From Detroit Free Press.

323,000 customers.
150,000 delinquent water accounts.
$118 million in outstanding bills

April, 44,200 shutoff notices mailed;
Water cut off to 3025 properties, both commercial and residential.
Targeted are customers who are more than two months late.
65 percent come in to make a payment after water is shut off.

Average monthly water bill $75.00

The city has approved an 8.7% increase in water bills.
The system is old and needs repairs and replacements.

The City is in receivership.