By Catie Cheshire | Westword
When Austin Lunn-Rhue received a new water meter through the City of Englewood last summer, he thought his usual bill of around $110 per month would go down. Much to his surprise, when he opened his bill in September, it totaled $322.
Lunn-Rhue isn’t alone. This fall, Englewood residents received water bills that didn’t add up, with soaring charges and nonsensical usage graphs showing triple the previously measured water usage for many customers.
After Westword compiled six different water bills from Englewood residents, a pattern emerged: water usage graphs at the top of each bill showed zero use for anyone in July, August or September, but then a skyrocketing bar for October.