Man building a home on an empty lot has a water meter install on the main line but there is no line yet running to where the house will be.
He later gets a $30k water bill.
Remember there no water line to the where the house will be at the time.
No leak found anywhere.
He appeals and loses! They say someone could be stealing the water, 305,000 gal in a single month and over 1 mil total. Anyone notice tanker trucks rolling up all the time? Nope.
It gets kicked up higher in the utility and they agree with him that it's a problem on their end (supposedly a leak but where that >1 mil gal supposedly went who knows?) and issues a new much much lower bill of $219.
It then gets kicked up even higher in the utility and they reverse that decision and now he's back on the hook for $30k.
WTF?
I-Team: Empty Atlanta lot with no water line gets nearly $30K bill, owner appeals and loses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DUf1Gb8dbsHere's Steve Lehto's take on it.
Property with NO WATER LINE Handed $30K Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0MsWI5GwSQ