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03-11-2016, 01:40 AM
Water bills suspended for Flint residents
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The mayor of Flint, Michigan, an**unced on Wednesday that residents won't have to pay their water bill for about a month, as the city works to credit residents for the bills they've already paid for water that was later proved to be toxic.*
The city will apply $30 million in credit to residents' bills, and customers are expected to be compensated with an average of $600. Officials have around 85,000 users on record who are expected to receive a portion of the money. The credit is essentially a reimbursement for resident water bills since Flint switched its water supply to the Flint river in 2014. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/water-bills-suspended-for-flint-residents/)
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The mayor of Flint, Michigan, an**unced on Wednesday that residents won't have to pay their water bill for about a month, as the city works to credit residents for the bills they've already paid for water that was later proved to be toxic.*
The city will apply $30 million in credit to residents' bills, and customers are expected to be compensated with an average of $600. Officials have around 85,000 users on record who are expected to receive a portion of the money. The credit is essentially a reimbursement for resident water bills since Flint switched its water supply to the Flint river in 2014. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/water-bills-suspended-for-flint-residents/)
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