{"id":509,"date":"2017-02-10T01:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T06:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebmastp.com\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2019-07-01T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T17:35:26","slug":"about-my-sewage-bill-elizabeth-borough-municipal-authority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ebmastp.com\/about-my-sewage-bill-elizabeth-borough-municipal-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"About My Sewage Bill | Late payments | Penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sewage bills are generated and mailed on the 15th\u00a0of each month.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The bill due the fifteen (15) day of the following month.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bills not paid in full by the end of the business day on the bill due date will be charged a penalty (5% of the current monthly bill) plus interest charge of 0.83% (10% per annum).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Any checks that are returned for NSF (non-sufficient funds) will incur a $38.00 fee.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Any sewage accounts with an outstanding balance that meet the criteria for shut off will receive a 30-day notice<\/strong> prior to service being shut off.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Once a sewage account has received a 30-day notice, the\u00a0entire outstanding account balance<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0must be paid before the account is removed from termination status.\u00a0NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.<\/strong><\/u><\/div><\/div>
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If the account still has an outstanding balance at the end of the 30-day period will have their property posted for shut off. Once you have received a final notice, you have 14 days thereafter to pay your delinquent amount. If not paid, you will be shut off with no further correspondence from EBMA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Accounts not paid in full<\/em><\/strong> by the end of the 14 days noted above\u00a0will be turned over to Pennsylvania American Water Company and scheduled for service termination. A $60.00<\/strong> administration fee will be charged to these accounts to cover paperwork, service man, shutoff and turn on.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Once water service has been terminated, the entire outstanding account balance must be paid in full<\/em><\/strong><\/u> before the water service can be reinstated.\u00a0NO EXCEPTIONS.<\/strong><\/u><\/div><\/div>
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If you or anyone presently and normally living in your home has a medical condition, aged, or a young child whose health and safety would be jeopardized by lack of water service, water service will not be stopped if the following conditions are met:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
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  1. Have your physician fax a written certification that such circumstances exist, to 412-384-3144.<\/li>\n
  2. Contact Diversified Technology Corp. at (844) 324-5371 after the certification has been faxed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once the steps are completed, medical certificates will be reviewed and verified and you will be notified if\u00a0you’ve been approved or denied service.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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