More
than 15,000 households have had their taps turned off for being past
due. Yet the bankrupt city hasn’t touched 40 businesses who owe $9.5
million in total.
DETROIT — In Detroit, even the most basic necessity cannot be taken for granted.Some 15,000 residential customers have lost water service, and tens of thousands more are in danger of losing it, thanks to past due bills. But businesses owing hundreds of thousands of dollars have not been disconnected, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department records show.
According to a department list, the top 40 commercial and industrial accounts have past-due accounts totaling $9.5 million. That list includes apartment complexes, the Chrysler Group, real estate agencies, a laundromat and even a cemetery.
Meanwhile, stories of residential shutoffs abound.
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