Inflated water bills a problem in Sylvan Lake, woman says
A Sylvan Lake woman is calling for an investigation into possible issues with the Town’s water meters and water billing for residents.
Dusty Weaver-Chaboyer says her issue began in the summer of 2017 when she received a bill from the Town for over $600, alleging 199 cubic metres of consumption, something she describes as an error yet to be rectified.
“I’m a renter of this residence, I’m not the sole owner of this house,” she explains. “So the responsibility was on both of us to pay this bill. But they (Town) had made an error in the reading a month or two before that because they had said it was outstanding then and they made a mistake, so they called to fix it.”
A month or two later, Weaver-Chaboyer says she and her family of five received the bill showing 199 cubic metres of water use.