More than a hundred customers in Rio Linda and Elverta are not happy they’re now getting billed for water they don’t use. Some of them called Kurtis to investigate.
They’re being billed for water they can’t even access right now, $62 to $782 every two months.
“It’s unfair, it’s totally unfair,” said Chris Kapic, Rio Linda resident.
Chris just found out he’s going to have to pay $99.20 every other month for water he doesn’t use.
He put in a well on his property four years ago.
No longer needing water from the Rio Linda/Elverta Water District, he had his meter shut off.
Joel Diones also had a meter on his property shut off.
“You can see, there’s no pipe there,” said Joel.
But he’s now also facing the $99.20 charge.
In fact, 125 water district customers with deactivated meters are being billed these bi-monthly fees called standby fees ranging from $62 to $782 based on the size of their meter.
The reason? Just in case they want their water turned on again.
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