My city privatized our water and is celebrating “being out of debt” meanwhile taxes are still rising and my water bill was $350 last month. My sewage another $120 through the same company. Not to mention I had to put $9k into “updating” my swear line to be compatible with the new company. And for every month I hadn’t updated I had to pay a $95 fee. I literally paid almost $600 a month a one point for fucking water. Homelessness is going up and people are ditching houses around here cause they can’t afford to live in a shithole but hey the city’s out of debt I guess?
Oh and I missed my payment my 2 days and got shut off last week so I’m expecting a high bill again in “restart” fees even though they didn’t have to send anyone out here for it.
Fuck privatized water
This story makes me feel real stabby.
They wanna profit off the water before the water wars begin. Usually the war comes first.
Potential upside: I know several housing collectives who sued for collective ownership of their trailer parks over disputes with rusty water. Of course, they literally lost thousands of dollars in damages clothing and in lost income from illness before that was possible.
