R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-48-6: Water shut off for nonpayment of charges.

In the case of nonpayment of any water rates, charges, and penalties established and required to be paid to the district for water supplied or used by the owner, tenant, or occupant of any house, building, tenement, or estate, the district is authorized by its agents and servants to shut off the water as and when it may deem advisable, and the district shall not be compelled to supply water again to the owner, tenant, or occupant of the house, building, tenement, or estate, until all charges and penalties due and unpaid to the district have been paid in full.