‘I can’t afford that,’ senior cries as water bill soars to $762 – company claims she used thousands of gallons in weeks

A SENIOR was shocked to discover that her water bill for a singular month cost almost $800 after she was reportedly charged for using more than 20,000 gallons of water.

Janice McKinney received a bill in August that claimed she had used over 26,000 gallons of water in one month.

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McKinney, from Atlanta, Georgia, claimed the bill was vastly inaccurate after she was charged $762.52, local ABC affiliate WSB-TV reported.

“I don’t have the money to give them and why should I,” she said.

“This was a shock, because my normal bill, the average, is about $45, it can be as low as $37 and as high as $60.”

McKinney argued that there was no way she had used such a large amount of water in such a short period of time.

She reportedly hired a plumbing company to assess the situation in her home.

“And it came back, I was good,” she said.

“I don’t have the money to give them.”

Janice McKinneyAtlanta resident who was charged over $700 for just one month of her water bill

The City of Atlanta said they sent a crew to McKinney’s property to carry out an inspection.

They said there were no leaks or errors with the water meter, meaning McKinnet was not eligible for the bill to be adjusted.

A crew member, however, did find an intermittent leak coming from a plumbing source inside the home.

According to the City of Atlanta, bill adjustments are often approved, but only if homeowners can show where the leak has been repaired.

The U.S. Sun reached out to the City of Atlanta for more information on this incident.

And this is not the only time Americans have reported water-related issues.

RESIDENT DISAGREEMENTS

A man in Arizona was fined $100 a month by his homeowner’s association (HOA) for giving out free water during a heatwave.

David Martin had been handing out bottles of water from his garage free of charge to help people handle the heat.

While Martin thought he was being a kind citizen, his HOA viewed the situation rather differently.

Martin and his wife received a notice from FS Residential, which oversees the Canyon Trails Homeowners’ Association, and were fined $50 for storing items in plain view.

The fine was then increased to $100 a month for non-compliance.

“I figured, what better way to be an asset to the community than cold water,” Martin said.

“It’s absolutely asinine; I don’t understand.

“I just don’t understand what fight they have and why they want to fight,” he said.