Erica Kocur in Minneapolis received her water bill from the city, and it’s for $1,600, about 20 times what she normally pays. The city says it’s accurate, but KSTP-TV says that she would have had to use almost 200,000 gallons of water in one month to generate that figure.

“Minneapolis woman says $1,600 water bill must be mistake; City believes it’s accurate” [GazetteOnline] (Thanks to David!)

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