Last year the city gave SAWS $10 million to help customers pay overdue water bills, but so far, the water utility has only spent $2.2 million.
San Antonio Water System officials say they've had trouble finding eligible residents who have past due water bills due to pandemic hardship.After getting $10 million from the city of San Antonio late last year to help thousands of customers pay past-due water bills, San Antonio Water System officials say they’re having a hard time giving the money away.
The number of SAWS customers facing disconnections has dropped dramatically since the height of the pandemic, but remains stubbornly high. In March 2020, about 5,000 SAWS customers were eligible for disconnection. In August of last year, as many asAs of Tuesday, that figure stood at 11,582 eligible customers, Bailey said. Customers may be disconnected after becoming 60 days delinquent on a bill.
Despite the utility’s extensive outreach campaign, SAWS is not reaching enough eligible customers, Bailey said. Of the 6,635 applications for funding relief the utility has received so far, almost 60% qualified, resulting in $2.2 million in customer debt reduction — an average of about $561 per customer.
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