The Washington Township Regional Sewage District has very reasonable rates for the services provided and a vast majority of the people in our service area are reliable, responsible adults who pay their obligations in a timely manner.  We greatly appreciate this as a small utility like this depends very much on our user base.

We do, however, sometimes encounter people who do not pay their bill.  Our present policy is to wait until payments become 5 months overdue and then send a letter from our attorney advising that legal action for collection will be initiated unless payment is received within 30 days.  At the end of that period we file for a lien against the property.  This policy is generous and has cost us some revenue with recent bankruptcy filings.  We have been talking to other sewer and water districts and determined that most of them send a collections letter after 60 days and file the lien after 90 days.

This policy will be adopted at our next meeting, which will be held at the sewage plant at 6:30 PM on August 8.  If you have any comments on this proposed change, we invite you to send us an e-mail or attend the meeting.