Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill - Landlord Forum thread 356520

Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill by Kelli (Florida) on March 21, 2018 @14:29

My daughter is currently going through this in Texas. Her water company notified her that they owed over $13,000 for over 890,000 gallons of water usage in just 2 months. They NEVER saw any water pooling in the yard, nothing on the sidewalks or street. This came as a complete shock to them. Someone came out from the city and told them water was "gushing" out and he shut the water off. By the time our daughter and husband got home just a couple of hours later there were no signs of water anywhere. That much water should have been noticeable by someone yet it was not. Now, since it was determined that it was an irrigation pipe, which the landlord did have fixed, who is responsible for that bill?? She does not own that property. The city was "gracious" enough to offer a 4 year payment plan of nearly $300 per month on top of her regular water bill. Side note, the city only reads the meter every other month which is why they weren't aware of the bill until the city called them to tell them they owed that money and they were going to shut off the water.

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