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(March 2, 2009, The Houston Chronicle)

Water bills in Houston are poised to go up about $2.26 a month for an average homeowner under a plan City Council is expected to begin weighing today.
Under procedures put in place after 2004 – when water bills went up as high as 10 percent for many residents – rates [...]

(Jan. 9, 2009, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

First, the city of Atlanta raised water rates 27.5 percent back in June.
Then, the Department of Watershed Management failed to add the rate hike to bills in a timely fashion.

And now, the city is back-billing to collect the money, listing it as “delinquent” on bills mailed in December, and shutting off [...]