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                                  1. Start

                                2. Database

                               3. Meter reading           Phone in          Rotate process

                                 4. Billing       Batch          Online     Tenant application
                                                  Payment                     Bad check
                                5. Payment                     Zip check
                                                 agreement                     process
                            6. Payment processing     Point of sale  Zip phone

                                                       Third party   Zip check

                                                      Remittance      Outside
                                                       processing    collection
                                                       (remit pro)   activities
                                                      Group billing  Payment processing

                                                      Bad checks      Refund processing


                                                       Collection
                          7. Collections/enforcements  management         Shut off
                                                                          notices
                                                        system
                                                        Second            Shut off/
                                                        notices       restoration process

                                8. Recovery                             Utilities Service
                                                      Sheriff sale
                                                                   Tenants Rights Act (USTRA)

                                                                       Law department
                                                      Bankruptcy
                                                                          accounts
                                                                      Outside collection
                                                       Reinspect
                                                                          agencies
                                                        Payroll           Medical
                                                       deduction        emergencies


                                                      Low income

                    FIGURE 14.2  Overview of customer billing system for water and waste water services in the City
                    of Philadelphia. (Source: Philadelphia Water Department.)
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