Pay Up Or No Sewer Service

More than a dozen Daphne Utilities customers have one week to pay up or their sewer service will be shut off. The utility company's general manager says 18 customers in the Park City and Belforest areas owe more than 23 thousand dollars in past due payments. The GM says the customers have been given at least 2 months notice and some of the bills are years overdue. Customers have until next week to get on a payment plan. If they don't, their sewer lines will be dug up and shut off, "we have issued 2 certified letters, we have sent out automated phone calls to everyone of the homeowners, we have put a door hanger on the front door of every affected home, we'll have another door hanger going out this week, and we will make one last effort literally at the front door before the backhoe digs into the ground," said Daphne Utilities General Manager, Rob McElroy. Having your sewer service turned off comes with a hefty price tag. On top of the money already owed, Daphne Utilities will charge the 2-grand it cost them to cap the line, plus a 75 dollar deposit.