Utilities are helping hundreds of residents with delinquent water bills to keep their water turned on.
7 On Your Side's Nina Pineda talked to homeowners in Passaic Valley about how they can keep their water on if they are behind on their water bills.A water company in New Jersey began shutting off spigots at hundreds of homes in the Passaic Valley this month, ending a two-year pandemic reprieve for customers with unpaid service bills.The threat of having her water cut off made Paterson resident Ana Garcia so scared that she rushed to the utility to pay her late bill in person.
"At some point we have to consider shutoff and we kind of reached that point this January," Passaic Valley Water Commission Executive Director Jim Mueller said.
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