Night & Day // July 7-13, 2021
By Jennifer Bovee
Thursday July 7, 2021
From 6pm to 8pm, Fort Worth Water hosts
Water Saving Seminar: It’s Irrigation Season at the Botanic Research Institute of Texas (1700 University Dr, Fort Worth, 817-332-4441). Using less water is good for the environment and saves money on your water bill. At this free class, you will learn how to accomplish both goals by regulating water pressure, using water more efficiently, and implementing strategic gardening and landscaping ideas. This in-person event also has virtual options. Register at Eventbrite.com.
The annual
Trailer Park Tragedy Murder Mystery Dinner is 7pm-10pm at Messina Hof Winery (201 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-442-8463). As the actors and storytellers, attendees embark on a murderous misadventure with fellow neighbors at the trailer park while dining on a barbecue meal, drinking Texas wine, and collecting clues to solve the murder. (Before the event, you will receive a character a
Fort Worth Weekly
By MEGAN ABLES
Williams discovered that residents were not only experiencing drastically higher water bills but also water main breaks, noises in their pipes, and very high or very low water pressure.
Photo by Chris Spinks.
After noticing unusually high bills not long after the city installed new water meters in her neighborhood, Tabitha Williams reached out to other neighborhoods with new meters.
The results were similar.
Williams’ neighborhood, Wedgwood East, arranged for a virtual meeting with the Fort Worth Water Department. During the meeting, department leaders explained that the old meters weren’t registering accurate usage and the new ones are.
The credit, called a High Bill Courtesy Consumption Adjustment, addresses the first bill following the exchange.
Fort Worth Water said the new meter installation must show water use that is at least twice as high for the same billing period a year ago.
If eligible, customers may receive a credit equal to 50% of the difference above the water use for the bill in question.
For example, if the difference is $50, the customer could receive a $25 credit, Fort Worth Water said. The adjustment is applied as a credit to the account.
As part of the credit, customers will receive their usage data with an explanation of water use.