Meet 99-year-old Jeanette Cohen, a Washington resident who either lives in her shower or is the recipient of the more bizarre bills spat out by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority. Cohen normally pays $30 to use about 3,000 gallons per month, but the utility insists that she used 139,876 gallons of water last month and now owes almost $1,200.
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NYC’s Water Bills So Messed Up, City Can’t Collect Millions
By 12.12.06
New York City’s billing system is so screwed up that the city can’t collect millions of dollars in overdue payments.
Is Your Water Meter Crazy?
By 10.16.06
Elliot writes in what he dubs, “A Water Meter Odyssey” After hearing what he went through to not get overcharged on his water bill, fighting harpies, cyclops and hydra will sound like Mother Goose rhyme.
