Grissom Water Rates

Customers who are temporarily consuming water and Peru Utility water personnel must provide temporary metering to measure water usage shall pay the following additional fee: $133 per meter. All water consumption will also be charged using the current water rates.

All bills for water services not paid within fifteen (15) days from the due date thereof, as stated in such bills, shall be subject to the collection or deferred payment charge of ten percent (10%) on the first $3 and three percent (3%) on the excess over $3.

All users, at the time of connection to the waterworks system, shall pay a charge to cover the cost of tapping the main, furnishing and laying the service pipe, corporation and stop cocks, service and meter box, and furnishing and installing the meter.

Customers who have had their water disconnected for nonpayment must pay $40 to have their water service reconnected. Reconnect must be during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday except observed holidays).

When a customer's check payment has been rejected by the bank or other financial institution due to nonsufficient funds, account closed, account blocked, or for any other reasons, and our bank must debit our bank account to pay for the check, we will require the account holder to reimburse us for the amount of the funds, plus a returned check fee of $35.

In addition to the above fee, the water usage as a result of the tamper will be estimated and billed to the customer.

The cost, per load, for treated water taken directly from the Peru Utilities Water plant is $35 plus the consumption charges using our current water rates for.

At the customer's request, Peru Utilities will test the water meter at no charge to the customer, as long as that same meter has not been tested in the previous 12-month period. Each subsequent meter test in a 12-month period will be charged $56. This fee is for meters that Peru Utilities has the equipment to test. If the test is performed by a third party, this fee will be for time and materials, but not less than $56. If the test results are outside the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission guidelines for meter accuracy, this fee will be returned to the customer.

Customers who have not paid their water bill or who have not made arrangements to pay their water bill by the disconnect date as listed on the utility bill or other form of notice of disconnect, where the service technician has left our administrative offices to begin the cutoff process, but has not yet disconnected the customer, will be charged a fee of $27.

Customers who have had their water disconnected for nonpayment must pay $92 to have their water service reconnected after Peru Utilities' regular business hours. Regular business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for observed holidays or other scheduled closures.

Customers who require a temporary turn on or turn off for repairs after business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday), holidays, and weekends, will be charged $71. This fee will be waved if the leak(s) are in the customer's lines between the water meter and the residence.