Former city employee: Safeguards should have flagged St. Pete woman’s $48K water bill

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A former St. Petersburg water department employee is raising concerns about how the city handles high water bills, after one customer’s account ballooned to nearly $50,000.

Ashley Wright’s bill reached $48,453.66 on her vacant single-family home.

City records show her water meter was replaced twice in November, with one work order noting the meter “snapped” because it was installed too tightly…

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