Cruel KC Water Shutoff Questioned Amid Sketchy Billing

The big picture here is that NOBODY TRUSTS this institution that has a legacy for providing a dumping ground for city hall employees who can't go anywhere else . . . Check-it . . .

A recent city audit revealed that the department often provides its customers confusing, inconsistent and inaccurate information, and customers have repeatedly criticized the department for issuing abnormally high bills with no options for recourse.

Last Wednesday, she said a KC Water representative told her that a payment of $610 would put her in line to get her service reinstated.

She paid it in full on Friday afternoon, according to a receipt reviewed by The Star. But as of Tuesday morning, she said her taps are still dry.

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KC Water cuts service & leaves family without water for a month. They don't owe a cent

Every two days for the past month, Jessica Martinez and her husband Alfonso López have made the six-and-a-half-mile drive to an empty house in south Kansas City. This house, unlike theirs, has running water. There, they take showers and fill huge plastic garbage bins with drinkable water.