Miss. city cuts water after apartment managers miss bill payments File photo of a water faucet. (Source: Hawaii News Now/file) By Associated Press | February 1, 2021 at 12:37 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 12:37 PM
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) A city-owned utility company in Mississippi turned off water service at an apartment complex for several hours because a management company continued to miss water payments.
It happened Friday at Cypress Park Apartments in Columbus. It has 144 units.
Columbus Light and Water General Manager Todd Gale tells the Commercial Dispatch there was “a substantial amount of nonpayment.”
The management company for the apartments is based in Michigan.
City cuts water after apartment managers miss bill payments
February 1, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) A city-owned utility company in Mississippi turned off water service at a 144-unit apartment complex for several hours because a management company continued to miss water payments.
Columbus Light and Water General Manager Todd Gale told the Commercial Dispatch that service at Cypress Park Apartments was disconnected Friday. He said the utility company had trouble reaching the apartment managers. He would not disclose how long the management company had been late with payments.
“I’ll just say it’s a substantial amount of nonpayment,” Gale said.
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