Global Water Santa

Global Water Santa Cruz / Palo Verde Global water monopoly against free enterprise maricopa, Arizona

2nd of Jun, 2011 by User439485

The Global Water Company has a government allowed monopoly of water supply in Maricopa Az. You have no choice in who to get water from. These type of companies should be controlled by government as there is no competition to regulate price consumers pay. This is against the tradition of the free market economy and has historically been regulated in America to protect consumers. If you want to shut your water off for a period of time while you are away you have to pay $70 to resart service. Then you have to pay the $80 per month for every month that you were away anyhow. So if I shut my water off for 5 months I must pay $70 to start service and $80 x 5 for months that I did not use their service. In other words you can't suspend service. There is not even a rebate for water conservation. This is a inefficient government allowed monopoly.

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4937 days ago by Yvonne54AZ

I agree with the previus comment.
This and other utilty companies here in Maricopa, AZ are practicing highway robbery or usary toward the public. If you move from one house to another, you must pay another $150 deposit fee, a $35 service fee for water and another $35 service fee for sewer. It doesn't matter to this company if you pay ahead of time or on time or have excellent credit. Reading their statements is a skill most of us don't have...they aren't clear and so far every month since we moved here, I've had to call for clarification. What is this country coming to? I am not illiterate, speak, comprehend and unsterstand English completly and know reading, writing and arithmetic. Unhappy Customer