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WVPrepper t1_iraje4l wrote

Reply to comment by HumanGyroscope in EXCLUSIVE: Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore owes $21,000 in delinquent Baltimore City water bills by mindfulminx

How are you coming up with that figure? The average swimming pool takes 18,000-20,000 gallons of water to fill.

$13.5k for 19k gallons of water? Might as well buy jugs at the store and dump them in at that price... and also assumes the pool was EMPTY when they started which is not likely.

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HumanGyroscope t1_irat929 wrote

Baltimore city charges a volumetric rate per Ccf at $21.78. His pool is around 3600 CF which is 36CcF. I messed by math up, my bad. To fill his pool would only be around $784.04 plus the sewer volume charges at 56.88 for a grand total of $2831.76. That still leaves $18.17K. He did take care of it right away. For someone who has an ultra safe campaign it’s really surprising something like this would happen.

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WVPrepper t1_iraub0w wrote

But he would only have needed to top off the pool. You are assuming he drained it first?

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HumanGyroscope t1_iraul7w wrote

I assumed he drained it. Which may or may not be the case. After revisions the pool isn’t the issue. I feel a little foolish for the mistake.

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WVPrepper t1_irayooe wrote

Cool. I had an ABOVE-GROUND pool and we did not drain that one... An in-ground pool should NEVER be drained off-season, since the ground freezing will cause the shell to crack if the weight of the water is not pushing back against it. Plus, their pool is heated, so they could be USING it in winter.

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HumanGyroscope t1_irazszh wrote

I don’t have a pool and what you are saying makes sense. The issue is the amount of time he didn’t pay His bill, it were only a few months I won’t think much of it. I am just a little disappointed he would let it go for so long. I still plan to vote for him. The Mosby’s went 12 months without paying their water bill many people weren’t too happy about that.

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WVPrepper t1_irb0yff wrote

I get the bill in the mail for mine about 50% pf the time. They come every 3 months, so that is 5-6 billing cycles.

And the mail service has been very sketchy... both my replacement license and my new credit card just disappeared en route.

I do not understand why my house, JUST over the county/city line would be $28/3months and theirs is SO HIGH!

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HumanGyroscope t1_irb1pyq wrote

I live in the city, we get a monthly bill and mine is around $75 3 adults. If I pay a monthly bill late it will show up on the next billing cycle. The city maintains city and a good portion of county water but the city has to make up any losses and the only way is to raise rates on city residents.

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WVPrepper t1_irb7wq0 wrote

Weird. My bill is FROM the city, but comes every 3 months. I pay on the same website you do.

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