Detroiters can now apply for a scaled back version of the city's popular water affordability program that reduces water bills for low-income residents.

Dubbed Lifeline H2O, the program offers a fixed monthly bill of $34 a month for income-eligible households who don't have a past due balance. It's a pared back version of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's Lifeline Plan that launched in 2022 that brought bills down to as low as $18 a month and wiped away debt from overdue bills. That program ran out of most of its money.The revamped program is expected to cover far fewer households than it once did.

The smaller version of the program is for households at or below 200% of the federal poverty level — or $53,300 for a three-person family. Under the plan, enrollees can use up to

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