Last month, ABC7 told you about a woman in Englewood who received a $36,000 water bill.
After that story aired, another family in Chicago called the ABC7 I-Team, saying they too received a water bill that left them in shock.
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“This is ridiculous. We just don’t understand why our water bill is so high, and how the city thinks we can pay a high amount of $20,000 for water,” said Katherine Herrera.
The Herrera family has owned their Back of the Yards three-flat for more than two decades.
They said they have never seen a water bill anywhere near what they are seeing now.
“It’s unbelievable that we have to pay more than $1,000 every month. That’s a lot of money, considering the amount of water we consume in this house,” Marco Herrera said, in Spanish.
The Herreras said this all started at the beginning of the year.
“We called the City of Chicago to see if they could get a plumber or someone to look at our water meter and the pipes for the water. They never came,” Katherine said.