Starting Tuesday, Saginaw city officials are “suspending” new water shutoffs, after drawing criticism for sending out 750 shutoff notices earlier this month.
About 236 households have been disconnected since June 15, and 95 still haven’t had their water restored, said John Stemple, the city’s Director of Neighborhood Services and Inspections. But now, he says, they won’t shut off any more homes for at least a week.
The state s moratorium on water shutoffs has expired, but the city s critics say many are still struggling financially.
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“Beginning tomorrow, we have basically suspended the actual shut off,” Stemple said Monday. “However, we re going to use a process that we ve used in the past, by putting door hangers on those customers that are getting close to shut off. And that notice will say basically, ‘We re going to come back after a certain number of days.’ And we re also going to provide contact information for the