It’s never a fun time to receive a utility bill that’s a lot higher than you anticipated. That’s exactly what happened to one Phoenix homeowner.
He opened his water bill last month and found a number he was sure had to be a mistake: $2,777. Cameron Green hadn’t seen a normal bill in quite a while, to be fair. That’s because a city-owned meter transmitter at his home had stopped working.
For seven months, the city couldn’t actually read Green’s usage. That meant he also wasn’t being billed for it. When the device was fixed, though, all seven months came due at once. The bill covered 344,000 gallons of water, a staggering amount for Green’s household. As he put it: “We don’t have a pool, we don’t have a jacuzzi.” The home does have a single bathtub that the couple rarely uses, and that’s about it…