One photo showed a $523.72 water and sewer bill for a single-family unit for three months. Before the rates jumped, Jenkins said his monthly water and sewer bill totalled around $120 for his two-person household. The law was intended to prevent another Walkerton, where six people died after the Ontario town's water supply was contaminated with E. coli. Palmer's mother now lives 17 kilometres west in Cardiff, Ont., where her annual water and sewer bill is $1,100. And if he found something, chances were the expensive water and sewer bill would follow him.

Source: Huffington Post March 17, 2019 14:03 UTC