06/11/2026
PAST DUE ACCOUNT SHUT OFFS BEGIN TODAY
The city will begin to shut off all water meters with a past due balance. Pictures will be taken of the meter reading when the meter is shut off and locked. Any tampering of the meter or removal of the lock is considered theft of service.
"Meter tampering. For purposes of these sections, meter tampering, bypass, or diversion shall be defined as tampering with a water or sewer utility company’s meter or equipment causing damage or unnecessary expense to the utility, bypassing the same, or other instances of diversion, such as physically disorienting the meter, objects attached to the meter to divert service or to bypass, insertion of objects into the meter, other electrical and mechanical means of tampering with, bypassing, or diverting utility service, removal or alteration of utility-owned equipment or locks, connection or reconnection of service without utility authorization, or connection into the service line of adjacent customers or of the utility." (Public Utility Commission of Texas, chapter 24.169)