Detroit Pauses Water Shutoffs Amidst Harsh Criticism

An effort to collect on unpaid water bills throws the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department into the international spotlight.
Detroit Pauses Water Shutoffs Amidst Harsh Criticism

Is running water a basic human right? Can a utility shut off water to collect debt?

In Detroit, where water customers owe a collective $175 million in unpaid water bills, those questions have drawn the attention of the United Nations and earned the Detroit Water and Sewerage...

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