The ongoing saga of the city’s unreliable water meters continues as KHOU-11 reported last week:
“When you open up the bill and it’s nearly $3,000, it’s quite a shock,” Dwight Cook said.
Cook’s January bill was, in fact, $3,000. The month before it was $34.
Naturally, he called the city. They said he had been underpaying since 2005, and this was his backpayment.
“They essentially told me they had not taken a meter reading in the past two and a half years,” Cook said.
The city had been averaging his bills.
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In fact, 11 News learned this is all part of a much bigger problem
