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but the water bill war is nothing like in atlanta. just ask wilda cobb. i feel like i m going crazy. reporter: she lives by herself in this 1,800 square foot home. her water bill of a vachs $30 to $40 a month until it began going up, nearly $1,200 in november. her december bill, nearly 6, $900. cobb now owes more than $10,000, and city inspectors found no leaks. for me to have to take the time to do this. reporter: then there s debbie scarborough. her water bill shot up more than $3,000 after two months of huge spikes last summer. this is another bill, another month. reporter: she even hired two plumbers to prove there was no leak. five years ago, the city hired a
the majority of the people who complain about high water bills have some issue that s not associated with the meter. many, many of them have either leaks or increases in usage through irrigation or pool-filling that they didn t fully understand the impact of. reporter: don t tell that to debbie scarborough or wilda cobb. while it s unclear, the city is monitoring water usage at her home. as for wilda cobb, the city says something must have happened in a one month period for her billing to shoot up dramatically and go down to just $34. literally this can t be real. reporter: cobb knows something about water issues. ironically, she s an attorney with the environmental protection agency. as a person, i know
pool-filling that they didn t fully understand the impact of. reporter: but don t tell that to debbie scarborough or wilda cobb. my meter is working fine, and no leaks. reporter: while its still unclear what is prong wrong, the city is monitoring water usage at her home. as for wilda cobb, the city says something must have happened in a one-month period for her bills to shoot up so dramatically and go back down to just $34. i literally just this can t be real. reporter: cobb knows something about water issues. ironically, she s an attorney with the environmental protection agency. as a person, i know something s wrong here. as an attorney, i just what can i do about it? but i don t think it takes a law degree to say, you know, $7,000 for a month s use of water by
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