I'm out in the San Tan Valley and Florence area. Epcor bought out Johnson Utilities in 2021 which was a very bad company. Epcor hasn't made it any better. The water quality here is so bad we are afraid to let our dogs drink it. The fees are pretty high for water, but that's not my main complaint. My main complaint is the customer service. They are all useless. If you call customer service, they clearly don't know what they are doing. I got shut off once because we could not afford the $250 bill because I am disabled and my wife's hours were cut. Sure, that's partially on us cause we couldn't afford it, but they didn't really work with us to help us pay it either. After we were able to get the money to pay the bill, (they make you pay it online then verify the confirmation number over the phone). The lady told us the water would be back on the same day with no extra fee.. then later in the same call stated "Oh, there will be a reconnection fee now cause it's after 3pm, do you want to wait until tomorrow to avoid the fee?" No! I do not want to wait in Arizona summer heat to have my water turned back on! Also, their online chat does not work. It redirects you to wait for an agent, then disconnects you. So I used the message system they have on their site to complain about it and all they said was "we know it's broken." Then why is it still an option for customers? They push for customers to use it even! Also, whenever I use the message system, I don't get good answers back, they always state the obvious and don't address my questions or problem. Lastly, their website doesn't break down your bill when you want to pay, and for some reason a lot of the time it schedules the payment for the next day instead of taking it right out, especially on weekends. I feel like for such a big company this shouldn't be a problem. TLDR; Epcor customer service is frustrating as their reps are not very good and/or poorly trained, their online chat is broken, replies through their website message system only state the obvious, are limited responses, and are not helpful in any way. The online payment system is not efficient and could be better for such a big company. read more

Called 811 for marking my yards buried utility lines and I specified NOT to paint the landscape rocks. Every other companies that located the lines, didn't spray the rocks. The ticket clearly stated NOT to, but EPCOR did anyways. Obviously they didn't read the ticket, or they just didn't care read more

Their sewage rates have gone up 50% in the last 6 months. They do not offer a vacation mode, so you have to pay even though you don't use the service. read more

Their faulty sewer pipes flooded my home and caused a complete remodel. I don't have the funds for such a repair.

I sent epcor check number 5888 epcor hold on to it and turn off the water service to my home. Next epcor over charged my account $200 around $50 to turn on the water service to my home. On top of everything epcor had stolen and over charged epcor cashed the check 5888 for amount of $75 epcor used to be johnson utilities and they changed their name because of the lawsuit they had lost for committing the similar discussing crimes. read more

Well EPCOR has updated their app, and of course there are numerous issues. Had trouble paying my bill and I was charged a $1.80 processing fee. I looked at my profile and it now shows an email address That I haven't had for over 10 years! The system doesn't let me update this new app with updated personal information. I will call them tomorrow. My current billing is double what my monthly amount usually is, so I am assuming that I did not receive a online notification since the updated app was put in place And this bill is for two months. What a mess. I was also receiving a paper bill, but no longer get one. read more

Epcor has been anything but cooperative at all turns. Our water heater failed prematurely because the water pressure regulator failed. The water pressure regulator failed because the water pressures to our neighborhood are too high. Everyone on our street has been replacing regulators and water heaters because of this. Call Epcor: "That's your responsibility" -as stated by an angry customer service representative. Sweet... read more

Terrible. No customer care . 50 minutes on phone To. Get them to remove a false Bogus $49.00 charge for water meter. Terrible Off shore call center Terrible Minus 0 read more

They deserve 0 stars. Absolutely AWFUL company to deal with. They might be the worst I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. "The issue with EPCOR has been ongoing since November. We received an abnormally high bill with extra charges added. In December, we received another bill that claimed our water usage for the month was in excess of 100,000 gallons, and the largest bill we have ever received with EPCOR (and Johnson Utilities). We reached out to EPCOR starting back in December and it has just been back and forth with them. They had someone look at the meter back in December and they claimed there was nothing wrong with it. We received a disconnect notice and so we were concerned since we could not observe any signs of a leak inside or around our property. We hired a plumber to inspect our property and they could not find any evidence of leaks anywhere. We presented all of this information to EPCOR and they put is in contact with the water conservation team. This led to additional back and forth as its very difficult to get in touch with this team since they have no direct contact. Finally, we were able to have a foreman from the local office come out to our house, look at our property/meter, and talk to us directly. He told us that the meter in the ground is known to fail and that this has been going on since before EPCOR took over. He said that the meter would report usage incorrectly and would go back and recommend that the meter be replaced. This never happened and several weeks later, we received a phone call from EPCOR to make payment. We decided to reach out to the Arizona Corporation Commission and suddenly the needle started moving again. We've attached the original complaint which has additional information. We received an e-mail from EPCOR on behalf of the ACC which listed the next steps. Today, we received a phone call from EPCOR directly. Again, they are unwilling to take ownership of their failing meter. The "supervisor" and EPCOR are still claiming that we used more than 100,000 gallons of water in a 30 day span. This is a very abbreviated capture of the events. We feel very much at a loss since the company refuses to take ownership of their failing equipment despite having an employee tell us directly that the meters in the ground are prone to have this issue, we are being told its our responsibility." read more

