{"id":429823,"date":"2026-09-08T18:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429823\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:56:16","slug":"city-of-houston-water-shutoffs-resume-mayor-said-the-city-is-owed-30-million-in-unpaid-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429823\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Houston water shutoffs resume, mayor said the city is owed $30 million in unpaid bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">On Tuesday, the City of Houston said it will start shutting off water for people with unpaid bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video above is from a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/15k-water-customers-collectively-owe-30m-service-will-soon-cut-off-city-houston-says\/19747903\/\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previous report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The city stopped shutting off water two years ago because of problems with faulty meters and billing errors. The mayor\u2019s office claims those issues have been resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Now, Public Works said almost 15,000 customers who haven\u2019t paid a bill in 90 days and owe more than $500 will be shut off. In all, the city says it\u2019s owed $30 million in unpaid bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This effort is about maintaining a fair and sustainable utility system and, just as importantly, being fair to the Houstonians who pay their bills on time,&#8221; Mayor John Whitmire said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The city said it is providing payment plans and information about assistance to customers who could see their taps run dry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The city added that customers with questions about their account, payment arrangements, available assistance, or disputes should call 713-371-1400.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, the City of Houston said it will start shutting off water for people with unpaid bills.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[149206,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-429823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-149206","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}