DEP hits NYC woman, 86, with $22K water bill — and now her home is on the line as agency won’t admit it’s a mistake

She’s getting soaked.

An elderly Queens native could lose her home after the Department of Environmental Protection slapped her with a $22,828.71 water bill — which she claims is completely inaccurate.

Margaret McGowan, 86, says she had never paid more than $85 a month for the 50 years she’s lived at her Flushing home — but after the DEP shut her water meter off for about two years because of some repairs, they back charged her roughly $850 a month for that time.

It was a sum that would have represented about 10 swimming pools of water a month for the seniors’ small home if accurate, according to her supporters…

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