Water service reconnected at Towne West stores after being shut off - KAKE

Water service reconnected at Towne West stores after being shut off - KAKE

Water service reconnected at Towne West stores after being shut off

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Three stores at Towne West Square have had their water shut off this week due to delinquent water bill payments.

While the stores are unnamed, the City has confirmed that two had their water disconnected Tuesday, with an additional store following suit on Wednesday. Four more stores are scheduled for shut off next Monday unless the city receives their payment.

This is not the first time utilities have been disconnected from stores at the mall. Earlier this year, Evergy shut electricity service off two separate times, one in September and the other in November, and was facing a third shutoff in June, but mall owner Kohan Retail Investment Group was able to pay their bill.

In a statement to KAKE News on Thursday afternoon, Megan Lovely, communications manager with the City of Wichita, said that the property manager is mailing a check and the City has reconnected water for the units that were shut off.

Lovely said the four that were in danger of being cut off are no longer in danger of being cut off.

"As long as payments resume, we do not anticipate any other businesses to be at risk of disconnection," Lovely said.