$8,000? That's Our Water Bill?

[February 21, 2008]  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- A Danville family has received an $8,000 water bill for a house they say they haven't lived in for more than two years. The granddaughters of Lurlene Gray say they are stuck with the high bill that covers part of January and February.

Sherlene Tucker told WKYT in Lexington that she paid the last bill she received, about $35 to cover the period from Oct. 9 through Dec. 11. Tucker said her mother owns the house, but she went to a nursing home two years ago.

The ground around the home isn't saturated and there are no apparent signs of a leak.

Tucker says she was told by a water company employee that the $8,000 bill was not a clerical error. The water was turned off yesterday, but the family is asking the city for an explanation.

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Information from: WKYT-TV, http://www.wkyt.com/

[Associated Press]

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