Water

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No tap water is very safe to drink, so we have been for quite a few years drank bottled water. To cook we have always used the tap water but it got boiled on the stove when we were cooking. Almost 2 years ago we moved to a town that my daughter insisted it was cheaper. The day that we arrived here I called the water company to have our water hooked up and I was told that our average bill would be $99 a month!!!!!! That is for 2 adults and a toddler!!!! I was so glad that I was sitting down!!!!!! Where we just moved from our water bill was between $6.50 and $11.50 per month! That is over 8 times more than our previous bill! I asked why it was so high and the woman said that they charge $35 then our usage! Then when we got the bill it was $135!!!!!!!! I called and was told for the first 6 months they charge us extra to save in lieu of a deposit! Most months the bill has been since then more like around $118 since that $135 stopped. But we are not using any water more than we were using at our previous home. Matter of fact I do believe we used more because I was babysitting 2 of my other grandkids and we lived closer to family and friends that would visit a lot. Only living here a year and 7 months and we have had 2 and possibly 3 major pipe breakages. The first one was in our complexe last summer and the water was turned off in the apartments while they repaired it. The next one was about a month ago and the whole town was instructed by the local news on TV that everyone was to boil their water and use bottled water for drinking and food. Therefore it is costing us even more! And the water comes out of the faucet with a white hazy apperance. Day before yesterday we were going out and saw some water company men digging in front of the building where the water meter's are. So possibly there was a 3rd busted pipe, because since then the water has been acting slow coming out of the pipe again and becoming more hazy!. However there was no email contacting us about this from the management.