Water shutoffs to resume in Detroit sometime in May

DETROIT – The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department will begin shutting off water to customers who haven't paid their bills sometime in May.

DWSD previously said shut offs would resume May 1, but now the department is just saying it will happen sometime this month.

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Customers who may be at risk of having their water shut off should have been notified by the department. On April 20th, work crews began posting fliers on addresses that face shut off.