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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> 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!Â 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!Â 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!!!!!Â Â How on earth can those people,
> >>>> at a time like this, manage with no water?????
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Rare, but can happen. How many were shut off? Very few of the 320
> >>> million of us. Getting water to a house does have a cost. 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. I've heard nothing on the news here about water
> shutoffs.

deaf and blind? Try googling "USA water cut-offs"
>
> If it was a big problem some of the news outlets here would have picked
> it up too.

Keep in mind, in 50 states there are thousands of water
> suppliers. Did they take what one or two are doing and extrapolate that
> the entire country does the same? I don't know. No one here knows.

"Food and Water Watch, a prominent (USA) national research and advocacy
group, tried a fresh approach earlier this year. To get a handle on the
most basic data ? the number of shutoffs ? the group sent requests to
the two largest water utilities in each state. The group asked for the
number of residential households disconnected from water service in 2016
and the number of residential accounts.

Seventy-three utilities responded. Shutoff rates ? the number of shutoff
households divided by the number of accounts ? varied widely, according
to Food and Water Watch?s report, which was published in October. Rates
ranged from 23 percent in Oklahoma City and 20 percent in Tulsa, to 1
percent in Baltimore, Boston, and Dallas. Three utilities ? Eau Claire,
Wisconsin; Leominster, Massachusetts; and the Champlain Water District
in Vermont ? did not shut off any homes in 2016."

Janet