37 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 10:08:16 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 4:20:31 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>> This morning I had a big shock! 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! You have to pay water bills and if you don't, you will have
>>> your water turned off????
>>
>> That's true. Just like electricity or any other utility.
>>
>> ISTR that Detroit was putting water shutoffs in abeyance for the duration
>> of the crisis. I doubt they're turning it back on for people who already
>> had it shut off, but you never know.
>>
>>> I have never heard of such a thing!!!!! How on earth can those people,
>>> at
>>> a time like this, manage with no water?????
>>
>> The same way they manage at any other time with no water.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>> ====
>>
>> But for domestic water?
>>
>> UK regulations:
>>
>> "Can a water company cut me off? No, a water company
>> cannot cut off the supply to a domestic property if you
>> currently live in it.
>>
>> Despite this it's still important to pay any arrears
>> to avoid the risk of court action."
>>
>> I am shocked that is not the same everywhere
>
> Don't forget: the United States isn't a nation so much as 50 separate
> nations. Each state has their own laws for most things, per our
> Constitution.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
People in other countries don't understand. There are tons of different
water, electric and gas companies, all different depending upon where
you live in this vast country.

She heard a report on the radio. Is there an article to back it up? If
so I'd like to read it. Sounds like scaremongering but maybe that's
just me. <shrug>

Jill