You forgot the /s, right?
No, I did not. I am not a leftist. But really, most cities won’t even let you have a personal well even if you can. So a simple small fee for normal water usage for a family should be the norm and a charge per cubic foot for those using above a certain amount.
Although most of the bills are for sewage rather than water. Water treatment and supply can be expensive. What is the alternative? Move out of the city.
In this particular case, the city was outright raping the taxpayers as is indicated with the $56,000 a year salary for a horseshoer.
Scrap this system and start over. Detroit is toast, in bankruptcy anyway. I don’t know how anyone could support going after these unpaid bills when the bills were unfair in the first place.
This is not your normal situation.