At least two dozen residents came forward to complain about severely inaccurate water meter readings, including one man who said he received the bill while his wife was in the hospital.
After hearing from dozens of residents about their high water bills, city leaders said they're working on more relief.Many Houstonians are seeing dramatic increases in their water bills with seemingly no rhyme or reason.
Mayor Pro-Tem Dave Martin told ABC13 on Wednesday that they are still trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong here. In September 2022, Jan Adelman's bill said he used 29,000 gallons of water over a period of one month. At Tuesday's council listening session, he explained that was impossible because of his heartbreaking reality.His wife was sick and hospitalized for 19 days.
"Ten times the amount of water of the previous month and enough water to fill my swimming pool three times," Adelman said.Martin said the city council is working on an ordinance change to address the financial burden the inaccuracies are putting on residents."More relief for expensive water bills. What are we going to do about it in terms of dollars? Well, we have to figure that out, but there are many cases we heard that defy logic," Martin said.
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