Welp...trying to set up service for my new address and cannot get through. After holding for 12 minutes, the call dropped. No option to do online. I checked Yelp to see if my experience is unusual, and unfortunately not. How do companies get away with this? More company choices are needed to force them to provide good service. What a disgrace. They should be embarrassed. read more

Ever since we moved out here to San Tan valley, we have had nothing but grief with the the water company. After being sued for its shenanigans with the people out here, it was court ordered to have operations overseen by queen creek or mesa water company. Things have gotten worse. I have printed out my water bill history to prove that they are up to no good again under a different name now. 3 months ago they came out and replaced our water meter stating that it hadn't been reading anything at all for 2 months. But somehow we got a bill for those months that was $30 -$40 over what it should be. They replaced the meter 2x now and these last 2 months our bill has averaged over $100 each month what it use to be before these issues they claim they have been having. It's just me and the wife who are senior citizens and our kids married and moved out 3-7 yrs ago. We have had our system checked for leaks and no leaks were found and pressure never dropped at all in a 30 min time frame. I've shut Part of my watering system off and changed out 2 toilets to make sure we had nothing leaking. I even unhooked my water softener and closed the valves to bypass it to make sure. We tried to explain this to Epcore the water company and they will not talk about it. I have 2 daughters with young children that live just down the road who uses the same water company. Both of their bills combined will still not equal 1 of ours and one of them has a good size in ground pool. Why are they doing this to senior citizens out here. Especially since I'm losing my job with Intel 2 weeks before Christmas. The wife works in the cafeteria out here at Legacy school and doesn't make much. We need someone to look into this to put a stop to this corrupt company. read more

I would recommend avoiding using this service if at all possible. Their phone service is awful if you ever have to use it, getting a simple problem fixed can take hours of being transferred again and again. If you pay your bill late a few times they make it harder for you to pay your bill, how does that make sense? And it takes nearly a year to get back to being able to just pay online again. Do better. read more

Two words. Rip off. They are constantly changing their site so that you can't make a payment, they make it so difficult too pay. Then they then direct you on line so you can pay even more in fees to actually pay their outrageous bills! I hate Epcor. NO customer service, no help just give us more money! When are they going to regulate these crooks! I made one attempt and I'm locked out. read more

AZ Epcot is horrible and crooked. They will scam customers every opportunity. Their ACH is 5 days before actual date of payment. You are then charged for late fee and returned payment when there is a problem on the banks end. IT IS NOT THEIR POLICY TO INFORM CUSTOMERS WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM!! They will scam you out of every possible late charge when you have a perfect record for years. read more

Called for service due to frozen shut-off valves at house & at meter. Needed to stop serious mainline leak in side yard. EPCOR sent out the RUDEST technician I have ever encountered. Besides refusing to replace the main valve (EPCOR's valve-- so crusty & stiff it looks like it came off the Titanic), he proceeded to berate me for tampering with EPCOR's equipment. Berate me? Oh yes. I take that sort of abuse from no one, especially not from some proudly arrogant quasi-plumber stranger! I have called in a complaint to EPCOR HQ, and am posting this publicly so my complaint will be harder to sweep under the rug. read more

After having dealt with Epcor for over 5 weeks in order to have an overpayment I sent in returned to me, I can fully understand why there are so many 1 star ratings for them and also, why a number of the reviewers would have liked give them 0 stars. I first contacted Epcor on Jan 23 after I received notification from my bank that my payment to Epcor had been processed. I was told by Epcor at that time that they did see the error and, would refund the overpayment within 5 to 10 business days. It wasn't until after the end of that 10 day period on Feb 3rd, that I was again contacted by Epcor advising me that due to the amount of the overpayment, I would now have to wait until Feb 23 to receive the refund due to their fictitious concerns that, my bank could retract that payment within 30 days of receipt. I say their concerns were fictitious because, I was informed by my bank whom I also called on Jan 23, that once a payment has been deducted from my account, transferred to the recipients account and processed which occurred on Jan 23. There is no way a bank could then access that recipients account and take back that deposit. However, this did not deter Epcor from refusing to return my refund as initially promised. In fact, prior to Feb 23, I was again notified by Epcor on Feb 4th, one day after being told on Feb 3rd that my refund would be issued on Feb 23rd, that my refund would now not be issued until Feb 28th. So much for their 30 day waiting period as this would now make it 36 days since they received my overpayment. As it turns out, my refund was not issued and mailed until March 1st which was 37 days after receipt. I firmly believe the delay was due to Epcor not being concerned about any repercussions from incidents like this. Unlike how the consumer can cancel service if they are unhappy with their internet, telephone, or cable service. When this occurs with utility suppliers like Epcor, the consumer does not have that option and these companies can say or do what ever they like with no fear of losing a customer. read more

