[Durham INC] Help with another water billing problem

Tue Feb 22 09:45:04 EST 2011

Your friend my try "Five on Your Side" at WRAL-TV.  Go to the WRAL-TV website and click on the 'five on your side" link, and there is a form they can fill out.
I'm sure WRAL gets far more complaints than they can deal with, but this might interest them since everyone has to have an account with the water department.  When the TV cameras show up, the water department will solve the problem.

--- On Mon, 2/21/11, Melissa's yahoo <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Melissa's yahoo <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Durham INC] Help with another water billing problem
To: "inc listserv" <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 10:55 PM

Hi, Melissa. Please see the correspondence below from one of my neighbors. I've removed names for privacy purposes. Can anybody direct me as to how she might be able to get this big problem with her water bill and service resolved? The problem is obviously on Durham's end...Thx in advance!Melissa (Rooney)
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I hope you are well. I know you are very active in our community and in Durham. I am wondering if you might have a suggestion for how I may help a friend resolve a problem with the Durham Water Department. Do you know of any community advocates or a free legal service? The situation is that ever since she moved into her townhome, Durham has been incorrectly assessing her water usage. It is just her and her husband in a small town home and they have bills in the area of $1700. When my friend refuses to pay the bill, they turn off her water. She has called and called and has even visited the offices of the water department. They acknowledge that it is not likely that she uses $1700 of water in a town home but they said until "they can figure out where the water is going" they will not change the bill. She called a lawyer but the lawyer said he would charge $300 just to send a letter. XXXX works in my office. She is a young professional and trying to
 resolve this the right way but this just seems ridiculous. She sent an email to ABC news because they did a story on how the water department has been misreading water meters but she did not hear any response. Please let me know if you happen to know of a group or a community advocate or a community legal service who could help XXXX out.

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