- (1) A water company must notify its customers of its regular business hours, telephone number, mailing address and a twenty-four hour emergency telephone, pager, voice messaging, fax machine or mobile phone number, at least once a year.
- (2) A water company must advise its customers and the commission of any change in address or telephone number(s) at least ten days prior to the effective date.
- (3) The water company must develop procedures for prompt response to reported failures or emergencies. A company representative must respond to the customer who reported the service failure or emergency within twenty-four hours of the report.
- (4) When a nonemergency customer call is received, a water company must return the customer's call within two business days.
- (5) A water company must acknowledge and respond to a customer's written inquiry within two weeks of receiving the letter.
- (6) The water company must provide a copy of the commission's consumer brochure to each new applicant for service, and once a year notify its current customers of the availability of the brochure and how to obtain a copy.
(7) The water company must make the following information available for review by customers:
- (a) A copy of the water rules, chapter 480-110 WAC.
- (b) A copy of the company's current rates and regulations (tariff).
- (c) A copy of the consumer brochure published by the commission.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040. WSR 99-24-100 (Order R-467, Docket No. UW-980082), § 480-110-315, filed 11/30/99, effective 12/31/99.]