If I could do a no star I would!!! Customer service is terrible! They leave you on hold and hope you just hang up. No extensions for anyone, they always have to transfer you. Have been dealing with June in Conservation for months now and we were supposed to have an $82 credit which magically has never happened. Everytime I call it is she is busy, or on a break, or she will call back within 3 days which doesn't happen. TERRIBLE SERVICE!!!! read more

Nothing but crappy water and constant increases. This company purchased Johnson utilities who was just as bad and were overcharging people not providing the amount of water and committing fraud and now we have this company who just keeps increasing the prices over and over again and the quality of water is still crap. read more

would give zero stars if possible. this company is predatory and a monopoly. they never call you back. you constantly have to do their job for them which explains how they got audited in July of 2023 and are forcing customers that didn't know they were customers to pay back service fees due to their clerical error! they received an audit in July 2023 and didn't notify anyone of this until June 2024 and want to charge $400+ due to their mistake! read more

Epcor has been fighting us since the take over from Johnson. They have lies cheated and stolen. Somehow our water rated have climbed 30 to 60 percent with the same amount of use. This company is the definition off scam. We have asked for them to investigate and they came they can't. We have done every thing possible to work woth them and finly today they shut off our water even though we paid them 3 Weekes early. They need to be put out of business now. They are clearly taking the same path as johnon read more

Worst water company. Customer service is horrible. Prices are way overpriced. Can't stand this company.

This is the worst utility company I've encountered from living in 9 different states. Communications with corp are horrible. Website pathetic and nearly unusable. Billing service repeatedly keeps charging wrong credit card and threatening shut off even though it's been updated to the same valid card every month. Call center personel are polite but inexperienced. Incompetence at every encounter, month after month. read more

When I first started service with EPCOR, I saw the bad reviews, but couldn't believe that they could be accurate. Let me say now that I have had real experience with them, I now know that many were being generous. i autopay monthly the full amount. The last two bills have gone way up, which had me thinking I might have a leak. I contacted them, and they admitted that their system had a glitch, but did not want to let their customers know, because they did not want them to panic. Their latest billing issue, which is totally their fault, has my head spinning. In talking with them, they admit that automatic payments are not being taken out, as their system has had a glitch for the past 2+ months, and they don't know when it will be fixed. They tell me there will be no late charges. Then the next day I get an automated message, threatening to turn off my service for non-payment. Horrible customer service and poor fiscal management. But it is a monopoly so we are stuck with them. read more

If I could give a 0, I would. Horrible company. Not sending confirmations yo customers who cancel services, because "we dont do that" and then claim the customer never cancelled and charge them a full month. ​ read more

The customer service here is horrible. They are so quick to cut your water off but they will take forever to cut it back on. Then they cant give you an estimated time when it will be back on either. Absolutely horrible, so don't ever have an oversite on your water bill or your done in for almost the entire day. read more

Your auto pay is so sporadic that it's basically useless. Then when we message, you tell us to do something that we can't easily figure out how to do on autopayment options. Please improve your customer online interface. read more

Very unprofessional. Was being challenged by the representative over the phone after waiting for 25 min. Billy put me on hold for 8 min forcing me to hang up after I sat there and talked to the phone, hello are you there? I didn't want to hang up because I waited so long. I called again and was helped in less than 5 min. That was not a good first impression. OHHH and initially they had our address wrong and turned our water off! They even listened to recording and the representative was the one who misunderstood. Can't believe we were going to be paying someone else's bill for god knows how long it could have went on for. I always have them repeat everything back to me after I verify myself. read more

Wow I cannot believe all the negative reviews, and low stars because, Epcor you have a friend and satisfied customer in me!! Danielle, you were courteous, polite, helpful, and very accommodating to me with all my phone questions. And so quick to send a technician out to check the matter. Thank you very much!! read more

How is this our utility company??? This cannot be a legit business! They do not mail us a bill, lie and say they do, and still no bill in the mail. When I finally got a person on the phone, they are obviously working from home while doing other things. I asked for a supervisor, was promised a call, and nothing. I'm astonished! read more

