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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Thomas St NW household receives exorbitant DC Water bill
See this message from a Thomas Street NW resident:
I just got billed for 1,160 days of water service, with an automatic deduction form my bank account of $1,700. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
I have not heard of this extent of a problem before. What I suspect has happened is that when the Thomas Street water-sewer construction occurred several years ago, WASA (at that time) suspended billing for the part of the duration of the project until the lead service lines were replaced. Then a bill covering several months was issued. Your property sounds like it might have fallen through the cracks and now DC Water is catching up. If you need help working something out with DC Water, please let me know.
Take care, John
John T. Salatti Commissioner, ANC 5C04 Vice President, Bloomingdale Civic Association (202) 986-2592 John.Salatti@gmail.com
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of this extent of a problem before. What I suspect has happened is that when the Thomas Street water-sewer construction occurred several years ago, WASA (at that time) suspended billing for the part of the duration of the project until the lead service lines were replaced. Then a bill covering several months was issued. Your property sounds like it might have fallen through the cracks and now DC Water is catching up. If you need help working something out with DC Water, please let me know.
Take care,
John
John T. Salatti
Commissioner, ANC 5C04
Vice President, Bloomingdale Civic Association
(202) 986-2592
John.Salatti@gmail.com
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