Stop complaining about your utility bills. Jeannette Cohen's water bill jumped almost 4000 percent.
The 99-year-old northwest Washington woman insists
it must be a mistake. Usually, her water bill is $30. In March, she did
a double take.
"I got my usual bill and opened the envelope and looked at the amount," she said. "Huh? I looked again."
It was $1,181.
Cohen
complained and had plumbers check her house twice. Usually, she uses
about 3,000 gallons of water per month. D.C. Water and Sewer
Authority's records show that 139,876 gallons went into her house that
month, and they insist she must pay for them.
"It's just so obvious that, as the plumber said, 'You couldn't use that much water,'" she told News4's Tom Sherwood.
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