I live in Auburn and recently received my monthly water bill. Obviously, I’m voicing my complaint about the high cost of water in Auburn.

My bill has consistently been going up year after year and month after month. My biggest gripe is that everyone in Auburn has to pay a water base, a city sewer base, a King County sewer base and a stormwater fee each and every month as well as the water consumption itself.

It’s getting to the point where folks won’t be able to afford to pay their City of Auburn bill.

When I address our mayor on this subject I always get the same idiotic explanation. I have actually suggested that maybe she and the council brainstorm to come up with an answer on how to lower or offset our bills in some way and possibly negotiate with King County to lower their charges. To no avail.

I’m just sick and tired of paying these “extra” charges each and every month, and for what is all this extra money being used? I was told it was to maintain the pipes, etc. Hmm.

This year with the extreme heat wouldn’t you think the City could give us a break on the water so that we could keep our shrubs from dying? Our yards are burning up and the fire danger is tremendous. But in a state with abundant water, we can’t use it for fear of not being able to pay our “water bill.”

Hopeful for a solution.

– Jeanne Herold