Epcor has been my provider since January 2021 when they took over from Johnson Utilities. to date I have owned my house for four years. My average water usage has ranged between $56-$75 to which I expect however, for the last five months July through November, my bill quadrupled: September and October I was billed exactly $215.49 total opposed to roughly $65. I have no pool no irrigation and no landscaping I don't even have a drip system NOTHING has changed in my household except my MIL moved out (one less person) and I have eco-friendly appliances when I called they told me there must be an issue as it has been consistent for the remaining 3 1/2 years that I was billed SO it's fine?! HORRIBLE CROOKS!!! read more

If I could give ZERO stars I would. Not only is the water overpriced it has to be the worst, hardest water in existence. My skin feels better getting out of the wave pool at the water park than when I get out of my own shower. All my appliances are getting ruined. My faucets look like shit and to top it all off the customer service is a joke. $130 water bill is ridiculous!! My previous home water bill was $70 and I had grass to water.. Freakin joke!! read more

EPCOR? I rate these yahoos (-5 ) (minus 5). I was billed for 16,000 gallons one month while we were out of state for 2 weeks. I don't have a portable swimming pool, (14 ft wide, 3.5 ft deep) Funsicle Oasis pool for the backyard that uses 3,512 gallons of water to fill this pool sold by Walmart. So These stoopid system they have is a scum. We need to have a formal complaint filed against these scummmers for cheating us the public. Who's in? This has got to STOP. And their billing system is a dino-sour and outdated the online billing system does not reflect the true charges and you can't also print what they have. You know that is way-outttdated. EPCOR sux big time. read more

I have had Epcor water service for 20 years and during that time, I have paid my bill on time (almost) every month. Somehow, because I was traveling and because my credit card was compromised and canceled, they shut my water off. So obviously, my past performance has nothing to do with how I'm treated. To them, we are all just numbers with dollar signs. Also, good luck navigating their phone system. It's so ridiculously complicated it would make a good comedy routine. read more

Antiquated company populated with rude uneducated employees. Made 5 phone calls explaining I was the victim of identity theft after both my parents died and my bank account needed to be frozen until things could be sorted out. They were SO rude and finally insisted I drive all the way out to deal with it in person. Literally wouldn't just take my money without tons of drama and time wasted. 15 other companies I dealt with were kind and cooperative. But apparently $120 is enough to bring EPcor to it's knees. As soon as the house they service sells I will be do happy to never deal with them again. Gross!! read more

Stay away from living in their district, terrible policy, they just shut the water on me and my family, with 3 children. I missed 1 payment arrangement payment, they basically said pay the whole bill of $2100.00 or they won't turn it back on, I offered to pay the missed payment and any new bill amount, which would've been 360.00 they wouldn't do it, is this still American or some 3rd world country. read more

Deplorable! After 7 years of maintaining a positive balance of $100+ on my water bill, when I moved and converted the unit into a rental there was a $10.03 balance. I received 1 email notice and nothing further. Over a year later I get a letter from a collection agency. I called Epcor and after waiting on the line for an hour spoke to someone who finally advised me that the charges were written off and sent to collections. I was told if I used the phone system to pay the bill, even though it showed a zero balance, they would notify the collection agency. They transferred me to the automatic system and it would not let me make a payment. I ended up sending an check through Chase which is how I paid my bill for many years. Let's see if they do what they said they would do now! read more

Literally no issues until speaking with customer service. So incredibly rude. If you're miserable at your job just say that.

Worst customer service I have EVER dealt with. Not problem solvers but they try to run you around in circles and waste your time. Their goal is to run you down until the issues are not important to you! Classic deflection and misdirection numerous calls. No one is in charge and everyone must get involved is a sign of classic mismanagement. The sale of American Water Co to Epcor was criminal as the "new policies" eliminate grandfathered rates and customers, many are on fixed incomes. Paying for Black Canyon/New River residents rates is also criminal. read more

If you have automatic payments, you better check your bank statements! I caught them debiting my checking account twice! When I asked them about it, they knew there was an issue and was working on it. Supposedly I am not the only customer who got charged twice? This is why I cancelled Cox Cable, charging me something with out a notice? Looks like it's time to cancel my automatic payments. AGAIN!!! Check your bank statements! read more

I truly do not understand the negative remarks about Epcor Water. Prior to closing on my house, March 8, 2018, in Corte Bella in Sun City West, I called to open an account. Mind you, I had heard some negative things about Epcor Water from folks in the neighborhood. I was expecting a bad experience. To the contrary, every person I interfaced with was kind, extremely helpful and answered all my questions. It was the smoothest opening of an account that I have ever had. They told me with the systems that will be coming into play in the future in my community, my water bill will go down. They apologized that the system changeover could not be sooner. I have paid far more for water in other parts of the country. Every encounter with Epcor from phone contacts to turning in my auto-pay form at the office on Del Webb, has been extremely easy and their representatives are always kind and helpful. read more