(some what related if you didn’t already know….)
 
Making your water bill easier to swallow? Jersey City customers will start paying monthly in January
 
    Published: Dec. 09, 2022, 12:57 p.m.
By    Joshua Rosario | The Jersey Journal
 
The “long-haul” effects of COVID-19 aren’t just physical.
 
With the number of Jersey City water customers falling behind on their payments nearly doubling, the city’s Municipality Utilities Authority (MUA) and Veolia are transitioning residents’ water bills from quarterly to monthly billing — a move officials say will help property owners pay down their debt.
 
The Municipality Utilities Authority (MUA), the agency responsible for managing the city’s water and sewage systems, and Veolia, which distributes the city’s water, each posted a notice on its websites explaining the new billing cycles that will take effect in January.
 
“It will benefit people who may struggle to pay their quarterly bills by syncing with all the other monthly household bills and in smaller, more manageable amounts,” city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said.
 
A light was shone on the issue in October when Jersey City increased the tax levy in its municipal budget at the 11th hour to account for an $18 million shortfall in payments from the MUA — the result of the growing number of water customers in arrears.
 
Veolia officials say 3,371 accounts were past due as of Nov. 21, which represents roughly 9% of its 38,000-plus clients in Jersey City.
 
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https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/12/making-your-water-bill-easier-to-swallow-jersey-city-customers-will-start-paying-monthly-in-january.html