That’s how much my parents were billed by the Birmingham Water Works.
Water Works Board Admits Mistake Incorrect Bills Affect Thousands
Last Edited: Friday, 23 May 2008, 1:28 PM CDT Created: Friday, 23 May 2008, 1:28 PM CDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WBRC-TV MyFoxAL.com) — The Birmingham Water Works Board says it made a mistake, sending out incorrect bills to as many as 15,000 customers.
The Water Works Board blames a billing glitch for the error.
FOX6 News has talked to viewers who have received bills for as much as $18,000!
Hear from shocked customers, and more from the Water Works Board on how it plans to correct the problem, tonight on FOX6 News at 5:00 and 6:00.
Yeah, but the good news is that it is not due until 1920!
That’s good, I wonder what kind of terms you could get on a payment plan for that?
Wouldn’t you think they would flag really high residential bills (say over $200, or over 3x usual bill) and have a person review the bill?
They must set up a system to raise red flag it the bill goes 2 or 3x than usual. This indicates , to my opinion, no supervision of the billing system.