Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A disagreement over a stopped water meter

Executive committee agrees to rescind a resident's retroactive water bill

Alicia Seaborg addresses executive committee on
Aug. 10, 2015 about water and wastewater issues
at her home on the 1600 block of Grace Street.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

For three years, Alicia Seaborg has never missed paying a water bill.

She moved into her home on the 1600 block of Grace Street on July 12, 2012. According to city records, the water meter stopped working on July 1 of that year. It was stopped for about 995 days.

"I have never been contacted about the stopped water meter until early March 2015," said Seaborg. "I've never once have a city worker request to come into my home for the three years we have lived here to read a meter."

She has been paying water bills over the three-year period. The lowest bill she's paid is $35 and the highest has been $172, she said.

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