Hope Beats Hardship
August 24, 2018
Life offers many challenges. Flushing your toilet should not be one of them.
Since July 2014, people like you have helped nearly 1,000 families in Detroit, Baltimore, and surrounding areas with their water bills.
August 24, 2018
Life offers many challenges. Flushing your toilet should not be one of them.
July 11, 2017
Troy M., a 35-year-old quality control inspector, had been toiling at his job and paying his monthly bills without fail until months of guessing by Detroit Water & Sewerage resulted in a massive bill once the utility got around to reading his water meter.
May 1, 2017
Unemployment since 2014 without any job prospects has left Francine T. frustrated and she thinks age discrimination may be why.
April 23, 2017
Baltimore resident Danielle D. came within a couple weeks of losing her home due to an unpaid $1,600 water bill that had grown too high for her to pay.
April 19, 2017
Detroiter Felicia C. by profession was the person people seek out for assistance with various issues in the community, until she found herself needing help from some of the same agencies she routinely told others to seek out.
September 21, 2016
On July 18, 2016, a Detroit Water and Sewerage Department truck pulled up in front of Larry’s Westside Detroit home and a worker got out and promptly shut-off his water service.
September 18, 2016
Aaron knew it would be tough paying his monthly water bill when some money he was counting on didn’t materialize.
September 9, 2016
In 2014, Loria’s typical household budgeting struggles intensified when she lost her one significant source of income–her job.